On 5/23/2014 4:56 PM, Fran Farmer wrote:

Reread. I've left in the pertinent bits and snipped the rest since you
seem to be confused.

David said he cuts off dead bits and says the dead bit he's cut off is
not contributing substances. I said that dead is dead but live feeds
the plant. They both say the same thing, or they should.


I cut away the dead bits. However, I leave a very small portion of dead
so as not to injure any live portion of the leaf.

At least, that is what I meant.

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David E. Ross
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