pointsettia drying up after pruning

Jun 19, 2004 3 Replies
S

hi there, i tried pruning away the leaves from my pointsettia left over from christmas. the plant consisted of 5 stalks with large leaves (green/red) at top and some small buds lower down. i made the cuts around an inch higher than each bud.



the buds developed into leaves 5mm across while the incision points started drying up.



now a month later the "drying" has progressed an inch downward along the stalk, and shrivalled the new leaves too.



only 1 stalk still has leaves. these have grown a bit.



what went wrong?should i have made the incision higher up? did i amputate too many of the original leaves and maybe the plant went into shock?



thanks, Sam


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T

Hmmmmm, did you keep the soil moist during the recovery period? I usually prune 1/4 inch above a leaf node personally with just about all plants. I also provide bright light but no direct sun for the first month or so.

Normally, what is done is you trim the whole plant back about a half way and repot.

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S

did i prune too much? here is a link to a small pic of the plant

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The plant looks shot to me. Prune the branches back about half way just above a leaf node, keep it in bright light, no sun and keep the soil moist for the next month or so. No fertilzer. If you see no new leaves emerg after a month or month and a half toss it.

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