What is the best time to prune plants?
Why prune?
The moon influences the pruning?
I'm Nô Figueiredo, and now I I'll give you all the tips.
And tell all the secrets for you do the pruning of your plants.
What is the best time to prune the plants?
The best time is now during the winter.
While the plants are in the vegetal rest.
Why prune the plants?
Well, you can prune the plants to let them in the format you want.
You can prune, for example, if it is a tree, right?
In the orchard, and you do not want that tree to get too high.
And you can not access the fruits up there.
You can prune it to be proportional to the size of the garden.
Or to be more shorter and you will be able to access the fruits, right?
You can also prune if, for example, if it is a hedge, right?
And you want to leave that hedge there all cute.
And speaking of hedges, if you want to prune, if you want it to grow vertically.
You prune at the front, right?
And let it grow on the top.
If you want it to fill below.
You prune on the top, it will loosen more leaves at the bottom.
And what the moon has to do with all this?
The moon, it stirs the waters of earth, right?
It moves the tides, it stirs menstruation, in us women.
And it stirs the sap of plants.
So, for example.
At the stage of the crescent moon.
The plant sap begins to rise and concentrates on
the branches promoting plant growth.
If for example, you trim the lawn at this period the grass will grow more.
So it's not very interesting, unless you want to have a big lawn, right?
Now it is a great time for planting cereals, fruits, flowers and to harvest vegetables.
It is also a great period to make transplants, grafts and chemical fertilization.
During the phase of the waning moon.
The sap of the plants is attracted to the bottom of the plants.
Then, favors the growth of the roots.
If you, for example, cut the lawn at this period it will grow more slowly.
It's like hair, right?
Everybody says that is good to cut it during the waning moon.
If you want it to grow slowly.
If you want it to grow fast, cut it in growing moon.
In the period of the waning moon, it is great to plant carrots and potatoes, which grows down.
And to make organic fertilization, pruning and cuttings on bamboo and timber for construction.
During the full moon, when the moon It is beautiful in the sky.
The sap is drawn and focuses on the crown, the branches, the fruits and flowers.
It's the perfect time to colect the fruits because they are very juicy.
It is also a great time to harvest medicinal plants.
If the healing part of the plant is the stem, leaves, flowers and the fruits.
And for seeding general species.
During the new moon, is not recommended to plant seedlings or seeds.
For the sap reaches its maximum peak reverse.
It is the ideal time to harvest medicinal plants.
Whose healing parties are the roots, rhizomes and tubers.
In the new moon, the plants become more susceptible of the attack by pests and diseases.
The best time to do the pruning is during the waning moon and the new moon.
That is when the sap is directed to the roots.
So plants will not suffer.
If you prune during a full moon or a crescent moon.
You will have a loss of nutrients and the plant will suffer.
Shrubs that bloom in spring and in the summer as the hibiscus
Can be pruned in winter to be encouraged to bloom more.
To prune roses and hydrangeas is better to wait for the end of winter
To accomplish a drastic pruning.
For they bloom with all force during the spring and summer.
Regarding the azaleas, better wait for the flowering period, which is now in winter,
To then make a pruning.
If you want your vine to gift you with beautiful bunches of grapes,
Make a radical pruning now in winter.
Vines fruit such as passion fruit and chayote.
Can be pruned now in winter.
You can prune dry branches and those that creep along the ground.
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