I listen to opinions and advice about these children

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I listen to opinions and advice about these children

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It's about the sons of this parody and my dilemma
is the following

I leave the children attached to the mother?

the suckers intervene in the growth of the mother?

It already feels a bit cold and there are fewer hours of sunshine
If I have to remove them I will do it until next year
is this decision correct?

any suggestion
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It depends on what do you want...a big clump or several individual plants?
Particularly I would let most with the mother, to form an impressive clump, but I would also isolate some to serve as backup of the plant.
I don't think it is a good season to do this. Waiting for spring is much safer.
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hello mmcavall

Thanks for your comment

I would like the mother plant to be as large as possible, I have seen photos where the
magnificent parody reaches a large size
Another limitation is that I only use pots to be able to move them easily

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Leave those with the mother plant: offsets will hide the ugly old part of the stem, a clump always looks better.
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One day you can see flowers produced from these pops. Detached they can dry out till next spring.
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hello 7george


cold front number 4 is passing through Mexico City, so everything
planned will be done until spring I will take out a few suckers and
leave most of them, I am also excited to see many flowers in a single pot

Thanks for your comment

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Usually offsets don't seem to slow the growth down on the main stem. In fact they can be a bonus as George says in that you get flowers on the offsets eventually as well as the central stem.

I want plants that look as how they grow in habitat, not pruned like roses since they them just become boring ordinary garden plants.

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DaveW....7george....mmcavall

Thank you very much for your kind comments Davew has commented on something that I had not thought about or analyzed and he is very right,

I want plants that look as how they grow in habitat

because I also want the same thing so I will only move it to a larger pot before the cold of winter arrives

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Very nice specimen :)
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hello Pseudolitos


Thanks for your comment I hope you improve with all your children

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Thank you very much :)

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