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Hi all! My portulacaria has some really poor foliage (2-5 leaves per branch, about 7 branches in total), and I've been trying to get it to a more dense one. I've tried just letting it grow, I've tried pruning it back to encourage backbuding, but nothing seemed to work. (Will attach photos if needed)
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I see a few possibilities here:
If you have seen dryed out crumbled leafs falling off it could be under watering. But that is the less likelly cause in winter.
If you have seen leafs that appar to be healthy dropping, the cause is overwatering. More likelly.
If there hasent been many leafs falling at all, the problem is lack of light. By far the most likelly cause in winter (if you are in the northern hemisphere that is).
Just wait until temperature is above 10 and move it outside, letting it get gradually get used to full sun. After a few weeks southern facing outdoors you will see amazing results. Just leave it there until temperature is back at 10c. If you have the possibility, next winter keep it at 5-10 c, bone dry and as bright as possible. That does the magic to theese trees. Not much leafs dropping and no elongation occures. The other winter option is artificial lights in living room conditions, not as good as cold storage but still acceptable. Any degree you can drop the temperature is a plus.
If you have seen dryed out crumbled leafs falling off it could be under watering. But that is the less likelly cause in winter.
If you have seen leafs that appar to be healthy dropping, the cause is overwatering. More likelly.
If there hasent been many leafs falling at all, the problem is lack of light. By far the most likelly cause in winter (if you are in the northern hemisphere that is).
Just wait until temperature is above 10 and move it outside, letting it get gradually get used to full sun. After a few weeks southern facing outdoors you will see amazing results. Just leave it there until temperature is back at 10c. If you have the possibility, next winter keep it at 5-10 c, bone dry and as bright as possible. That does the magic to theese trees. Not much leafs dropping and no elongation occures. The other winter option is artificial lights in living room conditions, not as good as cold storage but still acceptable. Any degree you can drop the temperature is a plus.
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If there hasent been many leafs falling at all, the problem is lack of light. By far the most likelly cause in winter (if you are in the northern hemisphere that is).
Thank you! I think it's probably lighting. I keep it next to a north facing window, since I don't have anywhere else I could keep it. Artificial lighting is on it's way though, I hope that will help.
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