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title: "Any advice for helping this grow?"
description: "Any advice for helping this grow?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/J7nxz33hTL6P9z-6d-hR_w/hNwX9OIelkPaeczAPSLkUC"
community: "Syngonium Society"
author: "Ryanash28"
published: "2025-06-19T23:25:01.689551Z"
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# Any advice for helping this grow?

_Posted by Ryanash28 on 2025-06-19_

Any advice for helping this grow?

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## 7 comments

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-06-20

Smaller pot and good lighting. 1" larger than the roots is ideal. Amd so they focus on foliage, not root growth. They also love a bit of fertilizer

### Phil commented on 2025-06-20

If you don’t give them enough light, you will lose the pink coloring.

#### Ryanash28 replied on 2025-06-20

You think being that close to the window will work? It’s about 2 ft away facing the west. It does get filtered through the woods in my backyard a lot

### Ash commented on 2025-06-20

I have mine in water still from a prop. I have it directly in a shaded South facing window under a grow light. I add my weak fertilizer to it weekly. It still grows pretty slow, probably because it's in water.

#### Ryanash28 replied on 2025-06-20

Do grow lights burn it? I was considering getting some for my stands inside because outside has no shade (canopy broke) so sun is too brutal in Florida for them, plus a lot of pests from woods over the fence destroyed a decent portion of my collection.

#### Ash replied on 2025-06-20

I have it about two feet away from a pretty weak grow light. So far it's enough to keep the pink but not burn it.

#### Ryanash28 replied on 2025-07-11

Just wanted to update I have 2 grow lights on scale of 1-10 at a 7 and only 11-15 inches away. Not burning and starting to get new leaves! Seem pretty hardy as far as lighting goes

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