Posted by Tom Broome on 8/16/2005, 8:51 pm, in reply to "Removing cones on coontie to conserve energy" --Previous Message--
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: Hello,
:
: I have a coontie which has been
: grown in a pot, mostly indoors, for
: several years. It recently flushed,
: replacing about ten short compact
: leaves with only four longer ones.
: I know this is because I have it in
: lower light than at the last flush.
:
: Thing is, now it is producing a
: cone. I have no interest in
: collecting seeds, I'm interested in
: it as a foliage plant. My question
: is, would it make sense to remove
: the cone so the plant doesn't use up
: its energy producing it? That's
: what I did last time the plant
: coned, but it had more leaves then.
: I don't want to put too much stress
: on the plant.
:
: Thanks for any advice,
:
: Laura
:
Chances are your plant would be just fine either way, but cutting off the cone early will certainly help your plant have as much energy as possible. Given your situation, yes, cut it off, it can only be a little better for your plant, and might increase the amount of flushing per year. You may normally get one flush in the spring, but some people using my fertilizer is getting another flush later in the year. I would fertilize the plant and cut the cone off.
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