fdk. after dark (multi color) this plant is a survivor

[kindrag23]

My poor after dark has been through the ringer and back but it shows how resilient these plants truly are. After being knocked out of its pot due to extremely high winds sent flying all over my yard several times. Being one of the only plants I had that did not get sick this year due to something that I am still not sure of. Surviving sun burn while still small from being flipped in my greenhouse over and over again its still thriving. Then after I went away for a weekend and accidentally left my green houses flap open it got chowed down on by grasshoppers! But is still doing amazing. I am not sure how but it seems happy.

Today I was doing a skewer check and ran across this little dude on the base. Seems to me he is the reason none of my guys have a gnat issue like my houseplants in my kitchen do at this point.

I did notice splitting at the base my guess this could be normal as the base gets and becomes fatter the older growths old leaves split allowing the base to expand?