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title: "I have had a hoya for 2 years and no new leaves have grown in that…"
description: "I have had a hoya for 2 years and no new leaves have grown in that time and I don’t know why."
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# I have had a hoya for 2 years and no new leaves have grown in that…

_Posted by Pippin Took on 2026-08-09_

I have had a hoya for 2 years and no new leaves have grown in that time and I don’t know why.

## 15 comments

### Nikiller commented on 2026-08-09

Do you give it tons and tons of light? Lots of fertilizer during growth seasons?

### Pippin Took commented on 2026-08-09

I don’t really know when is growing season

#### HoyaHoarder replied on 2026-08-11

It should be growing. Try using powdered sulfur. You may have broad or flat mites.

### Pippin Took commented on 2026-08-09

It has indirect light all day long

#### Karzdan replied on 2026-08-09

Can you use a light meter (This app has that feature and there are free apps out there for your phone) you want at least 1000 ft candles for 8 hours. Make sure to measure at the location the plant is and check multiple times a day. Mine didn't take off until I put her in the correct light levels.

#### Pippin Took replied on 2026-08-09

Ok thank you

#### Pippin Took replied on 2026-08-09

Do you have any apps you would recommend that are free?

#### Karzdan replied on 2026-08-09

Not really, I was using the Planta app before I picked up a light meter off Amazon.

### Amateur plant mama commented on 2026-08-09

Mine seems to like more light. She's in the most sunny southern window and has grow lights on her and she's giving me bigger leaves everytime.

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#### Pippin Took replied on 2026-08-09

So maybe it needs more light?

#### Amateur plant mama replied on 2026-08-09

I would try more light

### Pippin Took commented on 2026-08-09

I fertilized it about 2 months ago

### Pippin Took commented on 2026-08-09

I used this

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### Cindy Branson commented on 2026-08-09

Our main hoya is in a SW facing window, since we moved it there about 7 years ago it doubles in size every year. We just cut off two 6’ branches about 3 weeks ago and dropped the cuttings in plain water in the same window and both cuttings have grown roots. We will plant them tomorrow and feed them with flowering plant spikes, one of them is ready to flower already! My big plant is super root-bound but it flowers year round.

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### Cindy Branson commented on 2026-08-09

The branches on the main hoya plant are about 23’ from end to end.

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