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- Cut a Dieffenbachia - how should I proceed?
- Keep the Dieffenbachia in check
- Strong pruning Dieffenbachia
- What to do with the clippings?
- Tips
The Dieffenbachia tolerates cutbacks very well
Cut a Dieffenbachia - how should I proceed?
With good care Dieffenbachien are very vigorous and can easily reach the size of a small shrub. At the latest when the plant has grown so large that the upper leaves touch the ceiling, many plant friends ask the question: "Can the Dieffenbachia be cut and how should a pruning done?"
Keep the Dieffenbachia in check
If the space is limited, you can shorten the Dieffenbachie always a little. Cut out only the top centimeters of the trunk with the leaves.
However, this care measure has the disadvantage that the ornamental plant sometimes grows faster.
Strong pruning Dieffenbachia
Then it is better to shorten the Dieffenbachia once strong, so they expelled from below again. The plants cope with this very well and present themselves after a short time in new beauty.
However, you should not make the cut sometime, but only in the main growing season. This begins in spring and extends into early summer.
Follow these steps:
What to do with the clippings?
Now you have many offshoots that are perfect for propagation. Put these in fresh potting soil, so develop small plantlets within a few weeks. If you do not want to keep all yourself, they are a pretty present for plant lovers.
Tips
Sometimes the Dieffenbachia has not become too big, but sheds in the lower part. You do not necessarily have to cut back the plant. Dieffenbachien also thrive well underplanted, for example, with an ivy or a, also belonging to the family of arum family, Efeutute.