Plant trimming

[chua]

Hi everyone,

Can i know how much do you all trim your stem plants.
I used to trim to the height i want in order to create the slope i want.
But this usually required one trimming session weekly.

Hence, i decided to trim more, about 3-5cm below the height i want.
By doing so, it reduced the trimming session to once every two weeks.
But, it will look uglier initially for the first few days because the slope is broken.

If i am correct, one of Amano's book show how trimming is done. He trimmed all the way. I think more than halve.

What about the rest of you?

Thks.

[Simon]

[quote:8aa7cdcfb3="chua"]Hi everyone,

Can i know how much do you all trim your stem plants.
I used to trim to the height i want in order to create the slope i want.
But this usually required one trimming session weekly.

Hence, i decided to trim more, about 3-5cm below the height i want.
By doing so, it reduced the trimming session to once every two weeks.
But, it will look uglier initially for the first few days because the slope is broken.

If i am correct, one of Amano's book show how trimming is done. He trimmed all the way. I think more than halve.

What about the rest of you?

Thks.[/quote:8aa7cdcfb3]

If I intend to create a sloping effect, I will trim the plants to different desired lengths

[Sleepy_lancs]

I usually cut almost to close half of the desired height so that the side shoots will grow and that makes the plant bushy.