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Green Hibiscus Leaves
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Often when I see hibiscus plants for sale is a nursery, their leaves are an envious dark green, darker than those on plants growing outside and darker than I can make them with a balanced fertilizer. What is it that people add to these plants to cause the leaves to turn so dark? Thanks, John |
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Green Hibiscus Leaves
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writes Hi, Often when I see hibiscus plants for sale is a nursery, their leaves are an envious dark green, darker than those on plants growing outside and darker than I can make them with a balanced fertilizer. What is it that people add to these plants to cause the leaves to turn so dark? I'm told that it's a side effect of a dwarfing agent used on the plants to make them suitable for use as pot plants. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Green Hibiscus Leaves
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote in
: In article , John writes Hi, Often when I see hibiscus plants for sale is a nursery, their leaves are an envious dark green, darker than those on plants growing outside and darker than I can make them with a balanced fertilizer. What is it that people add to these plants to cause the leaves to turn so dark? I'm told that it's a side effect of a dwarfing agent used on the plants to make them suitable for use as pot plants. Stewart, What you say is interesting and you are probably correct. I have a large collection of hibisci, all of which I started from cuttings. (One of these came from Bali in Indonesia). None of my plants has had the benefit of a dwarfing agent. John |
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