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| I have just brought my jade in from the outside and was hoping that now would be a good time to do some work with it. I want to take some cuttings from it and repot it but i dont really know what direction i want from it, randy has some that i would like to copy but i am up for any tips at all really, Thanx alot
Shane [IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/thebretts/124_2407.jpg[/IMG]
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| Shane If you paste the "tag" and not the "img" line from photobucket the photos will appear in your message. randy |
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- Posted by gnome_in_pa Zone 6 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 2, 06 at 4:53
| Shane, It looks like you have two distinct groups in that pot. The first thing I think I would do would be to seperate the two clumps. When you repot you should really consider improving the quality of the soil, it looks to be rather heavy on peat. As far as the larger clump goes unless you are shooting for a twin trunk specimen you could go ahead and remove the very lowest branch that emerges at the soil line. This of courrse can be rooted very easily. I think I would plant it more vertically as well. It looks like you have a few branches going on and that is good. Once you get to this point it will be easier to see where to go from there. But realistically it will take some time to thicken up. The other clump is really so small that it will need even more time to grow out, it could also be divided according to your design wishes. By the way, sorry I missed your question in my post in the gallery earlier this year, I'm not in there very often. Norm |
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| Norm pretty well covered all the bases. As he mentioned, If the largest plant is the one you like the most, it will need to be more upright or a lot of the growth you will get from it may be undesirable in the future. randy |
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