Why is pruning so important?
In fact, you wouldn't have to cut back your avocado. However, it is the spatial space in apartments - especially in height - but very limited, and avocado plants also tend to shoot up a lot and barely branch out, especially at a young age. It is therefore advisable to cap the tip of the avocado so that more side shoots form and the Plant becomes bushier - instead of just a pencil-thin stem with a few leaves on it to grow up. When you actually cut your plant is entirely up to your taste and wishes. Basically, you can cut back at any height, just like you Pull your plant want.
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Cut back the avocado properly
All you need to trim back your avocado is nail scissors, or if you have one Rose scissors. With this you simply snap off the top of the plant with the top leaves. Then spray the leftover leaves of your avocado with room warm water. It is best to combine the pruning of the plant
with repotting in a larger pot, which usually happens towards the end of winter. Very young plants do not have to be cut, this is only necessary from an age of approx. three months or older. The timing you choose also depends on how tall you want your avocado to grow.What you need:
- an avocado plant with several shoots (from about three to six months of age)
- sharp scissors (at best, rose or nail scissors)
Tips & Tricks
You don't need to throw away the clipped tip of your avocado - you can get out of it instead Grow a new sapling from the cuttings.
