Help! Houseplant growing too quick!? This may sound really weird, but I be wondering if there was...
This may sound really weird, but I be wondering if there was a sheltered way to stunt a plant's growth without harm it?
I have a Pothos plant (I think) that we've had for years. It took over our fireplace and fireplace, so I trimmed it back (a LOT) so I could take it up to conservatory with me. Well now I'm final for the summer, and it absolutely LOVES the light it get on my desk, and I'm getting at least 10 new leaves respectively week from four vines, which started at 4 feet in March, and are very soon 8 feet long apiece! So now it's taking over my desk, and I don't want to own to trim it again before I get put a bet on to school, since I don't know if vines keep growing after you cut them (the vines that exist presently were NOT trimmed at the last trimming... I with the sole purpose cut off the ones that were really long... the longest be 32 feet long!)
Do you have any suggestions on dealing next to it (without killing it)?
I'd like to set it up so it hang, but I still want to keep the vines under control.
Thanks!
These grow really smoothly from cuttings. You could take some cuttings and start a new plant. My plant get bugs (mealy) and looked awful so I cut it back really hard. It soon grew rear, I also started a hanging basket from cuttings. Don't verbs all the vines will grow back. So supply it a good haircut and whip some cuttings as a standby. Good luck. Here's what I've done to my Pothos. Because I knew it would get longer when I have to carry the hanging picnic basket it came in above my guide to keep the vines from dragging on the ground. I bought a larger pot and a trellis. Just a simple wooden trellis that didn't cost much and fit into the pot. Every once in a while, I appropriate it down from the stool it's sitting on and weave the new vines into the trellis. The Pothos has taken awfully well to it. It does not mind at all human being on a trellis. You are not going to hurt it if you trim it back again. We do it to our overgrown ones that haven't sold yet adjectives the time and they just keep coming final. In tropical climates, I bet it's an invasive plant! Something else you might try, if you do feed it, is stop feeding it. That should slow it's growth some because fertilizer emphatically makes it happy! Good luck!
Won't hurt a thing to prune it back by partly (or more) of its length. Will encourage axilary growth - bushier plant. Strip the lower leaves from the cuttings and place in clear containers of hose. super easy to sprout and grow. Thrive on neglect, drought tollerant, not picky give or take a few light, prefers bright filtered reading light. Excellent for hanging basket.
When it get too long for your taste, just whack it. really
Answers: I enjoy really not heard of a plant thriving no matter the environment. Wish I have an answer. Usually the opposite happens. If your fertilizing conceivably cut back or stop. Wish I had such luck near my plants!