r/NanoNursery

Tips/suggestions for growing tiny coleus?

Last summer I became obsessed with coleuses, and collecting a wide variety of colours. However, I live in a tiny apartment, so I decided to grow the plants in little 4-inch pots, and try to grow mini versions of these normally large, bushy plants. So far it's going well just with careful pruning, and sometimes 2 or 3 rounds of cuttings to get stems and internodes smaller (they often start out quite thick, coming from large parent plants). I also keep them under grow lights, in addition to being in a fairly bright area with long days. I'm wondering if there's anything else I could/should be doing to help keep them as compact as possible. Any tips or suggestions from folks who have more experience with nano plants?

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u/SilverMic — 4 days ago

I have begun my army....

Potted last night using tweezers and the finer bits of some regular peat based soil. Specimens are "cacti" from a generic cactus seed packet from big box store, plus some weeds that were growing in with my wife's plants

u/i-have-tiny-trees — 5 days ago
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Chopped my parking lot yamidori elm. Already showing new leaves.

Super excited to work with this one.

u/Shoyu_Something — 5 days ago

My tiniest plants

The two cacti I grew from seed from a kit. The other two are rooted cuttings from existing succulents. I'm very proud that they're all alive and well 🥹

u/i-have-tiny-trees — 11 days ago