Corn Plant Hitting Ceiling: Prune and Propagate

Safe to Cut

If roots and stem are healthy, prune at any height. New growth emerges ~1 month later just below the cut.

Root the cutting in water or at the base of the mother plant for a new specimen.

House Plants: Managing a White Birch Too Close to the House: Topping vs. Selective Pruning; Pruning Overgrown Schefflera: Height Control and Propagation; How to Reduce Height of a Pachypodium with Air Layering; Pruning a Tall Dracaena Marginata: Identification and Cutting Back; Pruning Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) for Height Control; Tall Palm-Like Plant Bending: Identification Needed Before Action; Pruning Overgrown Yucca: Identification First, Then Technique; Pruning and Propagating a Too-Tall Corn Plant; Pruning and Propagating a Tall Dracaena; Pruning a Top-Heavy Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane)

Garden Articles

Plants