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14-Mar-2005	#1
007 Secret Agent Join Date: Nov-2004 Location: Detroit, Michigan Country: U.S. USDA Zone: 5/6 AHS Heat Zone: 4/5 Posts: 838	Hard pruning a schefflera Does Schefflera A. take hard pruning well? I have one that I am training as root over rock that I repotted a little while ago and it is in need of a real good pruning. Can I trim it way back? This will not be a total defoliation. __________________ Here's to a long life and a merry one, a quick death and an easy one, a pretty girl and an honest one, a cold beer and another one!

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14-Mar-2005	#2
Jerry Meislik bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Nov-2003 Location: Whitefish Montana Country: United States USDA Zone: 4 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 465	Yes, it its healthy you can cut everything off. Defoliation also works well with the same precautions. Jerry __________________ Jerry Meislik Whitefish Montana USA Zone 4-5 http://www.bonsaihunk.us/

14-Mar-2005	#3
007 Secret Agent Join Date: Nov-2004 Location: Detroit, Michigan Country: U.S. USDA Zone: 5/6 AHS Heat Zone: 4/5 Posts: 838	As far as I can tell its healthy. It was repotted about a month or two ago and has since put out new growth and new roots. I'll give it a go. Thanks! __________________ Here's to a long life and a merry one, a quick death and an easy one, a pretty girl and an honest one, a cold beer and another one!

14-Mar-2005	#4
robert1955 bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Jan-2005 Location: North San Diego county USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 524	A couple of years ago frost got mine and I cut it way back and it is spectacler now. So it must be preaty hardy, or at least here in So.Ca. __________________ The older you get, the older old is.

4-Jul-2005	#5
emmanuelm bonsaiTALK Neophyte Join Date: Apr-2005 Posts: 2	Pruning a Schefflera is not only feasible, it is necessary to obtain a beautiful shape. However, the proper sequence should have been cutting first, waiting for new leaves (about a month), then repotting and/or cutting the roots. It is safer to to this during a period of fast growth (summer, nitrogen-rich fertilizer).

4-Jul-2005

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jerry Meislik

Yes, it its healthy you can cut everything off.
Defoliation also works well with the same precautions.
Jerry

Jerry -

I am curious about the precautions as I was considering defoliation for one of my own. In general, what would you consider to be the best time and conditions?

Thanks in advance.

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Tom

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