Cutting Xenia

[KQuillan]

Can I slice off the left side of this xenia without causing any issues?

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Following (gathering as much info about fragging as possible)

 

[KQuillan]

Bump

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I know you can do this to kenya trees but still gathering information

 

[Katrina71]

It will probably be fine. Seriously xenia are tough cookies. Just snip it and net out the piece. It will be hard to hold onto, so I use a net.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Using a sharp pair of scissors, you can cut that "branch" off and should not have an issue. The xenia will pout and retract for a bit, but should be fine. You can then place that piece in a small cup with some rock rubble in it and it should attach to that.

Note: Sometimes with softies, fragging can make them melt. While usually not an often occurrence, I just want you to be aware of this. I have had this happen once with Xenia, but have fragged mine a 1000 times at least without issue.

 

[KQuillan]

Using a sharp pair of scissors, you can cut that "branch" off and should not have an issue. The xenia will pout and retract for a bit, but should be fine. You can then place that piece in a small cup with some rock rubble in it and it should attach to that.

Note: Sometimes with softies, fragging can make them melt. While usually not an often occurrence, I just want you to be aware of this. I have had this happen once with Xenia, but have fragged mine a 1000 times at least without issue.

Thank you so much for this. It is taking over a bit too much and it needs to be cut back. I hate to dispose of it but have no other use for it unless I take it to the lfs. I trimmed a couple branches a couple weeks ago and it came back with a vengeance. I wasn't sure about slicing down the middle though, so thank you again.