I bought this passion fruit vine from a nursery yesterday, after i checked. When i got home , i found out they used steel wire to tie it to the bamboo , the vine has a yellowing gash about 30-40 cms from the soil but the growth above it is still green so far , the plant is about 2 meters tall, i removed alll of the ties and replaced them with loose plastic zip ties and temporarly trellised it on rope until i transplant.
Is this damage a serious issue, im not sure if i should cut it off the vine under the wound and let it grow or let it be, there are multiple small wounds because of the wire above it but this looks like the most serious.
Also is it a good idea to transplant right away or wait a while for it to acclimate all of these seedlings are very rootbound with roots coming out of the nursery bags unfortunately.
kevin_r13
When the plant gets more branches, you can cut that one off if it is unsightly.
But funtionally, it will still be helpful to the plant at this time.
Just making sure, but if you’re in your grieving season now, if you have its new permanent spot ready, transplant it now is fine.
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I bought this passion fruit vine from a nursery yesterday, after i checked. When i got home , i found out they used steel wire to tie it to the bamboo , the vine has a yellowing gash about 30-40 cms from the soil but the growth above it is still green so far , the plant is about 2 meters tall, i removed alll of the ties and replaced them with loose plastic zip ties and temporarly trellised it on rope until i transplant.
Is this damage a serious issue, im not sure if i should cut it off the vine under the wound and let it grow or let it be, there are multiple small wounds because of the wire above it but this looks like the most serious.
Also is it a good idea to transplant right away or wait a while for it to acclimate all of these seedlings are very rootbound with roots coming out of the nursery bags unfortunately.
When the plant gets more branches, you can cut that one off if it is unsightly.
But funtionally, it will still be helpful to the plant at this time.
Just making sure, but if you’re in your grieving season now, if you have its new permanent spot ready, transplant it now is fine.