Questions tagged [branches]
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All the branches were cut off my pear tree of about 25 years old, they cut off all the branches to stubs. What do I do with all the saplings?
While I was away, a person cut off all the branches on my over grown pear tree. Some should have been removed totally and weren't. All were cut short to the tree with 'stumps' left. Now the new ...
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Liquidambar/sweet gum - competing leaders and potential rot in crotches
We have a large, established liquidambar tree with many competing leaders (the trunk is ~1m (3') diameter but 2 m (6') from the ground it divides into 10 or so ~300 mm (12") diameter branches). I'...
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Birch Tree; Section of branches have no Leaves
I have a group of 3 birch tree's in my backyard, Jacksonville, FL. Last year I noticed that there was a center section, on the entire group, that did not have leaves on the branches. I have River ...
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How to attach things to cinder block walls? (For training wisteria plant)
I have a wisteria plant that I would like to train into long, horizontal branches. It's growing against a cinder block wall. I tried screwing some masonry screws into it, but those just ground a hole ...
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Can you identify this tree wood?
Can somebody please help to identify this tree branch? I am located in the South of England and it was found in a small wooded area.
I include some images here:
Here is some I cut and sanded to show ...
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How can I get my indoor Lemon tree with no leaves or branches to grow a new branch or leaf?
I have this lemon tree (Meyer I think) and since April it has not had any leaves. It did go through a period without water (and it was indoors, but I put it in front of the window). I have pruned all ...
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Encouraging branching in a chilli plant
I have an indoor chilli plant that is a bit too tall for my liking.
The problem is, for some reason, it is not branching out from the eyes down towards the bottom.
If I cut the tree along the line as ...
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Grafting only one of three branches of Mulberry
I have a white mulberry tree. I have planted it about 3 months ago. It was already pretty good in size and it is growing well. As you can see in the picture below, it has three main branches. I want ...
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Are baby gem dense enough for low hedges?
I would like to have a very low hedge: about a foot tall. Are baby gem boxwoods dense enough for that? In other words, will there be enough leaves to cover the branches at the bottom and to look dense?...
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How to branch indoors grown mango?
I have this mango tree, which is about 7-8 years old and 150cm - 200cm high. But it's still not branching, still only growing a new straight trunk.
How do I make it to branch a bit? Should I prune it? ...
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Should I prune my Crassula rogersii?
I have what I think is a little Crassula rogersii that's been growing out in three branches from a little trunk. The branch in the middle seems to be getting somewhat top-heavy (you can see how this ...
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White branches on citrus tree, is this normal?
I'm seeing the branches to my citrus tree turn white. When I cut them, it's all dead. Is that normal or is it a fungus or something ? Please refer to the attached photo. It's happening to several ...
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Encourage Lavender Lady Passion flower vines to branch?
We recently planted a Passiflora Lavender Lady vine in the ground and it's growing quickly up a trellis against a fence; but is there a way to encourage it to create more branches to fill out to ...
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Is this a new lavender plant or a weed or an unknown plant?
I have a lavender plant from an old image taken 4 months ago here:
Now I notice there is a new plant growth from the mid of the lavender plant. Not sure if it is a lavender or a weed as the root of ...
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Will a periwinkle plant regrow leaves on bare branches?
I got a periwinkle plant from a relative. She's a bit absent-minded and barely watered it. When I got it, the branches were all bare (leaves fallen off) and no flowers.
I have had it a few months now....
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Can i force a bonsai to branch?
I have a bonsai ash but would like stone lower branches on the tree. Can I force the mini-tree to make any?
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Help with lemon tree and encouraging new branch growth
I bought a lemon tree at the start of the year, at the time it was healthy and had fruit on it. Unfortunately it then suffered severe leaf drop and branch death. I think it was due to high stress from ...
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Weak lemon stem
My lemon plants (the two to the right) are about one year old now and they are planted from seed at the same time.
Nr 2: It stopped growing on the height for a while but instead developed two new ...
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How to beautify the lavender with many splitting branches?
I have a lavender bush outside the door. It has many empty branches. I believe that they are dead after I had accidentally over-harvested the lavender by cutting all the lavender leaves.
