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Old 07-01-2013, 10:17 PM
Orchidflowerchild Orchidflowerchild is offline
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....you should be able to tell how well the plant is doing if the new shoots rise to meet the height of the older canes. If they do not then the plant has not equaled its best health and may be in need of re directing the plants energy if too much old growth is left. Many times cutting the older canes off at the base will excite new growths in and of itself stimulating root growth of the newer shoots.
Redirecting auxin flows, man. LOL. It can in fact stimulate a plant to start new shoots, if divided too small. Call it an evolutionary response to the randomness of mokeys in trees, perhaps. It works with backbulbs, too. You get several smaller growths which will root an establish the plant, then later larger, flowering-size growths come in.

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Old 07-02-2013, 01:45 PM
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Well, I'll keep my eye on the new growth. So far they seem to be emerging quite nicely and growing taller each week. Thanks again.
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