How to prune curio ficoides

Spring, as growth resumes after winter; or early summer. Use clean, sharp pruners or scissors. Cut leggy stems back to a healthy node or junction, leaving at least one or two sets of leaves on the remaining stem. Let cut ends callus briefly before watering. Remove any rotted or frost-damaged growth back to firm tissue.

Annually in spring for shaping; as needed at other times for damage removal. Curio ficoides benefits from occasional pruning to remove leggy or frost-damaged stems and to maintain a compact, mounded shape. Cut back any etiolated stems to a healthy node to encourage bushy regrowth. It tolerates cutting well and readily re-sprouts; removed stems can be propagated as cuttings.

Use clean, sharp pruners or scissors. Cut leggy stems back to a healthy node or junction, leaving at least one or two sets of leaves on the remaining stem. Let cut ends callus briefly before watering. Remove any rotted or frost-damaged growth back to firm tissue.