Hi,

I try to grow some outdoor plants in pots in my apartment for fun. One of
these is the Ice plant. Mine did quite well all year, but lately is either
growing funny, or siomething happened to it. Whereas origianlly all the
stems, etc. were nice thick green, now they are all brown and stiff, but have
new little thick green leaves growing on the ends. It is like the 'branches'
grew and the plant is extending.
This is not optimal in a pot... Is it OK to cut back ice plants?
Thanks

JMH

I grow this plant in my garden and I went out to clean it up the other day. I
removed all that dead matter you are talking about (which is normal by the way)
and to encourage it to grow again from the crown, I cut the plant back by at
least half. I expect to see fleshy leaves emerge as soon as night temps are
stable.

Remove the dead stuff, give it a good dose of fertilizer and it should be fine.
Yes, it's okay and encouraged to cut them back, IMO.

Victoria


On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:53:48 -0600,
(JMH) wrote:

Hi,

I try to grow some outdoor plants in pots in my apartment for fun. One of
these is the Ice plant. Mine did quite well all year, but lately is either
growing funny, or siomething happened to it. Whereas origianlly all the
stems, etc. were nice thick green, now they are all brown and stiff, but have
new little thick green leaves growing on the ends. It is like the 'branches'
grew and the plant is extending.
This is not optimal in a pot... Is it OK to cut back ice plants?
Thanks

JMH

To which "Ice Plants" do you allude? The leaf succulent ground covers of the
Mesembryanthema (Mesembs) or the deciduous hardy perennials of the genus
Hylotelephium (formerly Sedum section Telephium). The two are very
different.

JMH m wrote in message
...
Hi,

I try to grow some outdoor plants in pots in my apartment for fun. One of
these is the Ice plant. Mine did quite well all year, but lately is either
growing funny, or siomething happened to it. Whereas origianlly all the
stems, etc. were nice thick green, now they are all brown and stiff, but
have
new little thick green leaves growing on the ends. It is like the
'branches'
grew and the plant is extending.
This is not optimal in a pot... Is it OK to cut back ice plants?
Thanks

JMH

I am speaking of the perennial, but mine is evergreen. I'd have to look on my
plant list, if it's even on there. I thought it was an annual so didn't list
it, but will add it now. I have to take a look at some photo's.


On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:53:27 GMT, "Cereoid+10+" wrote:

To which "Ice Plants" do you allude? The leaf succulent ground covers of the
Mesembryanthema (Mesembs) or the deciduous hardy perennials of the genus
Hylotelephium (formerly Sedum section Telephium). The two are very
different.

JMH m wrote in message
...
Hi,

I try to grow some outdoor plants in pots in my apartment for fun. One of
these is the Ice plant. Mine did quite well all year, but lately is either
growing funny, or siomething happened to it. Whereas origianlly all the
stems, etc. were nice thick green, now they are all brown and stiff, but
have
new little thick green leaves growing on the ends. It is like the
'branches'
grew and the plant is extending.
This is not optimal in a pot... Is it OK to cut back ice plants?
Thanks

JMH