You can pinch off dead blooms with your fingers, or snip them off just below the base using standard pruning shears.
Make sure your pruning shears are sharp and clean so that you don’t injure your plant or introduce disease. Disinfect your pruning shears with rubbing alcohol or bleach diluted in water. This helps prevent the spread of infection between plants.
Inspect the plant carefully to make sure you’ve removed all signs of decay or disease, or it may continue to spread throughout your plant. Removing dead and damaged foliage keeps your plant healthy and attractive.
Your kalanchoe might get stretched out and leggy if it’s not getting enough sunlight. If your plant looks leggy after pruning, move it to a location where it will get plenty of direct sunlight. You may also want to repot your plant in a slightly larger pot to encourage bushy growth. Place it in a sunny, warm spot, such as next to a window.
If a stem is dead or damaged, cut it down to the base, just above where the branch meets the stem.
The lower side of your angled cut should be at roughly the same height as the leaf node, on the other side of the stem.
If you see roots above the soil or growing out of the drainage holes in the pot, that’s a sign that your kalanchoe may be root-bound. Transferring it to a larger pot will allow it to continue to grow. If you want to keep your kalanchoe roughly the same size, remove it from the pot and carefully prune its roots.
