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Helpful Gardening Tips: ponytails

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    • CommentAuthoribbot
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
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    A neigbour has asked for how to care for a ponytail plant she has been given. Can anyone help?
    • CommentAuthorVincent
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
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    You need do very little, they are near impossible to kill.
    I have some growing in large pots outside and I give them no care at all, except for maybe an occasional sprinkle of water now and then in summer.
    If it's being kept indoors just make sure it gets a bit of sunlight and maybe pop it outside in the rain every once and a while.
    • CommentAuthornumb3rs
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2009
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    So true - sturdy plants - lovely structural appearance and they can grow very large. I pull off the bottom leaves to encourage a "trunk" appearance and two are now 2m tall. As an experiment I've put three in the ground at Wagga (Riverina - hot summers - frosty winters) as I've seen large specimens (like Boab trees) around the corner. I don't know how long it will take for these to grow. The pony tails that I'm growing on the Central Coast are developing faster. Enjoy
    • CommentAuthorDaintree
    • CommentTimeJun 25th 2009
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    I too have a Pony tail I paid $6.00 for it when it was it was very young & very small. I have had it for 15 yrs now it is huge & magnificent. I saw another persons ponytail with mutiple shoots so I cut off the head of mine in winter & in September October it had grown 10 shoots instead of 1 it is magnificent now with a full head of magnificent leaves. I estimate it would be worth over $100.00 now.

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