Saturday, May 22, 2010

Cheeseplant gone mad....?

I have a gorgeous cheeseplant, which has really come on well over the past year - but is now getting absolutely huge! Can't buy another pot to replant it, as I have the largest one the garden centre had - any ideas?!!!!?? Can they be "pruned" of older leaves - what is the best thing to do with it? PLEASE HELP!!!!

Cheeseplant gone mad....?
The best thing for you to do is to take a cutting and start over. Pick a healthy looking area of stem near the top of the plant or a shoot. Make an upward cut half to two thirds of the way through the stem, being careful not to cut completely through. Take a good handful of damp sphagnum moss and wrap it around the cut so that some of it is in the cut. Wrap the moss with plastic and tape it securely at the top and bottom of the plastic. Use a small stick to splint the area for support. After three or four months, loosen the plastic and check for new roots. Remove the cutting entirely and plant the newly rooted cutting on good potting soil and you are on you way to a new plant.
Reply:unless you can transplant it into a yard ( which i assume you do not have ) then you'll need to keep pruning it --- if you would like it to be bushy as opposed to gaining height --- then thin out most of the middle ./ good luck .

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