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pointsettia drying up after pruning
hi there,
i tried pruning away the leaves from my pointsettia left over from christmas. the plant consisted of 5 stalks with large leaves (green/red) at top and some small buds lower down. i made the cuts around an inch higher than each bud. the buds developed into leaves 5mm across while the incision points started drying up. now a month later the "drying" has progressed an inch downward along the stalk, and shrivalled the new leaves too. only 1 stalk still has leaves. these have grown a bit. what went wrong?should i have made the incision higher up? did i amputate too many of the original leaves and maybe the plant went into shock? thanks, Sam |
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pointsettia drying up after pruning
On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 07:54:59 -0700, Sam wrote:
hi there, i tried pruning away the leaves from my pointsettia left over from christmas. the plant consisted of 5 stalks with large leaves (green/red) at top and some small buds lower down. i made the cuts around an inch higher than each bud. the buds developed into leaves 5mm across while the incision points started drying up. now a month later the "drying" has progressed an inch downward along the stalk, and shrivalled the new leaves too. only 1 stalk still has leaves. these have grown a bit. what went wrong?should i have made the incision higher up? did i amputate too many of the original leaves and maybe the plant went into shock? thanks, Sam Hmmmmm, did you keep the soil moist during the recovery period? I usually prune 1/4 inch above a leaf node personally with just about all plants. I also provide bright light but no direct sun for the first month or so. Normally, what is done is you trim the whole plant back about a half way and repot. |
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pointsettia drying up after pruning
did i prune too much? here is a link to a small pic of the plant
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/p...5454830467.jpg Sam Tom Randy wrote in message ... On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 07:54:59 -0700, Sam wrote: hi there, i tried pruning away the leaves from my pointsettia left over from christmas. the plant consisted of 5 stalks with large leaves (green/red) at top and some small buds lower down. i made the cuts around an inch higher than each bud. the buds developed into leaves 5mm across while the incision points started drying up. now a month later the "drying" has progressed an inch downward along the stalk, and shrivalled the new leaves too. only 1 stalk still has leaves. these have grown a bit. what went wrong?should i have made the incision higher up? did i amputate too many of the original leaves and maybe the plant went into shock? thanks, Sam Hmmmmm, did you keep the soil moist during the recovery period? I usually prune 1/4 inch above a leaf node personally with just about all plants. I also provide bright light but no direct sun for the first month or so. Normally, what is done is you trim the whole plant back about a half way and repot. |
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pointsettia drying up after pruning
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:49:01 -0700, Sam wrote:
did i prune too much? here is a link to a small pic of the plant http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/p...5454830467.jpg The plant looks shot to me. Prune the branches back about half way just above a leaf node, keep it in bright light, no sun and keep the soil moist for the next month or so. No fertilzer. If you see no new leaves emerg after a month or month and a half toss it. |
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