bon008 said:

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Wow, I’m impressed…congratulations on getting all that done in one day…didn’t know you pruned Hibiscus tho’?

Pretty normal I think.

I chop mine back every now and then, to stop it getting to a monstrous size. It’s living on borrowed time though.. it will go as part of the demolition process.

To prune or not to prune? Ain’t no question really… Hibiscus need a regular trim from time to time to help maintain shape and form, especially after flowering which tends to be twice a year, around now and then again around the end of summer are the two flowering moments. These prunings should be about 1/3rd of the growth removed, back to some healthy looking buds.

But as a general rule of thumb, every third year, you should go hard and really give a good prune, treat it like a rose, cut back to hardwood, maybe taking 3/4ers of the shrub away.

Also, you should prune as required which is often the best way. If the shrub is too big, prune. If a stick pokes you in the eye, prune. Prior to transplanting, prune. And the red flowers can be made into tea.

Very good PM.
I have a few just flowering and one i savaged to a stump last year. It is now about 2 1/2m high again.
I’ll take 1/3 off when it finishes flowering.

Longy said:

Very good PM.
I have a few just flowering and one i savaged to a stump last year. It is now about 2 1/2m high again.
I’ll take 1/3 off when it finishes flowering.

Good time to shape it up. Just don’t cube it, I can’t handle people who trim shrubs into cubes, what are ya? A council worker! Gets my goat. If I owned a goat. It would. It would get it. My goat that is…

pain master said:

Longy said:

Very good PM.
I have a few just flowering and one i savaged to a stump last year. It is now about 2 1/2m high again.
I’ll take 1/3 off when it finishes flowering.

Good time to shape it up. Just don’t cube it, I can’t handle people who trim shrubs into cubes, what are ya? A council worker! Gets my goat. If I owned a goat. It would. It would get it. My goat that is…

Yeah your goat is gettin on my goat too.
Next thing, there’ll be goats up the yin yang.
Strewth!

pain master said:

Longy said:

Very good PM.
I have a few just flowering and one i savaged to a stump last year. It is now about 2 1/2m high again.
I’ll take 1/3 off when it finishes flowering.

Good time to shape it up. Just don’t cube it, I can’t handle people who trim shrubs into cubes, what are ya? A council worker! Gets my goat. If I owned a goat. It would. It would get it. My goat that is…

We get it…lol!

pain master said:

Longy said:

Very good PM.
I have a few just flowering and one i savaged to a stump last year. It is now about 2 1/2m high again.
I’ll take 1/3 off when it finishes flowering.

Good time to shape it up. Just don’t cube it, I can’t handle people who trim shrubs into cubes, what are ya? A council worker! Gets my goat. If I owned a goat. It would. It would get it. My goat that is…

You need a drink. Go ‘ave a beer before you burst a vein lol.

Happy Potter said:

pain master said:

Longy said:

Very good PM.
I have a few just flowering and one i savaged to a stump last year. It is now about 2 1/2m high again.
I’ll take 1/3 off when it finishes flowering.

Good time to shape it up. Just don’t cube it, I can’t handle people who trim shrubs into cubes, what are ya? A council worker! Gets my goat. If I owned a goat. It would. It would get it. My goat that is…

You need a drink. Go ‘ave a beer before you burst a vein lol.

not before 08:30 I don’t.

pain master said:

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

Pretty normal I think.

I chop mine back every now and then, to stop it getting to a monstrous size. It’s living on borrowed time though.. it will go as part of the demolition process.

To prune or not to prune? Ain’t no question really… Hibiscus need a regular trim from time to time to help maintain shape and form, especially after flowering which tends to be twice a year, around now and then again around the end of summer are the two flowering moments. These prunings should be about 1/3rd of the growth removed, back to some healthy looking buds.

But as a general rule of thumb, every third year, you should go hard and really give a good prune, treat it like a rose, cut back to hardwood, maybe taking 3/4ers of the shrub away.

Also, you should prune as required which is often the best way. If the shrub is too big, prune. If a stick pokes you in the eye, prune. Prior to transplanting, prune. And the red flowers can be made into tea.

Good stuff there PM. I will pass that info on to our resident hibiscuit lover.

pain master said:

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

Pretty normal I think.

I chop mine back every now and then, to stop it getting to a monstrous size. It’s living on borrowed time though.. it will go as part of the demolition process.

To prune or not to prune? Ain’t no question really… Hibiscus need a regular trim from time to time to help maintain shape and form, especially after flowering which tends to be twice a year, around now and then again around the end of summer are the two flowering moments. These prunings should be about 1/3rd of the growth removed, back to some healthy looking buds.

But as a general rule of thumb, every third year, you should go hard and really give a good prune, treat it like a rose, cut back to hardwood, maybe taking 3/4ers of the shrub away.

Also, you should prune as required which is often the best way. If the shrub is too big, prune. If a stick pokes you in the eye, prune. Prior to transplanting, prune. And the red flowers can be made into tea.

There’s a house down the street that has two hibiscus trimmed into lollypops. Looks good too.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

bon008 said:

I chop mine back every now and then, to stop it getting to a monstrous size. It’s living on borrowed time though.. it will go as part of the demolition process.

To prune or not to prune? Ain’t no question really… Hibiscus need a regular trim from time to time to help maintain shape and form, especially after flowering which tends to be twice a year, around now and then again around the end of summer are the two flowering moments. These prunings should be about 1/3rd of the growth removed, back to some healthy looking buds.

But as a general rule of thumb, every third year, you should go hard and really give a good prune, treat it like a rose, cut back to hardwood, maybe taking 3/4ers of the shrub away.

Also, you should prune as required which is often the best way. If the shrub is too big, prune. If a stick pokes you in the eye, prune. Prior to transplanting, prune. And the red flowers can be made into tea.

There’s a house down the street that has two hibiscus trimmed into lollypops. Looks good too.

Giddy up, well there you go.