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title: "Wondering why my fiddle leafs stem is growing so long?? Is it…"
description: "Wondering why my fiddle leafs stem is growing so long?? Is it reaching for the sun??"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/649f59807c030f6477490055"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Kerby_elayne"
published: "2023-06-30T22:38:56.928Z"
language: "en"
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# Wondering why my fiddle leafs stem is growing so long?? Is it…

_Posted by Kerby\_elayne on 2023-06-30_

Wondering why my fiddle leafs stem is growing so long?? Is it reaching for the sun??

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## 5 comments

### Anya commented on 2023-06-30

Wow your fiddle leaf fig is gorgeous!

#### Kerby\_elayne replied on 2023-07-01

Thanks 😊 I actually just got it.

### Plantshley commented on 2023-07-01

It looks like it lost a leaf or two there

#### Kerby\_elayne replied on 2023-07-01

Surprisingly it actually didn’t lose any leaves

### Anya commented on 2023-07-01

You could probably chop and propagate if you don’t like how it looks

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