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plant-care Winterizing

chilliman said:
Cheezy - your theory then, would allow you to lop it off at the base and have it come back ? Though I have not tried Im not saying it wouldnt work. As I have done this to many trees out in garden. But I do that at the end of winter not the start.
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Thats how I always do it, cut back the roots and all the leaves in the fall leaving more or less just a large stump. If you give them light, they will have lots of new shoots in no time, or you can try to let them go semi-dormant for the winter

This plant was cut back to a bare stalk only a few weeks ago and its already loaded with new green growth

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Thanx Potawie, Im just alittle chicken... need to be alittle more brutal with my fav` plants ;)! And that is a good looking bonsai potential !
 
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