I picked up this Phyllanthus a couple months ago (I know, better educated now) and have a question about pruning. I’m not able to find much info about pruning in general even less so if you’re able to hard prune these plants. The one I have is quite leggy and I’m wanting to keep it a little shorter and fatter in appearance.
So I’m curious if anyone has any info on pruning, how aggressively can I prune, time of year, how many nodes needed to maintain health?
by Gnarwhal_YYC
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I think you can prune anywhere, it’s a tree and will send out new growth in various places. I don’t have one myself but I’d leave enough of a stem. Making the cut and trimming the stump so it closes the cut nicely after new shoots have emerged is how I do it.
I think it looks perfect the way it is.
You can cut all the back to your lowest line if you want, nodes don’t really matter because it will close up and put out new shoots. Usually the very beginning of your growing season is best but honestly it doesn’t matter as much as people will lead you to think so feel free to just go for it