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title: "I did it y’all! Chopped her in half 😱 I decided to put the top half…"
description: "I did it y’all! Chopped her in half 😱 I decided to put the top half back in with the bottom during the repot, which may be a mistake in the long run, but I…"
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# I did it y’all! Chopped her in half 😱 I decided to put the top half…

_Posted by Jcook on 2025-05-15_

I did it y’all! Chopped her in half 😱 I decided to put the top half back in with the bottom during the repot, which may be a mistake in the long run, but I don’t have the space for a new big plant lol. We’ll see how things go over the next few months 🤞

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## 5 comments

### Kyle commented on 2025-05-15

This is by far the nicest pink princess I’ve ever seen, well done 👏👏

### jedijae commented on 2025-05-15

I chopped mine because the bottom was so bare… I currently have it in water to hopefully root and can repot. Did you put it directly in soil?

#### Jcook replied on 2025-05-17

I did put the top half directly into soil with the bottom half, but it’s fully rooted in its moss pole so I just water the pole and not the pot. Hopefully your’s roots and you can repot :)

### ML commented on 2025-05-16

Oh wow! This PP is amazing. We just discussed my TC, but now I feel compelled to tell you my PP is my slowest growing one. It was my first plant but yet my smallest. Still in a 5” pot. It pushes leaves regularly but next to my White Wizard it’s so miniature. What’s your secret?

#### Jcook replied on 2025-05-17

I don’t know if there’s any one thing I did specifically, but I put her on a sphagnum moss pole I made fairly early and she started getting bigger once she was rooted into it and climbing. Then it was just a matter of keeping the pole moist, which I use a bottle of tap water with holes in the lid at the top let gravity pull the water down. It’s also in a south facing window and gets bright indirect natural light most of the year where I live.

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