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Posted by Annie_qld QLDAust (My Page) on Tue, Oct 12, 04 at 19:16
I have a large ponytail that has got really too tall for where I want it.
Can I cut the top off?
Will it sprout again like a yucca?
Thanks,
Annie |
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RE: Ponytails
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| Annie I read somewhere?? That if you cut the top off they will produce shoots, maybe more than one though, so that would be different. MM. |
RE: Ponytails
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Well, that's what I'm hoping will happen.
But I don't want to do it if all I accomplish is to kill the thing.
I thought I'd ask here to see if anyone had done it.
Annie |
RE: Ponytails
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| g'day annie, yes pony tails are like succulants, where you cut the top off it will throw a couple shoots maybe 3 so will have a branched effect. stick the other but trimmed of foliage bit into a pot or the ground and it will grow. you don't say if the plant is in a pot? but if it is the ground and you don't want to cut the top off just remove all foliage and dig it out of the ground you won't neeed much of a root ball, and pop it into the new location. len |
RE: Ponytails
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no,Len. It's in a pot and it's nearly reached the roof.
I like it there and that's why I was hoping that I could just lop it.
Thanks for the info.
Annie |
RE: Ponytails
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- Posted by ashmeri Cent. Qld.Aust. (My Page) on
Fri, Oct 15, 04 at 16:22
Had a bit of a giggle when I saw your Pony tail heading ,Annie.
The other day on the news we heard about a new theft going on. Someone is cutting off horse and pony tails, guess they have found a sail for the hair.
Can you imagine all those horses not being able to flick flies. ???? |
RE: Ponytails
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poor horses! imagine having a fly buzzing around your face and not being able to do anything about it!
Talk about cruel and unusual torture! |
RE: Ponytails
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- Posted by Liatris FraserCoast,Qld (My Page) on
Mon, Oct 25, 04 at 18:43
| Oh Marion, that's disgusting! I really wonder what this world is coming to sometimes. Annie, a friend's husband backed into their 5 foot high ponytail a couple of years ago, and snapped it off only a couple of inches from the bottom. It is now looking wonderful. Chop with confidence. |
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