hi there! i bought a serrissa foetida last december. wen it arrived it
looked beautifully pruned and pretty but now its got pretty messy and
is starting to loose its intended shape. due to it being under a fluro
light some of the shoots have gota bit spindly and have grown right up
to the light, i really want to tidy the tree up and give it a good
prune. is there any tips i need to know. a hav a bonsai book wich gives
me the basics but gives no indication of tools so im not sure what to
buy, do i just use small garden sheers? any help would be greatly
appreciated before my bonsai starts looking more like a messy shrub
than a tree! thanks!

this is the best time of year to give your serissa a good cuting. Use sharp
pruners or shears to do so. IF it is healthy, you can cut it back serverely
now and it will response well (if you are in the northern hemisphere) is it
spring even for plants under light.
Cut back to reform the laters you had to start.
BTW if the spaces between leaf sets are long as your say, the plant is NOT
getting enough light.
Pauline Muth ZONE 4

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hi there! i bought a serrissa foetida last december. wen it arrived it
looked beautifully pruned and pretty but now its got pretty messy and
is starting to loose its intended shape. due to it being under a fluro
light some of the shoots have gota bit spindly and have grown right up
to the light, i really want to tidy the tree up and give it a good
prune. is there any tips i need to know. a hav a bonsai book wich gives
me the basics but gives no indication of tools so im not sure what to
buy, do i just use small garden sheers? any help would be greatly
appreciated before my bonsai starts looking more like a messy shrub
than a tree! thanks!

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lotty11 wrote:

hi there! i bought a serrissa foetida last december. wen it arrived it
looked beautifully pruned and pretty but now its got pretty messy and
is starting to loose its intended shape. due to it being under a fluro
light some of the shoots have gota bit spindly and have grown right up
to the light, i really want to tidy the tree up and give it a good
prune. is there any tips i need to know. a hav a bonsai book wich gives
me the basics but gives no indication of tools so im not sure what to
buy, do i just use small garden sheers? any help would be greatly
appreciated before my bonsai starts looking more like a messy shrub
than a tree! thanks!

whatever scissors or garden sheers that are very sharp
Bonsai is a living creature and not a stuffed animal it changes with
time.. and seasons
I do not think it is the right moment April to october is the best
one or after repotting.. twigs are cut leaving 2- 4 pairs of leaves
flower when withered must be removed
if you really cannot stay quiet clip away dead twigs inside and
suckers that might grow from roots and some yellow leaves

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interesting Theo
Up here in the northeast, this is the ideal time to cut serrisa back (
remembering we are growing indoors for serissa now). As the day lengthens,
as long as you give the plant plenty of light, they bud out and grow at a
terrific rate.
Pauline Muth ZONE 4

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lotty11 wrote:

hi there! i bought a serrissa foetida last december. wen it arrived it
looked beautifully pruned and pretty but now its got pretty messy and
is starting to loose its intended shape. due to it being under a fluro
light some of the shoots have gota bit spindly and have grown right up
to the light, i really want to tidy the tree up and give it a good
prune. is there any tips i need to know. a hav a bonsai book wich gives
me the basics but gives no indication of tools so im not sure what to
buy, do i just use small garden sheers? any help would be greatly
appreciated before my bonsai starts looking more like a messy shrub
than a tree! thanks!

whatever scissors or garden sheers that are very sharp
Bonsai is a living creature and not a stuffed animal it changes with
time.. and seasons
I do not think it is the right moment April to october is the best
one or after repotting.. twigs are cut leaving 2- 4 pairs of leaves
flower when withered must be removed
if you really cannot stay quiet clip away dead twigs inside and
suckers that might grow from roots and some yellow leaves

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Pauline Muth wrote:

interesting Theo
Up here in the northeast, this is the ideal time to cut serrisa back (
remembering we are growing indoors for serissa now). As the day lengthens,
as long as you give the plant plenty of light, they bud out and grow at a
terrific rate.
Pauline Muth ZONE 4
HI
yes pretty cold
mine just thawed from the bucket of ice they become under -6°Celsious
zone 7

I have 7 cuttings during 2 years this is the second winther they spend
outside and are growing well
the last 2 I put in theh soil on the 18th of jan last , cuttings of 3
" lenght and very thin,
one with yellow and green panachés leaves is fine ,another one with
very long and thin leaves had all leaves dried out by frost , yesterday
I cut them all and noticed that in the leaves pit a bud is coming out

serissa is a certainly intriguing plant a friend in Milano took his
inside
and suddenly started loosing all leaves turning black the tips

on a french book is well specified that the Serissa need a++ winther
rest..++. we know that she can withstand -6 Celsious until + 12
during the winther above she starts giving sign of stress loosing
leaves blackening or withering of tips and so on


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