[Natural] eucalyptus- baldtwitlion

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Re: [Natural] eucalyptus- baldtwitlion

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Hi and thanks for the comments
The chewed leaves happen all the time to me but it doesn’t usually result in parts of the tree dying off
The bugs come and go relatively quickly chew a few and go
new leaves usually appear shortly after

The pot is Penny Davis

It probably could do with a slightly bigger pot

I had trimmed the side branch because it was starting to reach the same height as the main trunk and I wasnt ready for that yet so I reduced some
There was still leaf on the branches and a few new shoots here and there


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That’s a really informative progression, thanks heaps as I have begun my journey with a Euc now. Interesting though I had a similar issue with a lower branch sulking and ready to die but then I chopped the top (as its still in early dev and looking to build taper and not ramification ) and surprise it’s filled up with fresh growth. Guess it’s a euc thing. Do you nip the new growth when it’s tender or do you wait for it to harden ( once in ramification phase that is).
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Hi Akhi
Well I personally pinch out new growth that i don’t feel is necessary


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Here is a few updated photos

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