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Repairing a young apple tree with a snapped branch
This year I purchased a young "family" apple tree, with three varieties of apple grafted onto a single plant. It was planted in March and has flowered happily and is producing fruit. I staked it when ...
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Cutting branch and stick it in pot?
I've asked several of these questions, but this is more specific of a tree in my parking lot. I would like to grow this Bougainvillea in a pot in my rooftop.
Here's the branch. Will the branch ...
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Getting Hindu rope plants to branch
I've had this Hindu rope plant for about two years and it has never branched at all. It was grown from a cutting, so I'm not sure if i should ever expect it to branch; I'm not very familiar with the ...
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Getting lemon trees to branch
I have two lemon trees which have been hesitant to branch anywhere but at the tips where I trimmed them because they were growing too tall. They're about 1 year and 8 months old now. I grew them from ...
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Is there a tree whose branchs intertwine together?
Is there a tree whose branches intertwine together? in the sense of forming braids and also if there are trees whose branches literally going through each other.
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Ficus benjamina variegata: drops leaves but grows new branches
I have got a ficus, presumably Ficus benjamina variegata. It is not in the best shape, presumably because it was a bit overwatered.
What confuses me is that it drops leaves (a bad sign) and at the ...
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Which tree branches break the least?
Which tree has branches that break the least over all other trees? Which trees shed the least weight?
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How to bend a large avocado tree branch
I am needing to bend a branch of 100mm diameter (4 inches) permanently upwards on a avocado tree. Needs to be raised by about a meter at a distance of 1.5 meters away from the trunk. I've used ratchet ...
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How to paint a cut off branch on a spruce tree? [duplicate]
I have a spruce tree (picea abies), which is next to a path and since one of the lower branches was obstructing the passing down the path, I cut it off.
Now my question is how do I paint the place ...
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Jade tree trunk cut?
I'm having this Jade plant that I want to turn into a bonsai. It grew a lot in height so I had to prune it to keep it short and thicker the trunk. Now, I was wondering if I make a small cut with a ...
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Branch broke off in storm at trunk
In a recent storm two large branches broke off of my tree. They broke off right at the trunk, so I can't cut it back further to make it a clean cut. is there anything I should do to help protect the ...
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Is it ok to cut tree branches with a jigsaw?
I know it probably sounds silly. The idea is to cut the branch off the trees with proper tools (tree pruner, pole saw or whatever), that's easy, takes a minute. What is not so time-friendly, is ...
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Can I just cut date palm branches
I'm growing a date palm (look at my other post) since some years.
This works more or less well but it has a lot of braches which won't hold up anymore and start to turn brown (but are still mostly ...
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Is it better to cut off drying branches sooner or later?
Is it beneficial to leave the drying branches so that the plant can salvage the good juices inside them (I'm not entirely sure that this actually happens, it just seems that's how plants work because ...
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Can my worms eat wood?
It has been months since I put the worms in my pot. A bug ecosystem has been established and I bet those worms are reproducing fast. The bugs mostly come for the food I give them. Only a few like a ...
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How to Get Indoor Avocado Tree to Branch Out
I have three indoor avocado trees that I have grown from seed (pictured). I have cut two off after they got fairly high and both have started a new branch (the one on the right has barely started its ...
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Will branches on my damaged apple tree grow farther apart from each other as it gets taller?
I have an apple tree that is developing a lot of branches close together after it lost half its height due to a deer attack. As the tree grows taller again, will the new branches eventually grow with ...
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Why does the tree trunk grow in diameter?
Why does the tree trunk grow in diameter even though you cut the roots and tips of branches?
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How can I save a branch injured by wind stress?
Our landlord planted a beautiful Santa Cruz Hibiscus in the front yard, Zone 9b, its natural habitat more or less, which grew into a small tree. The main trunk has a nice iron rod stake. Of the three ...
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Can I graft fruit trees without pruning?
I just got some apple, peach and pear trees. They're still kind of young but I'm wondering if i can just graft an extra branch on the side without cutting any of the ones it has (only has 2-3 thin ...
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Best help for a tree with stunted growth?
I have a few trees on my property which are at least five years old (sorry I don't know the kinds yet). Compared to other trees in neighboring lots, planted at the same age at the same time, they are ...
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