Questions tagged [pruning]
Questions about how to best cut plant branches.
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Prune young shrub sappling?
I have this young Fragrant Sumac shrub. Do I let it go or do I prune it now to encourage branching?
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Avocado pruning and repotting advice
Firsty I'm new to the site so hope I'm posting in the correct place!
I grew my avocado tree/bush from scratch as an experiment with my nephew and a few months ago I cut it in half (see last picture ...
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How do I properly cut and cultivate my lemon trees to keep them smaller?
I started growing these two lemon trees from (random storebought lemon) seeds a few years ago and they grew considerably over the last summer after putting them in larger pots.
Because I live in ...
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How to prune a Zelkova seedling turning into a multi-trunk tree?
In October '18, I started growing several Zelkova trees from seed. One of them, pictured below, is doing remarkably well. However I'm concerned about it's branching structure. Almost immediately ...
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Tree not getting leaves in one section
I live in Illinois, and have a new construction home (I moved in April 2016). This tree was left and original to the land. Not sure what kind it is. The first year I moved in it was fine through fall. ...
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Did the landscapers kill our redbud?
We have a small redbud that we planted two years ago. It was barely a seedling when we planted it; this spring it was about 4-5 feet tall. No real buds this year, but leafing out nicely.
Then a few ...
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What is the proper way to prune a multi-variety stone fruit tree being trained in fan shape espalier?
I bought a multi variety stone fruit tree (cherry, prune, apricot, peach) and tied each branch/variety onto wires in a fan shape to minimize the tree footprint. But as I read more on espaliered fruit ...
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Is my red oak tree dead? Only suckers growing:(
I need help! I got this tree approximately two years ago May 2017 to be exact and it was fluffy lots of leaves!! However, this year it did not grow any new leaves only suckers, can anyone please give ...
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Spacing for Loquat trees
The previous owners of my property left me three young loquat trees. They are all in the same planter, and are much closer to structures (and to each other) than most advice I see online at 8' from ...
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Can I keep this tree without it destroying my fence?
I have an unplanned (privet?) tree growing right at the base of a fence. It's currently around 15' tall at the peak, but not particularly wide.
I don't dislike this tree, except for the danger to ...
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How to reduce leaf size on Ash bonsai
Five years ago I asked here about ways to train this ash (Fraxinus excelsior) seedling into a bonsai.
The little ash bonsai has now grown and it's in his 4th year. See the photo below. Any suggestion ...
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Training Japanese vineberry
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I have been growing this Japanese Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius) for 2 years, and it was already 2 years old when I bought it. See annotated image below.
I have usually pruned it by removing ...
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How does removing spruce tips affect the tree health and growth?
I recently learned that spruce tips are edible. Having an abundance of spruce growing around here I'd like to harvest some for culinary experiments.
My question is, how will this affect the trees' ...
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Does this palm look pruned right?
I bought a Chinese Fan Palm last year which I have in a large container. The palm is growing well but the trunk doesn’t look like it has been pruned correctly.
Does this look strange to you? Would ...
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Is it too late to top this cayenne chili plant?
I'm trying growing out chilies for the first time (well, first time from seed, last year I bought some and aphids obliterated them after one happy month), and I'm having some mixed success.
The ...
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Anti-fungal after pruning a honey locust?
I recently had two companies give me quotes on pruning the deadwood from my large honey locust tree.
Company A was marketing itself as stronger in tree health, and they boasted spraying anti-fungal ...
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How to get rid of sprouts on the trunk of my willow tree
I have a willow tree that I pruned back most of the top. Now I have sprouts coming out all over the trunk. I can cut off the new sprouts in unwanted areas, But is there a way to keep them from coming ...
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Is this a climber? Any idea what it is?
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I inherited this beautiful rose plant when I bought my home. I live in Florida. I studied pruning online and thought I did pretty well, but I don't know if I should ...
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Shall I cut off the suckers when my apple tree is in bloom?
I was away for 4 weeks and my apple tree became totally full of blooms!! I had not cut its suckers this year, and the last 2 years they may not have been cut properly.
This is a beautiful Golden ...
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Advice on caring for large potted Ficus Benjamina
I live in Berlin. When a friend was looking to offload her large Ficus Benjamina, I volunteered to care for it. She has been in my home now for ~10 days and appears to be getting used to the place (...
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When should I prune my forsythia?
I have three forsythia bushes we planted up against the house. They are pretty sparse. They don't appear any thicker then the day we bought them 2 years ago.
what time of year should I prune my ...
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Need advice for pruning indoor Avocado saplings
I have four Avocado "trees", which are now aproximately 1 - 1,5 years old. I did not prune them until now, because I did not know any better. I have read, that saplings should be reduced by half in ...
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What do I do with this pile of branches, collected from pruning?
After pruning my trees I piled up branches and I was thinking of shredding these with some wood shredder and using them as mulch. But unfortunately there is no shredder nearby this village and I can'...
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Should I thin my pine trees branches due to winds?
I leave in Greece, and I have these large Pine Trees of Mediterranean type, which have grown pretty good. They were planted by my father from seeds 40 years ago, now I have a little baby girl, I am ...
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How to prune this newly bought cherry?
I bought this cherrytree (hedelfinger) for cheap. Therefore you get what you pay for I guess.
