Why does trimming plants make them grow stronger?
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The plant gives equal energy and nutrients to all of it’s leaves, flowers, and stems. When a part of the plant is dead or dying it is still giving nutrients to that part – when that part is trimmed off the energy can’t go there any more and can feed the rest of the plant. For a plant that has multiple stalks/trunks like a bush or tree, the energy has to be split amongst each part, but if you trim the plant down to only one stalk/branch/trunk then all the energy goes to the one that’s left.
By getting rid of extra or old growth, the nutrients from the soil goes to the younger shoots that are growing and need it the most.
Stronger? Not really.
People trim plants branches to change the growth pattern or they remove flowers so the plant puts more energy into growing new leaves.
There can be numerous reasons, in addition to what the others have stated proper trimming can allow better airflow within a plant. Also older, weaker or diseased growth is removed
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