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Cutting Back A Money Tree?

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agardener | 15:11 Sun 31st May 2020 | Home & Garden
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I have a very old and large money tree (crassula ovata) that lives most of the year in our conservatory. I know it to be at least 50 years old, it is about 3 feet high and about 2 feet wide. The trunk is several inches in diameter. It's very healthy with only an occasional mealy bug and is very bushy.
Its size is the problem, I obviously don't want to lose it but its getting too big for its corner of the conservatory. I have trimmed bits off it at times but it now suggests a more radical pruning. The question is how much and when? And should I combine it with repotting?
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I'd root some cuttings of it before you do anything. I would either repot first, let it settle, them prune or prune first, let it settle them repot but not together.
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Thanks for your advice woofgang, I'm pleased to say I do already have a cutting from it, over the years I've always kept a couple just in case. I'm leaning towards repotting first to give it some food to recover with before I prune.

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