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Trevor

Is it safe to prune a Bird of Paradise’s roots?

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  1. ABagel

    Sure. I personally wouldn’t prune more than 30% of a plant’s roots if I intended the plant to stay in its current pot. Don’t expect all of its current foliage to be supported if you remove most of its roots. Why are you pruning?

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  2. Trevor

    To be honest it needs a new pot. I'm so used to pruning the roots of my bonsai but these are quite fleshy I wasn't sure if it was safe

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    • ABagel

      Yeah if you’re not going up in pot size I would prune the roots and add soil amendments if not replacing soil completely. I just bought a mini juniper Nana bonsai this past weekend do you have advice?

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  3. Trevor

    Only that a juniper is an outside tree. It needs winter dormancy or it will die. I don’t know your zone but keeping it inside all the time will finish it too. There’s lots of good information on YouTube.

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    • ABagel

      Zone 9b, I have it in a west facing window but took the picture on a nightstand.

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  4. Ash and Leaf

    I hope so because I got a 20 foot one for my parents and had to cut almost a foot off the bottom of the root ball to get it to fit

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    • Trevor

      I didn't realize they got so tall

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