I want to prune it in a good shape(open vase/goblet as I read thats the best choice. However it currently ...
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Have I butchered this apple tree or It was just the right thing to do?
I have seen some video Tutorials on apple tree pruning and I pruned this tree from what I have learned. But everyone in my family says You have butchered It. Is this the right thing to do or I went ...
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Pruning an ignored 8 year old apple tree
I have bought a garden recently and It seems like these apple trees have never been pruned. I don't know If I should cut down main branches to make these apple trees something like open center or ...
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Avocado leaf veins problem
I have 1-year old indoor avocado tree. Recetly, I noticed gray / brown spots around its veins. What is the problem and how to fix it?
Avocado was firstly pruned 4 days ago. I am not sure if the ...
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Is that an Elm tree?
I purchased property with a beautiful tree in the garden. This tree needs heavy pruning but I afraid to do so before knowing what is it and how to approach that.
I tried to google it and the closest ...
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How to prepare these Hydrangeas for healthy growth in Spring and Summer?
I have a few of those hydrangeas and some others like below
I left them alone during winter.
Now do I cut them down to the root? Or do I leave them alone like that? What to do?
I am in Pacific ...
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Pruning Echeveria/Graptopetalum/Pachyphytum flowering stalk: What does it do?
If I prune the flowering stalk of the Echeveria or its relatives just under the first flower, leaving a stem with the leaves on it, will it branch? make new flowering stalks? New plantlets which I can ...
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How to position main stem of grape vine once it reaches top of pergola?
Which photos shows the right way to train vines once they reach the top?
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Worried about personal health after dealing with houseplant potentially infected by fungus
I've just pruned the leaves that have died off of my Dracaena Massangeana houseplant. I covered its ailments in two previous questions:
Dracaena leaves yellowing: too much water?
Dracaena ...
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Leaves on my Dracaena reflexa have died because of cold and I trimmed them
I am currently located in Srinagar (India) the winter has been a tad too harsh this year with night temperatures plummeting to -7 degrees C all the leaves on my Dracaena reflexa gehich I had forgotten ...
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How should I prune my tamarind?
During the spring of 2017 I tried to plant a few tamarind seeds that I picked up from one of my travels. Two of them are growing quite well but the plants are just growing vertically, without any "...
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Fiddle fig transplant cutting and rooting
So I have a 7ft fiddle fig plant that I purchased around six months ago. It grew around 5 feet since I got this and I would like to transplant it into the pot that you can see in the picture next to ...
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Why does this sage look different than what is in stores?
Does anyone recognize this variety? Is it normal for sage to have a woody base?
Also, could you recommend how to prune it please? It has been abandoned for years.
EDIT: Adding close ups.
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How to prune chili plants to help recover from transplant shock
I have a ghost pepper plant I'm growing indoors, and I just (5 days ago) transplanted it from a 7" to a 12" pot. Not knowing any better at the time, I broke up the roots a bit during transplant. Now ...
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When should I prune espalier apple trees?
I have a row of 5 beautiful espalier apple trees (Jonagold, Granny Smith and Gravenstein) that are about 4 years old, and they put out huge amounts of growth over the summer. I've been pruning the ...
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My particular geranium situation for winter (must keep it at desk at work, can't do it at home)
I have a geranium which I really like, and I need to do the right thing for it this Fall/Winter. It's too cold here to keep it outdoors, but I can't keep it at my house because we have a cat who will ...
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Young Indoor Lychee Trees: Do I prune?
I germinated some Lychee seeds when it was really hot and humid in NYC this summer (~13 weeks ago). They grew really quickly and healthily until mid October when a new layer of leaves sprouted. The ...
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Where to prune an indoor avocado tree?
I want to prune my indoor avocado tree to increase branching, and make it more bushy, not just one wobbly stem. Where should I cut it?
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How to branch out rubber tree
I am new to this site and I already got some great information. I had this rubber tree for a few years now. It has not been re-potted. I would like it to branch out a little bit.
What would be best ...
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Identify plant?
Can anyone help me identify this plant. Someone told me In passing that it needs to be pruned back every Fall, but I’d like to read up on the specifics first.
Thanks for your help!
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How long will it take to grow branches back on a Green Giant?
I just had an incompetent Arborist prune my Green Giant. For some unknown reason he cut 4 branches totally off leaving a huge bald spot front and center of my row a arborvitaes. They claim it will ...
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How old should a cottonwood be for me to start pruning it for bonsai?
This little bonsai cottonwood has been growing now for about 3 months. He is about 6 inches tall now and has been transplanted from his little cup to a bigger cup!
I am wondering, when would be a ...
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training branched-olive sapling
I need help finding the pruning and training techniques to have branched-olive (no central axis) produced from semi-hard cuttings instead of standard format. thanks
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Guava tree pruning
I pruned my 10 year old Guava tree to half the size in June 2018. I am worried as it doesn't produce new shoots yet.This is Septemeber.
My question is about how long I have to wait to see new leaves?...
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How to promote upward growth after the leader has been pruned back?
I recently purchased a bare root Japanese zelkova tree online. It came with the leader pruned back. The whole tree is barely 2' (60 cm) tall at this point. I've found in some cases that nothing will ...
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Emerald Greens trimming
When is it to late to in the year trim emerald greens in Seattle? I don't want to hamper their ability to recover before winter.
