How to prune a protea plant
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2025
- Hey guys in this video I show you step by step on how, when and where to prune your protea plant... I live in the southern hemisphere so it will be the opposite as to when you prune if you live in the northern hemisphere
Thank you Tom. I’m new at proteas, on the Big Island of Hawaii, and found this helpful.
Thanks for the great video. Nothing like seeing it done to learn the proper way to prune.
Thanks for sharing the great pruning methods
Thanks! Was just going out to prune my King proteas on our property which is new to us and needed to make sure I knew what I was doing. 🌸
Good job Tommy!!!🌿💚🌿💚
what an adorable teacher, but i’m sure you hear that a lot… and what a life! such a beautiful farm. i bought my first protea a few months ago to have them for my vases. when do you think is the best time to cut a protea for display? we recently bought a mid century house and protea are the most fitting adornment. ;)
Hi Tom, I just subscribed to your channel. I live in Portugal and I have my own channel but I do orchids and succulents mostly. However I am interested in getting a Protea for my garden and I know I should put it in a pot as my soil is not acidic. I will go over you other videos and I might need some advice later on, if you don't mind😄
Fernanda Nascimento orchids & succulents awesome I will subscribe to you... you don't need to plant it in a pot you can easily make your would acidic by placing pine needles around the base of a plant
@@thomashancock8361Thank you Tom, appreciate it. Pine needles, yes, great idea😄
Fernanda Nascimento orchids & succulents no problem in your next video is there any chance you can give me a shout out
@@thomashancock8361 I surely will 😄
Hey Tom. What a great video. Thank you for posting. You have so many beautiful plants and I look forward to following more videos from you. I have a question. When you say 'not to prune too low' I wonder how low this can be! I would like to reshape my protea even if it means missing flowers the following year (in my climate the protea will only ever flower once a year). I look forward to any advice when you will see my plant in the next greenhouse video. Thanks and take care.
Gardening at Douentza when i mean to low I mean not to prune more than half your plant..
Great I'll see it then... when's your next video
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I just joined the channel. Thanks Gardening at Douentza for the suggestion.
Thanks for your video! Does King Protea give new branches from buttom part of the plant or only from pruned branches?
Hi. I work as gardener and I'm struggling with taking care of protease (king protea, lime light and there's one which is red grows like lime light). How to make them grow up ward. They are more like a shrub now. Please help
I live in Johannesburg . My Sylvia protea still has two flowers in bloom,the others are finished (15/2/2022) When can I prune and when can I do cuttings please help? It is a summer flowering protea and we are in the summer rainfall area of SA.
Hi Tom，Thank you for your channel! I have a question, what is the lowest temperature that can withstand growing protea outdoors?
Hi, thank you for your comment and for watching, I would say the lowest is about - 1 it's hard to say but we got extremely cold last year and got down to - 7 in some areas so I would say - 1 or - 2 for older plants
@@thomashancock8361 thank you very much！ Have a nice day～
I have giant proteas in my garden. I have never pruned them. How much can I prune back? The plants are more than 3m tall, but not very dense.
You can cut off about 30 cm of growth
Really good video. Can you do one on leucadendron?
Thanks so much sure will do
How do you keep your secateurs and tools sharp? I attempt to sharpen mine with my dremel. But I think I'm doing something wrong!
Umm I am not actually sure i have never sharpened them 😅
Try using a single cut rectangular hand file. Use at 20 to 25 degree angle.
Hi Tom. I just started to grow protea nerliifolia in pot here in Japan. It's 2 years seedling. Each stems are thin nothing like yours, but can I still prune it? I would like to know your suggestion.
Hi there, it would depend on how tall the plant is, if. The plant is taller than 30cm then you would be able to prune it yes
@@thomashancock8361 Thank you so much for your reply! It is taller than 30cm! So I can prune it :) Do you have Instagram ID?
Yes my Instagram is Thomas__hancock
I just followed you!
Hello Tom, it seems the top branches of pink king protea are dying and making it's way down the trunk. The bottom branches of the trunk look healthy. I have my protea in a big pot. I am not sure what is wrong and have been trying to find out by researching. I hope you would be able to know.
It may be root rot?
btw, the plant i have is very young and in a 9” pot