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title: "Today I upsized this philodendron to a 10” pot and moved from under a…"
description: "Today I upsized this philodendron to a 10” pot and moved from under a grow light to the window instead. I’m happy with its progress, but I don’t want it…"
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community: "Philodendron Parents"
author: "Sarah"
published: "2025-05-06T18:17:04.538335Z"
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# Today I upsized this philodendron to a 10” pot and moved from under a…

_Posted by Sarah on 2025-05-06_

Today I upsized this philodendron to a 10” pot and moved from under a grow light to the window instead. I’m happy with its progress, but I don’t want it getting bigger than this 10” pot. Is there a way to reduce its growth rate without also compromising its health?

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## 9 comments

### monster\_maniac commented on 2025-05-06

pruning and propagating  
like cutting it down and cut the roots down as well  
that works

#### Sarah replied on 2025-05-06

Thank you. Do you think moving it from under a grow light to just natural light will slow it down a bit?

#### monster\_maniac replied on 2025-05-06

um maybe a lil just make sure u have enough light and dont fertalize  
pruning really helps and splitting the plant up

### Yolanda commented on 2025-05-06

Pruning

### Sarah commented on 2025-05-06

Will pruning keep it from getting root bound very quickly?

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-05-06

You dont need to cut the leaves. All you need to do is when it needs a repot, remove 1/4 of the bottom of the roots ball and repot it. I do this with any plant that i don't want it out of the current pot it's in.

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-05-06

You can also reduce the fertilizer, if you use any. But that'd equally effect the leaf lush-ness

#### Sarah replied on 2025-05-07

To clarify, Just remove 1/4 of the root ball, but don’t split the whole plant? Because I don’t really want a third plant either lol.

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-05-07

No dividing. I just cut away 1/4 of the bottom of the roots ball. And if needed a bit from the sides.

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