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Box Plant Info required

phater phagan · 2018-05-12 13:27:58

Hello all. My buxos plants are doing very well after nearly four years of disappointingly small growth, and I think the reason for their enhanced well-being is due to adding banana skins into the soil around them. It really has made the difference. They are producing much more staunch and healthy looking leaves. I had a…

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12-05-2018 2:27pm

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phater phagan

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Hello all. My buxos plants are doing very well after nearly four years of disappointingly small growth, and I think the reason for their enhanced well-being is due to adding banana skins into the soil around them. It really has made the difference. They are producing much more staunch and healthy looking leaves.
I had a bit of a box mite problem - the little white fluffy things - and washing the leaves etc. with soapy water seemed to have got rid of them.
I have a question.
I'm trying to get them to grow closer together and wonder if trimming the foliage one one side will encourage more growth at the sides that I want the plants to converge. Will that work? Thanks

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#2 12-05-2018 8:59pm
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Trim away. Cutting off the tips will induce the buds behind to come in to growth.

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#3 13-05-2018 1:33pm
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Thanks 3cents for the good advice. I'll carry on clipping.

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