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title: "My imperial green philodendron was doing wonderful, but then I moved…"
description: "My imperial green philodendron was doing wonderful, but then I moved him and he hasn’t produced any leaves since I noticed there’s a little bit of growth…"
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community: "Philodendron Parents"
author: "ShyLee"
published: "2025-09-09T23:32:46.112591Z"
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# My imperial green philodendron was doing wonderful, but then I moved…

_Posted by ShyLee on 2025-09-09_

My imperial green philodendron was doing wonderful, but then I moved him and he hasn’t produced any leaves since I noticed there’s a little bit of growth starting but literally all summer long There was nothing.  
Is this normal ? Do they have a tendency after a little while to go into respite? It’s kind of weird that he would do it during the hottest months though ? no ?  
Also he’s got this really long stem I wouldn’t do it now because I live in Saskatchewan Canada and it’s gonna be winter in the next couple months but should this be cut and then maybe put in water and let roots grow ? then put in soil a little later or is this normal?

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## 3 comments

### Ash commented on 2025-09-10

Hi! Mine is taller than yours but is in a 4 inch pot with a very chunky mix (bark, perlite, coco coir, charcoal, castings). Are you able to pull it gently out of the pot to check them?

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### Victoria Maddison commented on 2025-09-10

I agree, I would check the roots and add more amendments to the soil to make it a bit more breathable. The other thing is that lighting is very important if you want continuous growth.

### ShyLee commented on 2025-09-10

Thank you ladies i’ve moved him a little closer to the window and I’ll check his roots today.

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