scotty
Fish Herder
as the title says,my sword plant has become very big and bushy,would like to make it smaller,any help would be appreciated.
thanks
scott
thanks
scott
as the title says,my sword plant has become very big and bushy,would like to make it smaller,any help would be appreciated.
thanks
scott
If it has only one crown, all you can do is cut off the outside leaves. If there are a number of crowns, you can cut the root into parts so that each crown has some. Amazon swords also propagate by "runners" which come off like leaves do, you can cut these off.
To prevent them from growing too large, I generally plant mine into smallish pots, so that they do not have enough space to develop good roots.
You can try trimming the roots short, but this is only a short term measure as it usually makes them grow back even faster.
Have you tried adding a fertiliser tablet rich in iron to the base of the plant?I'd settle for someone telling me how to get my swords to thrive again.