Don't forget to try starting any backbulbs you cut off. I put a Sharry Baby
leafless backbulb in semi-hydro, treated it like hydro, and it has a nice
new growth coming now. I would assume it would work as well with Brassias.
It may take a while to bloom, but it's like getting a freebie if it does.
:-)
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"Alison" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Hi,
I have a really big brassia that is growing over the edge of the pot,
but I don't want to go up another pot size because it's already huge,
& it has got hard to tell whether it needs watering, because I can't
tell if it's still wet in the middle. The older bulbs have lost their
leaves, so I wondered if I can cut them off, & move the plant back in
the pot to give the new shoots room. I don't want to wreck it. Is it
safe to just hack off the old leafless bulbs? Where exactly should I
cut? Where the newer bulb comes out? Will the old bulbs get new
growth or are they "done"? I know about sterilizing the knife or
scissors, & dusting with cinnamon... just wondering if anyone had any
good advice on how to do this as I have never had to divide one
before.
Thanks!

Alison


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