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title: "My girl is officially too tall for the room. I’ve had it for 4 years…"
description: "My girl is officially too tall for the room. I’ve had it for 4 years now, found half dead on the side of the road. I know I can chop and propagate but I’m…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "PlantWettingMom"
published: "2025-09-21T22:35:09.430111Z"
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# My girl is officially too tall for the room. I’ve had it for 4 years…

_Posted by PlantWettingMom on 2025-09-21_

My girl is officially too tall for the room. I’ve had it for 4 years now, found half dead on the side of the road. I know I can chop and propagate but I’m scared!!😬

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## 7 comments

### Alocasia addict commented on 2025-09-22

Do it!! My wife was scared to cut ours and now after 3 months we have 3 FLFs. The mother shot four leaves so far since and will need to be cut next spring most likely. She water propagated her cuttings in water and soon put in soil after a several weeks of rooting

### harper commented on 2025-09-22

also here to say do it!!! i completely chop my FLF every year or two and every year she comes back stronger than ever! she just got a chop recently and she's already bouncing back- of course there will be a weird period where it isn't the prettiest thing to look at but it's eventually very rewarding. here she is a few weeks after the chop!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/oaZUO_xIh-5fPpOSxFMMp2r0M3VpQoSvdviTwpcqEtE/HRQTu3h2TritCBcEyQ1yhA.webp?size=large)

### Jojo commented on 2025-09-22

You got this!!

### Crazy plant lady commented on 2025-09-22

I just recently did mine and have more growth them before, DO IT!!😂😊

### PlantWettingMom commented on 2025-09-24

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### PlantWettingMom commented on 2025-09-24

I did it. Now to let it sit and harden for the night! I’ll put in water in the am! But damn I may have cried haha

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### PlantWettingMom commented on 2025-12-02

Update!!!! I ended up cutting her even shorter the day after. An today we have 3!!!! Branches!!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rr55J8WzLs-Gni3ytHOQZ6aD40ZoS1A1gx1c0jnLXH8/ywa6s8P3SrWvSDaYTDbo7w.webp?size=large)

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