clip or not to clip... That is the question.

[d-man]

Just wondering how many of you clip the tips of your frags/colonies to promote growth?
pics of the before and after growths if possible too.

Thanks,
derek

 

[allsps40]

Cutting to promote growth, no thats new to me. Good water, quality, lighting and stability promotes the best growth IMO.

 

[phenom5]

General consensus seems to be that it does work, all though maybe not 100% of the time.


Snip all of the tips?

Does fragging acros induce them to grow faster

FWIW, the frag that I posted a picture of in the second thread linked...the snipping did not increase growth on the branch I snipped, the other branch has been growing quite a bit though...go figure.

 

[allsps40]

Interesting I may give an acro that has slowed growth on some branches a shave.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

phenom5,
Thanks for those links

 

[dudley moray]

ime less is more clipping all tips doesn't do it i just rub a couple of tips with my thumb or on a rock seems to "wake" up the slower ones

 

[allsps40]

Shaved off the tips of and acro that has not done much in a while but was a fast grower. I will see how this works out.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

^^^^I did the same thing to one of my acros to see what happens. I can't wait to see what happens.

 

[collie man]

i noticed when i got my first birdsnest i broke a few tips off. nothings more than a little grain of sand size and now they all grown greatly but slowed recently....i think ill do it again to test it again

 

[nvdiz]

I've noticed some induced growth in areas where i clipped some branches. I'd say it works. Some plants do the same thing, something called compensation.