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title: "This echeveria is under a grow light but is still etiolating and from…"
description: "This echeveria is under a grow light but is still etiolating and from my understanding they shouldn’t do this. Should I chop and prop? If so, do I just chop…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Kelly"
published: "2025-09-24T00:57:10.382767Z"
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# This echeveria is under a grow light but is still etiolating and from…

_Posted by Kelly on 2025-09-24_

This echeveria is under a grow light but is still etiolating and from my understanding they shouldn’t do this. Should I chop and prop? If so, do I just chop the top off where its sparse? I appreciate any help!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/O92nJM8ouiCy_h3_xQPS8QozFD2vncpYqv7_SeK9j1k/YPWqsZB1TwuRFGivSxD5-A.webp?size=large)

## 8 comments

### CorranQ commented on 2025-09-24

From my limited experience they’ll also do this from having too much water… it’s like they stretch out if they have too much of a good thing going 🤣

### Kelly commented on 2025-09-24

Good to know! I water maybe once a week possibly less. Have you chopped from the middle?

#### CorranQ replied on 2025-09-24

They’re generally pretty resilient so you could decapitate it and put the top in a new pot with soil and it’ll for sure keep growing while the original will probably sprout a bunch of babies from the cutting point and turn bushy over time…. So depends on what you’d like to do!

As for watering, I’m still figuring out “the right amount” all these years later 🤣🤣🤣

#### Kelly replied on 2025-09-25

Oh thank you! Im going to do that this weekend!

#### CorranQ replied on 2025-09-25

Fair warning? Echeverias go crazy so you will end up having dozens of baby echeverias over time 🤣🤣🤣

#### CorranQ replied on 2025-09-25

For example!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ZzoWUKTgQjRxbai1QUwR88UMSRDEPdXNjHZyKGhhMOc/zn6NjfJVSqG6RbLMeUL1Cw.webp?size=large)

### Kelly commented on 2025-09-25

Oh wow! I’ll have to gift them away! Mine is so much darker. Not enough light?

#### CorranQ replied on 2025-09-25

They come in a wide range of different colours so it’s hard to say without knowing which specific echeveria yours is! But they are sun lovers!

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