Agriculture Reference
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Figure 4.21
This grass has come to the end of its aesthetic life, but it can be rejuvenated by pruning (a). Burn off the
dead leaves. If the weather has been damp a bit of newspaper will help it along (b). Make sure you have water available
so it doesn't get out of control (c). The intercalary meristem will survive and will produce fresh new blades. Any seeds
will also have space to germinate (d).
mass of dead leaves that not only look ugly
but need to be removed so that there is room
for new growth. It is easily pulled away by
combing the foliage with your fingers or
cutting off the damaged portion of leaf blade.
All such plants should be deadheaded as their
flowers fade by cutting off the flower stem as
close to the centre of the plant as possible. At
clean-up time, the remains of old flower stems
are easily removed (see Figure 4.23).
