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Indoor eucalyptus plant help!
BonnieBean
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Hello all!
To save money on my dried eucalyptus habit, I purchased a small eucalyptus plant a couple of weeks ago. I would like to keep it as an indoor plant, I read that’s possible with the cider gunni (?) variation.
But I’m worried about how to care for it as the leaves are turning a bit brown. I have no idea what soil it needs or feed or light and articles assume lots of knowledge I don’t have. I have not reported it since getting it in case I messed up the soil.
Would welcome caring tips and anything I should avoid doing.
Thank you so much as always for your help x
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Eucalyptus gunnii want's to grow quickly to a 100ft+ tree.
Indoors it wont get enough light, the air is too dry and as you can see it's already rootbound.
It really needs to be outside, somewhere sunny in as big a pot as you can manage using a John Innes based compost with extra grit added.
If you can manage that you may be ok.
To keep the round foliage, you'll need to prune it every few years.
You can cut them right back to a few inches and it'll re-sprout with enthusiasm
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I have grown them in pots, outside.
It will need a bigger pot and a soil based compost, plus severe pruning every Spring.
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If you do put it into a pot, look at training it as a standard.
Don't plant it in your garden! ...unless you have a very large one!
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