It doesn't really matter - new growth will come from a leaf node, but not between, so I'd just go ahead and trim it back to close to the node myself, but leaving it will not hurt anything.

Don't feel bad. I've learned never to use scissors of any kind if you have something hanging close by... A couple years ago, my husband got me a nice pair of Bose ear buds. I was jammin' along one day, doing some plant pruning and - SNIP!! - cut my ear bud wire!! $100 ear buds ruined! GRRRR!

Denise in Omaha

LOL at the earbuds Denise! Do you laugh about it now even though I'm sure it sucked big time at the moment?

I don't have issues with scissors...just hand mixers and knives... Why I do all the cooking here...?

Me too bunny!!! LOL Denise!!! I mean I feel really bad that you jacked up your earbuds, but it did give me a good giggle...

Tish

Konakev, I'm sure your Carnosa will be fine, as a matter of fact watch that thing just take off now. Something about pruning...sometimes it just makes it grow even faster.

The story about Denise's ear buds reminds me of my DH...he was trimming the hedges with an electric trimmer one day...and he was going along in a groove when BAM...he accidentally sliced the 50 ft extension cord in half,lol. Luckily nothing bad happened...he didn't get shocked or anything. Sorry about your ear buds Denise, unfortunately we've all done something a little silly "accidentally".

Thanks for the replies, you guys have made me feel a little better about it now, it is a shame as I brought it up from a little cutting which I got last summer, it has grown so well and was starting look really nice creeping up the window. All that effort the plant had put into growing over the last 7 months and I go and undo it in a split second with a pair of scissors.

I guess the upside is I got 2 more little cuttings to play with now. I dipped them in rooting hormone gel and put them into some seedling compost, they are now happily sitting in my propagator by my kitchen window.

How much can I expect my Hoya Carnosa to grow in a year, I am in the UK and have them in an east facing window which gets full sun in the morning, I have around 60 houseplants in mt living room so humidity high always in the 50% to 60% range. I water them when the compost is almost dry, I haven't fed them yet but plan to start doing so very soon.

The earphones and strimmer chord made me lol, I guess we all have little misshaps from time to time.

Thanks