---
title: "should i cut and propagate? growing long and skinny and spacing out"
description: "should i cut and propagate? growing long and skinny and spacing out"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/UAjkZse5e7RqEfUv98a3Wt"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "🪴lex🏵️"
published: "2025-04-14T19:24:15.701967Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/mcv9Tz2teelG8Q7tdb6nPUvr8WQ_0ZHsC4HiZwEe9Uk/j8JXuwCOQRaKbs7-9d-FaA.webp?size=large"
---

[Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Propagating \& Sowing](https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg.md)

# should i cut and propagate? growing long and skinny and spacing out

_Posted by 🪴lex🏵️ on 2025-04-14_

should i cut and propagate? growing long and skinny and spacing out

![Attachment 1 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/mcv9Tz2teelG8Q7tdb6nPUvr8WQ_0ZHsC4HiZwEe9Uk/j8JXuwCOQRaKbs7-9d-FaA.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/mcv9Tz2teelG8Q7tdb6nPUvr8WQ_0ZHsC4HiZwEe9Uk/e02037kuTN-bmgP4vTOctA.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 3 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/mcv9Tz2teelG8Q7tdb6nPUvr8WQ_0ZHsC4HiZwEe9Uk/3Vt36zxPReeKxooTrXDIFw.webp?size=large)

## 4 comments

### micaela commented on 2025-04-14

what type of plant is this? it’s so pretty

#### 🪴lex🏵️ replied on 2025-04-14

a peru monstera!

### Sunny commented on 2025-04-14

It needs more intense light or longer hours of light when the leaf nodes are far apart. You can propagate. You still have to address the lighting issue or it will still grow etiolated. 🪴🍀

#### 🪴lex🏵️ replied on 2025-04-14

oh okay! thanks 😊

---

_Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_