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Old 15-01-2006, 03:13 PM posted to aus.gardens
Terry Collins
 
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Default Bromaliad question from a rookie

theozfrog wrote:
Happy New Year to All! The flower of our bromaliad has died few months
ago but we kept the plant because there is a new shoot growing on its
side. To give the shoot the best chances, should we cut the old leaves?
cut the bulb in half? or leave it all together? how do we nuture it?
will it ever flower again? Thank you in advance for sharing your
knowledge! Cheerio.


In Sydney, We just leave them. If we want them to flower, we just pour a
bucket of water over them each day for a week (or something like that).

Actually, our flowers (4 or 5 varieties) ony last for a fortnight or so.

Do you mean the heat has killed the leaves?
Don't write them off until you've sacrificed a few buckets of water.
We've had ones that I swore were dead after transplanting come back to
life after a good water.

I'd leave the dead leaves as mulch and future food.