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Green Hibiscus Leaves

Stewart Robert Hinsley {$news$} at meden.demon.co.uk
Tue Apr 15 15:05:58 EST 2003


In article <Xns935E9D4ECF518johncollenoreoonca at 207.35.177.135>, John
<johncoll6 at hotmail.com.nospam> writes
>Hi,
>Often when I see hibiscus plants for sale is a nursery, their leaves are an 
>envious dark green, darker than those on plants growing outside and darker 
>than I can make them with a balanced fertilizer. What is it that people add 
>to these plants to cause the leaves to turn so dark?
>
I'm told that it's a side effect of a dwarfing agent used on the plants
to make them suitable for use as pot plants.
-- 
Stewart Robert Hinsley



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