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- Do I have to cut back my pencil bush regularly?
- When is the best time to cut?
- What should I pay attention to when cutting?
- How should I cut my pencil plant?
- The most important tips for cutting the pencil bush:
- Tips
The pencil shrub can grow to several meters
Do I have to cut back my pencil bush regularly?
The exotic and extravagant pencil shrub needs little care and does not need to be trimmed regularly. However, it does not grow very slowly and can reach a size of two and a half to three meters without cutting.
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Indoor plants of this size certainly will not fit into every home, so the pencil plant is well suited for a bright, light-filled conservatory. If you do not have it, then you can cut back your pencil plant as soon as it gets too big for you. Even a cropping of the plant is a good reason for the pruning. Ideally, cut at the beginning of the growth phase in the spring.
What should I pay attention to when cutting?
From the pencil bush all parts of the plant are poisonous, which also affects the milky juice. It can cause severe allergic skin reactions. It is therefore best to wear work gloves if you want to prune your pencil bush in any way.
Clean your tool before and after cutting so that no germs can be transmitted. Juice of the pencil's shrub sticking to the knife could cause damage to other plants that you subsequently prune.
How should I cut my pencil plant?
If your pencil plant becomes bald from below, then a vigorous pruning can stimulate the shoot. Shorten the plant for about a third. At each pruning check your pencil plant for sick and / or weak shoots and cut them off first. Then you bring the plant through further cut into an appealing form.
If you would like to draw new pencil plants, then cut extra cuttings or use a part of the cutback for it. However, not all cuttings rooted necessarily. Use strong and healthy shoots and keep the growing substrate moist but not wet. The best to root shoots, which were separated at a leaf knot and dried for a few days.
The most important tips for cutting the pencil bush:
Tips
If you would like to prune your pencil crop, which has become too big, then use particularly vigorous shoots as cuttings for propagation.