Teaching Thursdays

The Scratch Test

Two Branches Side By Side with Scratches to Reveal Brown Under the Bark on One and Green Under the Bark on the Other
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After a hard freeze like we’ve experienced this month, do a scratch test on your plants to determine where to prune!🌿

If you scratch and see brown, this means this branch is not alive and will not flush out new leaves. Keep scratching down the branch until you see green and prune right above the scratch.

If all the branches show green underneath, good news, your plant is still alive, even if they dropped all their leaves! You can leave these branches alone as they will flush back out with new leaves come spring.🌱

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