Would you kindly share with me the kind of fertilizer, and how much to a gallon please. I use Jacks classic bloom booster a fourth tsp. to a gallon. I have two that are around 40 in. tall. They have always bloomed, and have been beautiful, but recently one of them is losing all its blooms. They do look like the blooms are coming back. I believe they are getting too much sun. They are inside my sliding glass doors, and the heat here in Winston Salem, NC has been in the 90's. The red one has small red blooms, and the pink ones blooms are larger, and it is beautiful. I do feed them each time I water, and have done this for a few years. I wonder if that is too much, and if the amount I am using is too much also. I share cuttings, and the friends I give them too just LOVE them. I would greatly appreciate any help you could give me.
Thank you, Ruth
Jul 26, 2010 Rating
pruning crown of thorns by: Anonymous
We had a small crown of thorns plant that grew to a 7-8 ft. tall plant (over 25 years). It became so large that it was quite dificult to move inside during the winter. So, with pruning shears in hand, I started cutting the stalks right above where they branched out into smaller branches. I cut it back to a plant that is about 3 ft. tall. I did this in the late spring when it was able to be outdoors. It looked pathetic, but with sunshine, some plant food, and watering about once a week, it began to put on leaves from the bottom of the stalks up to the top. As summer spproached, it began to put on flowers. It is now late July and I have a full, beautiful plant. All of the cuttings can be rooted and given to friends and neighbors.
Jul 26, 2010 Rating
pruning crown of thorns by: Anonymous
We had a small crown of thorns plant that grew to a 7-8 ft. tall plant (over 25 years). It became so large that it was quite difficult to move inside during the winter. So, with pruning shears in hand, I started cutting the stalks right above where they branched out into smaller branches. I cut it back to a plant that is about 3 ft. tall. I did this in the late spring when it was able to be outdoors. It looked pathetic, but with sunshine, some plant food, and watering about once a week, it began to put on leaves from the bottom of the stalks up to the top. As summer spproached, it began to put on flowers. It is now late July and I have a full, beautiful plant. All of the cuttings can be rooted and given to friends and neighbors.
