Software
Houzz Logo Print
superbloomer

About pruning/harvesting curry leaf plant

9 years ago

Originally posted this in "Asian Gardening" section but re-posting it here


Hi, I have a curry leaf plant that I got last year; it had two stems coming out of the soil when I got it. Through summer last year, it became a decent sized plant with both stems growing a number of shoots. At the start of spring this year, I pruned the curry leaf plant by topping both the stems off (this was mid-March) since I wanted the plant to grow new and more shoots.

Since then, the plant sent off two new shoots off of the two topped off stems, and I can see several new leaves on the plant. The question I have now is, whether I should top off the new stems as well or just let the plant grow. If topping off will result in more new shoots and the plant growing more vigorously and bushier, I'd like to do that. I've read at some places that the more you prune/harvest, the more the plant will grow, but just wanted to be sure that I won't be damaging the plant by pruning too much.

Please see the pics of my plant in its current state (one shows the whole plant and the other is a close-up to show where I topped.)