Hello! Recently got a pot for this guy. While I’m repotting I may try to split it- I want to encourage it to be more bushy. I have been reading a bit about how to encourage bushiness and it seems I could either separate it at the root so the base is wider and hope it fills in, and/or prune.

Just wanted to see if any of you had success with this or generally getting them to grow more bushy than tall. This one sits directly under a bright fluorescent light at work (less than 12 inches above the plant, maybe 8).

If you’ve pruned one of these, how would you recommend going about it?

Thanks!

  • Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I trim the really long/gangly growths to maintain the size and density. You can tell before a frond has fully grown if it’s going to be long. After a while of doing this mine seemed to ‘learn’ to grow shorter and I rarely have to do it now.