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Fri, Sep 7, 07 at 14:55
| two summers ago I air layered a nice 12-15" branched segment of our Huge Scheff and potted it up to play with as bonsai.....last summer I removed many of the leaves because they became too large and unsightly...it simply grew them right back as large as ever. this summer, in the interest of experimentation, I removed all of the leaves after repotting into fresh soil and put it in the shade outside and forgot about it.....a month and a half later it is pushing growth from several new branch points, which makes me happy, but I would like to know if it is possible to dwarf the leaves a little bit....they get huge and push out so far from the main trunk that it ends up looking stringy no matter how much growth it has. Is there a way to reduce the overall leaf size, or to atleast keep them from reaching out so far from the trunk? |
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| Give it a lot more light. |
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| She's right. They will not reduce leaves no matter the light.For that, try "elfin" S.arboracola.Mine grows outdoors in full sun all year and has a open canopy. And over 30 years old and healthy. |
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| She's right i meant, in the sense for the plant to be more compact or possibly branch out fuller-more light. On the other hand, the regular arboricola will not reduce leaf size no matter how much light-or pruning.Even the petioles are stubborn about reducing. |
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