Then when you re-pot it will take it time to get back to its regular growth rate. Lastly when I first got my plant the leaves seemed to be yellow and thick and I prefer greener, more succulent leaves. So I started with a bit more fertilizer and gave it less light. I find the more shaded and humid it is the darker the leaves are. Maximizing Leaf Output Christmas tree growers do it.
Shrubbery growers do it.
Even YOU do it every time you cut your hedges. Its very simple. At the very tip of a branch, stem, etc. This region is where all the cell division happens and new growth occurs. If the apical meristem creates a lot of IAA it has a high apical dominance and it usually only has one stem and no branches.