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Has anyone had this in their area under glass? I need to really prune it, I
mean hard, but I don't know if it's going to come back if done so. I'd love to
hear any pruning techniques.

Thank you very much.


Lucinda Grover
Conservatory Curator
Lena Meijer Conservatory
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
1000 E. Beltline, NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525




Thu Jun 5, 2003 3:03 pm

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Has anyone had this in their area under glass? I need to really prune it, I mean hard, but I don't know if it's going to come back if done so. I'd love to...
Lucinda Grover
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Jun 5, 2003
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Cecropias do take hard pruning. Of course, if it's really hard the tree will never look right again. Planning for replacement will give you a better result. ...
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Jun 5, 2003
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I've stumped them back to a naked trunk, with like a 4 inch diameter, when they've gotton too tall, and they always resprout. Any time I prune one, it's back...
Deborah Lalumondier
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Jun 5, 2003
6:12 pm

We prune it very hard here in Seattle because it keeps hitting the ceiling and it is constantly covered with scale and tending ants (a cool and appropriate...
David Selk
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Jun 5, 2003
7:46 pm

Is it soft brown scale? We found some scale-infested Hosta flower spikes parasitized by Encyrtus, a native flightless wasp here in Missouri, and introduced...
Deborah Lalumondier
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Jun 5, 2003
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Here in our rainforest we have prune cecropia very severly several times, and it always come back. Some of them I let them grow until they break, the stem is...
Sergio Pacinotti
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Jun 6, 2003
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... From: Sergio Pacinotti [mailto:plant@...] Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:19 AM To: AZH@... Subject: [AZH] Cecropia Here in our...
Joell Dunham
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Jun 12, 2003
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Sorry Joell, At the moment no seed, but will let you know as soon as get some. ... From: Joell Dunham To: AZH@... Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003...
Sergio Pacinotti
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Jun 13, 2003
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Lucinda, We cut our tree back by about 1/3 of the height. We pruned the main terminal leader. It did have several lateral branches. The tree was about 10'...
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