I have four dr. suess seedlings in a pot and plan to braid them together. question,should I prune the lower leaves off or let them alone
braiding brugs together
hmm...this might be a good winter project. will be waiting for answers with you! Have a cup of coffee??
I knew I'd read this somewhere.
"You can also twist stems together as they grow.
Start at a very early age while the stems are soft and easy to work with. As they grow twist them and tie them with a length of old panty hose. The hose material is soft, stretchy and won't cut into the plants stem.
Let it grow, twist and tie. Let it grow, twist and tie.
You'll be cutting big leaves off each time you twist the stems.
After you've reached the desired twisted height, you'll have to keep them tied until the stems have gotten fat and woody. You don't want them to "untwist" after you take that tie off."
from http://home.att.net/~perennials/prune.html
tiG Thanks for the reminder I know I had read it some were, thats were I got the idea from in the frist place. will have to put it in my journal and try to keep it updated
Grafting different varieties together is something I dabble in. I have grafted a few different seedlings, cuttings, etc together for friends in the past. The main thing to be concerned with is one part growing faster than the other. I stunt the faster growing grafted parts by simply pulling the leaves off on a regular basis once the graft has taken. The main concern of course is to let the slower growing grafted Brugmansia get enough sunlight so that it is not in danger of being overcrowded by the other taller Brugmansia. Twisting Brugmansia in my oppinion is much more tedious and harder.