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title: "Anything I can do to stop my Song of India from growing tall? It…"
description: "Anything I can do to stop my Song of India from growing tall? It keeps shedding bottom leaves and growing top ones"
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# Anything I can do to stop my Song of India from growing tall? It…

_Geplaatst door GVin op 2025-05-14_

Anything I can do to stop my Song of India from growing tall? It keeps shedding bottom leaves and growing top ones

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## 1 reactie

### KJM reageerde op 2025-05-14

Losing bottom leaves is fairly normal but yours seems to be overdoing it. It's probably not getting enough light so it is stretching. Or possibly not humid enough. If you want it to be short I would propagate the tops and then try and give it a little more light. You can propagate all of the stem and the base should come back as well. If you propagate the stems I'm not sure if they care which way is up. I usually cut the bottom on an angle and the top flat so I know.

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