Next steps ... Arabicum PBN & Dino Diamond King
PBN and DIno Diamond King Arabicums ...
They are now 2 yrs old in March. I forced them to remain in their 4" pots all this time and just released them. The root system is short and similar on all of them. I left them uprooted 1 week to try to separate some of the roots a little. That yellow powder on their roots is curcumin. I could not do much with the roots and have since repotted them into 6" pots. They will remain in these pots during the upcoming season, unless they outgrow them.
These are the PBNs:
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These are the Diamond Kings:
Of course, they've lost some leaves being out of their pots all week. The center branch on each of them is tall and I wonder if I should cut them down. What do you think?
Maria Elena
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rcharles_gw (Canada)
4 years agoHi Marie Elena, So nice to hear from you.
Both the PBN and Diamond King typically have a Low growing habit with most branches growing horizontally. If the Leader branch was pruned down so as to form some lateral branches from the nodes would give it a nice balanced shape. I mentioning this, I did find with a few of mine that they tended to grow symmetrical on their own. I did prune a few, as Karcharat had told me this would be fine to encourage the shape I was after. This plant I am going to try and add is of a friend of mine of her PBN. **Not my Photo.
Rick
PBN
3 Diamond King Seedlings in 2nd year (Mine)
Maria Elena (Caribbean - USDA Zone 13a) thanked rcharles_gw (Canada)Maria Elena (Caribbean - USDA Zone 13a)
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4 years ago"Ninmonkorn" Thai Soco of mine.
The Thai Soco's should grow with all branches in a compact and more horizontal than upward.
I had some have their central leader bend off like this.
To keep them in a compact and symmetrical shape, Elena. I would be tempted to prune out the tall leaders in a manner that the 'new' laterals will be at same height as the side branches. If this makes sense. It done all the time in Thailand. I try to prune any branches that want to take off and keep them similar.
This is a 'Peth Dino' I have. (Virgin Roots)
This is another 'Peth Dino' (Decorated Roots, under soil)
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