How to prune the lucky tree

When to prune the lucky tree

The lucky tree can generally be pruned in late winter and before the beginning of spring each year. Pre-spring pruning mainly involves heavy pruning, cutting off the tops of plants that are too high and cutting off large branches. Pruning can also be done by topping, scissoring, thinning, and shaping.

The pruned branches of the lucky tree can be used for cuttings. Trim off the leaves under the pruned branches, including the stems connecting the leaves. Cut an oblique cut at the bottom of the trunk, and then soak the branches in rooting solution for about half an hour.

Prepare the soil. You can add more perlite to the nutrient soil, then insert the soaked branches into the prepared soil. Don't insert it too shallowly, about 3 to 5 centimeters deep. After inserting, compact the soil, water it directly, and then move it to a well-ventilated place with scattered light for maintenance.

Lucky tree pruning

The main pruning methods of the lucky tree include topping, scissoring, beheading and thinning. Topping is to remove the new buds on the top of the main trunk of the plant. Beheading is similar to topping, directly cutting the main trunk. Scissoring is to cut the branches around it to the same length. Thinning is to trim the branches that are too dense.

We can shape the plant by pruning the main branches of the plant to the same length, which makes it more ornamental. We can also cut more of the longer ones and less of the shorter ones according to their growth. After pruning, a large number of new buds will sprout in a short period of time, and they will grow very fast.

In addition, you can also perform thinning, which is to cut the branches that grow too densely into loose ones, mainly targeting cross branches, parallel branches, inward branches, etc. After pruning, you can increase the ornamental value of the plant, and also increase the air permeability and light permeability of the lucky tree, which is beneficial to the growth of the lucky tree.

Tips for pruning lucky trees

When pruning the lucky tree, the principle is to have more side branches grow on its trunk, so you should pinch and top it more often during the growing season, and directly prune off the top branches of all the side branches, or pinch them off with your hands, and directly cut off the tops of the side branches to avoid excessive growth and messy plant shape, and also encourage it to grow new branches at the lower end.

The lucky tree grows faster after pruning

If you want the lucky tree to grow fast, you need to fertilize it more while pruning, pinching and topping it, especially fertilizers containing nitrogen and potassium. You can give it some decomposed cake fertilizer water, or put some compound fertilizer on the flowerpot.

Lucky tree pruning and flowering

If you want to prune the lucky tree to make it bloom, you can do appropriate pruning before it blooms, prune some of the longer branches, and also learn how to pinch and top the branches. This will allow the plant to have lush branches and leaves, and green leaves that can bloom.

Precautions for pruning the lucky tree

The pruning of the lucky tree also needs to be combined with topdressing, because pruning can promote the growth of the plant, and growth cannot be separated from nutrients. Therefore, it is recommended to add some nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium organic fertilizers in time after pruning. Usually you can make your own decomposed bean cake fertilizer, bone meal fertilizer, poultry manure, etc.