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erickd8a

I have this pepperomia ferreyra that was growing really nice and full for me but a recent move has impacted it more, paired with my very apparent neglect. I basically let it get very leggy and bare from the bottom and had to recently prune off the stems due to weight. Going to water propagate those stems to get them to root and my plan is for the thicker stems to get repotted it into the same pot as the mother plants (see pic 3). Thinner stems will just become a new plant (pic 4) Any advice on how to improve the look of this plant? It looks just…kinda ugly and neglected and would like to help it recover to a fuller, bushier look it previously had

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  1. Danika

    Wow i have one of these too, for about a year now. Mine is outside. Didn’t even know it could grow that long like that! It must be reaching for light! Give it more light and hopefully the leggy thing will stop.

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    • erickd8a

      I have it under a grow lamp for 8+ hours and then the light it receives in the day! Unsure what more I can do. In my previous spot it seemed to really like the grow lamp and now :/

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  2. Andrew

    Mine does this too. And it’s in a full sun south facing window. I’m on my third one and they all do this. They get so floppy they can’t support themselves. Thought the third time would be a charm

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    • erickd8a

      How have you pruned and shaped them? I did some quick Google digging and yeah they get kinda leggy and looks like they need to be continuously pruned

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    • Andrew

      I have not pruned it, I never thought the legginess was normal, thank you😂

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