Quote:
Originally Posted by coub
Hi all,question is when do you remove old leaves?.At what stage of age?.And how is it done?.  |
Many people don't even remove the leaves and that's good in dry areas, because the more leaves there are, the worse air circulation and higher humidity there is.
I usually remove only the yellowing, dying leaves (so that they don't take energy from the plant), they are mostly overhanging. Usually anything that isn't horizontal or upwards facing can be removed as it will fall of soon.
You can cut off the leaf just at the end of the petiole, very closely to the P-stem. This way the remaining skin will be drying out on the P-stem and than can later be removed without any problems. I use only knife, because I was trained to fight with it and use it as a tool, but there might be more useful tools.