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title: "Help! My new, crowded Giant Taro/Elephant Ear from Home Depot needs…"
description: "Help! My new, crowded Giant Taro/Elephant Ear from Home Depot needs some assistance. I have a grow light arriving ✨today✨ so that I can get this beauty the…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Marissa"
published: "2025-05-27T15:44:02.608847Z"
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# Help! My new, crowded Giant Taro/Elephant Ear from Home Depot needs…

_Posted by Marissa on 2025-05-27_

Help! My new, crowded Giant Taro/Elephant Ear from Home Depot needs some assistance. I have a grow light arriving ✨today✨ so that I can get this beauty the light it needs, but what else if anything can I do to save this plant? It looks way too crowded to me and the lower leaves are suffering and/or not developing well. Can I trim it up? Trim the bottom leaves? Split it up into multiple pots?

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## 3 comments

### Haileyy63 commented on 2025-05-27

Plants often experience shot being moved from one environment to another. Just water it as normal, it’ll loose some leaves but should be okay! Trim off the yellow/dead leaves - they won’t return.

#### Marissa replied on 2025-05-27

Thank you!! In general does this fullness look okay, or is it excessive/harmful to the plant?

#### Haileyy63 replied on 2025-05-27

That looks pretty normal to be. I brought an alocasia black velvet home once and it dropped all it’s leaves but they returned!

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