andy
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time to cut back
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koki
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Your crotons look great. Minimal, selective cut-back only, IMO.
Bullwinkle
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Garden looks great,I would not cut back much
Crazy for Crotons
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When you do cut back, please let me know and I'll be there to pick up the cuttings.
Phil Stager
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Air layers - combines pruning and propagation.
donroberth
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Just a light trim "Mr. Haircut Man"...I don't want to look like an Army recruit sir !!!
Nice garden...easy with the shears. Thanks for sharing the fotos.
Nice garden...easy with the shears. Thanks for sharing the fotos.
Moose
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Hmmmmm - unless your trying to shape or acquire cuttings - why trim? Your palmy-croton look is what I aspire to get the Moose Land to look like one day!
andy
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Hey Moose, the problem is most of these really tall common crotons are hiding my cocothrinax crinitas,and other species of several palms.The big full crotons look great but they a common and (I hate to say this) but cut back down to a 3 gallon size I can enjoy my palms and the crotons grow back.
Bullwinkle
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Ok,that makes sense when you put it that way.But some of my common crotons are my best varieties.My General Pagget and Stoplight always get the most compliments in my garden
Moose
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Hey - I've wacked back a few like that too. I did it because the plant was so infested with scale that I was afraid I could not get it all with the dense leaves. Of course you need to do it during the active growth season. They came right back.
I understand now about your trimming, you gotta see the covered up hairy trunk!