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title: "Hii! l'm a new plant owner and I think I'm failing! I got my polkadot…"
description: "Hii! l'm a new plant owner and I think I'm failing! I got my polkadot plant (Named her Regina) back in March this year and she grew super leggy i trimmed her…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Becky"
published: "2026-05-22T17:33:38.021039Z"
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# Hii! l'm a new plant owner and I think I'm failing! I got my polkadot…

_Posted by Becky on 2026-05-22_

Hii! l'm a new plant owner and I think I'm failing! I got my polkadot plant (Named her Regina) back in March this year and she grew super leggy i trimmed her back and shes been looking like this since. Is there any saving her?

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## 5 comments

### Lemon Meyer tree jr. commented on 2026-05-22

If she’d like to stay tall and let it grow for another couple years, but either way pinch the top leaves of growth to encourage it to become busier

#### Lemon Meyer tree jr. replied on 2026-05-22

Bushier\*

### Stefanie Cooper commented on 2026-05-22

If you are new to plants you picked a difficult one to start with. These can be finicky. I have 390 thriving plants but I kill these. Haha. Good luck.

### SJ commented on 2026-05-22

More light for bigger leaves and to fuel those lower nodes to grow

### McKenzie commented on 2026-05-22

With these I tend to trim the tops to get them a bit bushier and then plant back the cuttings into the same pot so it’s nice and full. They like growing tall so pinching off the tops will help them spread out instead of up

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