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Tue, Feb 5, 13 at 11:28
| My Tropical Hibiscus was so big last fall, I had to cut it back to get it in the house. I took two good looking cuttings and suspended them in a slightly fertilizer enriched jar of water. It took about 2 weeks but they both started sending down a nice cluster of roots. I moved them into a pot with fresh potting soil. It took about 3 weeks but the cuttings started to produce some new leaves. Then suddenly appeared a bud on both cuttings. Both buds are now growing and lo and behold, both have produced a second bud. Both plants are producing these new buds right out the top. I am concerned that with both these cuttings only being 12 inches tall, and smaller in diameter than a pencil, that producing flowers at this point is way too hard on these new plants. Should I pinch off these buds, or let em grow?? This tropical produces the most breathtaking palm of your hand size, blood red blooms I have ever seen. Can anyone advise?? |
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| I cut off the buds for the first few months. Better to have roots than flowers. Mot burn out your cutting. Ricardo b |
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- Posted by beachbarbie z9a/8b NC (My Page) on Tue, Feb 5, 13 at 20:14
| I agree. I know it's tempting to see those gorgeous blooms, but for the health of the cuttings, cut off the buds. Barb |
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