RE: [CH] Trimmings

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>>I trimmed the plants yesterday, taking off some dead and trimming down
some
>>green.

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>I'm really quite a novice at raising plants of any kind.  I've killed
>anything from ivy to cactus, and probably most of the fauna in between.
>Secondly (and really the meat of the question) I have never trimmed a plant
>back.  How?  How much?  How far?  To all leaves?  Green as well as any
>slightly discolored?  I do go through every two weeks or so and pick off
any
>leaves that have shriveled or are fairly limp - is that good enough?
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My wife had a jade plant that was dying.  One of the larger stems had broken
off and was starting to rot, the rest of it was severely wilted.  She had
given it up as a lost cause.  That's when I decided to have some fun.  I
took it outside , inserted some firecrackers into the rotted parts, and
KA-BLAMMO! sent jade-parts flying.  Left it outside and a few days later the
wilted parts had recovered.  It lasted for a few years after that.  Not
suggesting this as a preferred method for trimming chiles, but it was fun
and surprising.

Scott... KCK

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