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title: "I have tried everything with this plant. Watering less, watering…"
description: "I have tried everything with this plant. Watering less, watering more, fertilizer, different locations. It literally has barely grown in the last year and a…"
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# I have tried everything with this plant. Watering less, watering…

_Posted by Durga on 2025-04-09_

I have tried everything with this plant. Watering less, watering more, fertilizer, different locations. It literally has barely grown in the last year and a half. Right now all my other plants are going crazy for the spring. What am I missing here? Thanks!!

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## 11 comments

### GARDEN GIRL commented on 2025-04-09

Do you need to repot it

### Nurse Gizzy commented on 2025-04-09

Maybe a little more shade?

### Nurse Gizzy commented on 2025-04-09

I found that this plant is a bit slow growing for me but she loves shade. It’s taken months to grow but it seems to be happy

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### HFC commented on 2025-04-09

Mine has been slow to grow too. I found that she has grown a little more when I moved her into more indirect light and gave her a trellis to climb.

### Durga commented on 2025-04-09

I have to say I haven’t fully tried shade, thank you for the tips everyone, I have a feeling that might be the trick! Definitely doesn’t need a new pot, so much room to grow!

### Rylee commented on 2025-04-09

Maybe even try to propagate her! Then put them back into the mother plant after they're ready!

### Yolanda commented on 2025-04-09

Try putting a grow light on it for a few hours and see if that helps. A lot of times when you prune off long stems with no foliage in between it will encourage more growth

### Matilda commented on 2025-04-09

How tight is it in the pot? It might be putting energy into roots to fill up the pot, rather then leaves

### Sunny commented on 2025-04-09

Mine are not the fastest growers. But, they are steady growers that put out about six inches of growth in a year. Mine like very bright indirect sunlight most of the day. They get about 4 hours of direct morning sunlight on my patio. I would use a grow light 12 hours a day if I kept mine indoors all year. I fertilize with diluted fertilizer and SuperThrive plant vitamins twice a month.

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### Summer commented on 2025-04-09

It’s just slow! Mine compared To all my other plants (even just my other philodendrons) is just inching along.  
Id equate it to the speed of the satin pothos, which I find also to be slow when they’re pups.

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