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?
pruning and propagating like cutting it down and cut the roots down as well that works
4 likes Thank you. Do you think moving it from under a grow light to just natural light will slow it down a bit?
0 likes um maybe a lil just make sure u have enough light and dont fertalize pruning really helps and splitting the plant up
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Pruning
0 likes Will pruning keep it from getting root bound very quickly?
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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.
3 likes You can also reduce the fertilizer, if you use any. But that'd equally effect the leaf lush-ness
0 likes 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.
0 likes 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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