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I wouldn't coax the plant if I were you.
Such watchful nurturing may do it harm.
Let the soil rest from so much digging.
And wait until it's dry before you water it.
The leaf's inclined to find its own directions;
Give it a chance to seek the sunlight itself.

Much growth is stunted by too carful prodding,
Too eager tenderness.
The things we love we have to learn to leave alone.

~Poem by Naomi Long Madgett

My how I love it mainly for the plant references wink