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Maximizing leaf output by pruning
    #7909647 - 01/21/08 01:31 PM (16 years, 11 days ago)

I see a lot of salvia plant the look like bean polls. Any gardener will tell you that you can increase the bushiness of you plants by simple strategic pruning.

All you have to do is cut off the area the plant is growing from with a sharp clean knife after you see a couple sets of leaves on a particular branch. New branches will sprout from the area above the leaves from the old branches.

You can use the cuttings you've created from this pruning to clone the plant further.

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Re: Maximizing leaf output by pruning [Re: fushock]
    #7917809 - 01/22/08 10:38 PM (16 years, 10 days ago)

i don't know about salvia and if it will be affected in teh same way...but people that are into bonsai will also tell you that pruning leaves not only makes it bushier it makes the new leaves grow back smaller over time. doesn't work on all plants but *maybe* it will make salvia leaves smaller as well if you do it a lot?


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Re: Maximizing leaf output by pruning [Re: kadakuda]
    #7917968 - 01/22/08 11:13 PM (16 years, 10 days ago)

I believe with bonsai they also limit the root growth. This will stunt any plant. But pruning a plant without limiting the root spreed will cause the plant to:
1. Branch more above ground
2. Increase the development of the root system below
3. Stimulate stronger and faster growth
This stimulates a plant's natural reaction like being munched on by a passing herbivore.


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    #7921422 - 01/23/08 07:42 PM (16 years, 9 days ago)

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Re: Maximizing leaf output by pruning [Re: Gr33nday43]
    #7921617 - 01/23/08 08:23 PM (16 years, 9 days ago)

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If they do look like bean stalks, why don't you just let em grow and chop their heads off, and spread more clones around?




Thats the whole idea. More clones, more branches, more leaves.


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Re: Maximizing leaf output by pruning [Re: fushock]
    #7923064 - 01/24/08 03:55 AM (16 years, 8 days ago)

I do this with my plants sometimes. But you cant overdo it or you will get thin branches. I find salvia to branch eagerly anyway. Perhaps more importantly, I pluck off the big leaves regularly to let light reach other parts of the plant. This encourages those new branches forming from the nodes to grow out and does not stunt the meristem growth as much as pruning. I do the same thing with basil to increase leaf production. I can strip a plant pretty decently and within a week there's more to be had. The salvia takes a little longer.


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Re: Maximizing leaf output by pruning [Re: fushock]
    #7923089 - 01/24/08 04:33 AM (16 years, 8 days ago)

IME they stall lo much for pruning to be effective.


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