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Old 06-10-2006, 04:15 PM posted to rec.gardens
Scooter the Mighty Scooter the Mighty is offline
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Default Norfolk Island Pine


mstrspy wrote:
I life in the Boston Area. I have a Norfolk Island Pine tree that my
wife gave me 30 years ago. It is getting too tall for my house. It is
now about 5 ft tall. I keep it on my porch in the summer and the
basement in winter. I'm not sure what to do with this plant when it
gets too tall to move around and too tall for my house.
Any sugesstions? I don't wnat to get rid of it.
M


As a bonsai hobbyist myself, I'd say that if you want to keep it you
can prune it back to a size you like. You also might want to repot it
and whack off about a third of the roots.

Trees don't have to be any taller than you want them.