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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
Join Date: Apr-2005
Location: The Hague
Country: Netherlands
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Are they kept warm and light, or cold and dark?
They behave quite differently depending...
If you get it inside and put it cold and dark, it will drop it's leaves and go kind of dormant until spring. It has very little need of water then.
Best is to cut back hard before putting it inside for the winter. If you put it under lights it will still lose some leaves, but will start actively pushing new growth and even more flowers almost immediately. I notice that it doesn't like drying out when it's actively growing like this, and need a lot more water this way.
The one you describe as putting out new foliage seems to be actively growing, and if it is pushing new leaves I assume that it is not sitting cold and dark. If you want to do a little light pruning on that one, that should be o.k. If you want to do heavy pruning I suggest just letting it grow until spring when you put it outside and cut it back then.
You don't say anything about the condition of the foliage on the other one. Assuming that it's not pushing new growth, I'd suggest waiting until spring to do any work on it.
In general, letting the shoots grow out over winter and cutting it back in spring will get you some nice back budding...
Hope this helps...
Stefan
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