The effect of pruning / myLot

India

April 27, 2022 1:38am CST

We have been busy doing some renovations in our garden and one activity was to trim down plants which is normally done just after the monsoon. There is a technique for doing it correctly and apparently we seem to have done it correctly. This Ixora that you see in the picture is the result of pruning. We have done that to other plants as well.

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Simone

@Janet357 (75638)

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27 Apr 22

speaking of which, we need big new scissors for pruning.

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

27 Apr 22

Pruning is something I'm learning to do more of, now that we have so many shrubs.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

27 Apr 22

If they have survived that means you know the technique!!

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

27 Apr 22

@allknowing Usually I am too gentle, I have had to learn to be more ruthless!

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

28 Apr 22

@Fleura But see that you keep a few trimmed branches and not remove them all

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aubrey

@averygirl72 (38849)

• Philippines

27 Apr 22

I think Ixora is called santan here in my country. I don't know how to prune

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

27 Apr 22

You should keep a few branches and not prune the entire plant

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aubrey

@averygirl72 (38849)

• Philippines

27 Apr 22

@allknowing Oh okay

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Marlina

@marlina (154103)

• Canada

27 Apr 22

Ixoras look good here.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Apr 22

I agree that there are right and wrong ways to prune trees and bushes. If you prune some back too much, they might die while others can stand hard pruning.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

27 Apr 22

There is also a time when shallow or deep pruning is done

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