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How to encourage lower growth

matt.thurmanmatt.thurman Posts: 7
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Hello. Wondering if anyone has any suggestions to encourage lower / new growth on this plant or how best to prune it without killing it. Image below...



It’s a cheap plant we got from ikea nearly 15 years ago! So it has some sentimental value. Not entirely sure what it is - maybe a money tree? All it does it get taller and taller - is there any way to encourage growth lower down? Or how it could be trimmed back a bit?

Thanks in advance!

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  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Whatever it is (Ikeatus incognita? ) it's probably too late to do anything to make it more bushy. 
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    I think it may be Pachira aquatica which are often sold with several stems trained together.  If so, this looks like good advice:

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    BobTheGardener said:
    I think it may be Pachira aquatica which are often sold with several stems trained together.  If so, this looks like good advice:

    Spot on. :smile:
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Have you ever moved it to a new pot and/or refreshed the compost it's in?  Fed it? 

    Maybe plant it in a larger pot with another plant such as difffenbachia or even a spider plant to disguise its bare legs and don't forget to feed occasionally between waterings. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • matt.thurmanmatt.thurman Posts: 7
    Thanks a lot for the replies. That advice from the laid back gardener looks very helpful. 

    I have repotted a couple of times. Haven’t fed for a while though so will do so!
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