Why and When plants need Trimming?
Absolute trimming done in order to look and canopy plants are always nice and neat garden.
Generally the question for the title of this article can be directly answered correctly and quickly, i.e: that the display / canopy plants are always nice and neat garden. We cut hair and nails regularly. If not, what would happen? This opinion is correct, but several factors below should also note in order to “bear” cut the plants very loved.
During the plant is still alive, the plant will continue to grow to the size limit is destined by nature. Hibiscus plants are not from the cross for example, if the left can reach a height from 2.5 to 3 m. After that the main stem will grow larger, branches and the branches grew a lot. Yet when planted, it may not have time imaginable.
What Trimming Benefits?
Besides beautify and balance of plant, pruning is basically maintenance effort, which refers to the benefit or purpose, as follows.
- Manage and direct the growth
Trimming intentionally done if we want to maintain the natural shape of the plant concerned. It could happen that some plants may not receive the bulk of the sun, as blocked by the wall, for example. Thus obtain the bulk plants enough sunlight to grow more quickly, and the original form of the plant canopy began irregular. At times like this that plants need pruning in order to view its shape remains as expected.
Trimming can also be done because we want the plant forms a very distinct from its natural form. The treatment is popular with Topiary term. Topiary is the art of pruning plants that were born in Europe in the XIV century. Topiary plants are newly formed after growth reached a certain height. When young, in addition to the main stem not rising, twigs and leaves were not thick enough to be formed.
Trimming can also be done because we want a certain height. For example we want the mangoes are planted not too high. Therefore, from the beginning planted, branches and twigs that arise from the main trunk of mango trees, always cut out. Through this way the plants height will be obtained as expected
- Stimulate the growth of flowers and fruit
Plants naturally possess to survive (survival) when the branch or twig deliberately harmed (cut / cut). This can be seen in plants such as pandanus Bali, frangipani, glass plates, and myrtle. After a cut / trimmed, in the not too long, the location of these pieces will be pushed more than one new branch buds, which would later give the branch (branch) and the flowers are more numerous and more are also more fruit. From this form might be saying: lost one, grow a thousand.
-Save the plants
Without hope, sometimes we love plants instead become a source of spread of disease to other plants. Pests such as fleas, worms, snails, ants, and grasshoppers, who liked to attack and devour the leaves, stems, flowers, even the roots of plants, can be overcome with pesticides. But if the plants attacked by fungal diseases, bacterial or viral infectious, do not hesitate to cut / trim sections of the feared disease would spread to other plants. If you need to cut down on the base of the branch, leave the main stem.
-Nourished and healthy
Branches and twigs are damaged or dry it should be cut out. But sometimes need to be more daring cut, thin plant parts that are still healthy, so that air, sunlight, water spray, or rain water penetrated into all parts of the canopy as a whole. Trimming efforts are very helpful to healthy plant growth and fertility. Generally, pests or diseases that attack the living conditions are filthy headline (the dust), moist, and dark (as solid). Especially fungal spores, easy to attack the branches and twigs and moss moist. In addition to saving the plant, trimming it to make the plants beneath it still gets enough sunlight.
-Extending the age and rejuvenate
Plants are allowed to grow naturally as it is, at some point can become malnourished. The process of distribution of nutrients in the soil to all parts of the plant will slow down, because its scope further away from the surface of the ground. Leaf water evaporation was also higher, particularly if not accompanied by adequate watering. Through pruning, leaf canopy will be reduced. Similarly, leaf water does not evaporate quickly. So the action is an attempt rejuvenation pruning and prolong the life of plants, especially at high shrubs.
Crop Creep
Like other plants, vines need pruning, especially of thunbergia, Alamanda, bougainvillea, and stepanot purple. Perform pruning after flowering is complete so that new branches arise even more. Thus came the buds of new flowers.
In addition, the vines must be pruned more often, especially when the stems contain wood. Twigs dry more often found on the inside of the roof. Dry branches will interfere with the fertility of crops or bring down the roof.
There are plants trimmed Unnecessary
Not all plants need pruning. Growing plants such as family merumpun Heliconia, kana, bromelia, ginger, or lily paris for example, did not sprout. As adults these plants actually have new shoots (children). Better parent plants removed (split), because the parent plant will not bloom again (not productive). Solving the plant aims to provide opportunities for each child to grow their own crops, productive and produce children that the new plants, and so on.
Palm family of plants, also does not require pruning at all. Sometimes it takes just cut a few leaves at the bottom of the tree so that more interesting figures. Because naturally, palm leaves that will dry up and the old off by itself (or deliberately released), the rest of the dry base instead pelepahnya appear exotic.
As for bamboo plants, at first it needed pruning by removing branches at the bottom of the main stem to expose the beauty of the main stem at a later date. However, if the twigs and leaves is too thick, so the bamboo grows curved down (due to weight), do the trimming as needed.
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