Severe cutbacks on jade
Celia Lin
7 years ago
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Overgrown Yew- What month for a hard cutback?
Comments (12)wendy said: Your forum focus seem to imply that conifer-geeks have more input about pruning yews than shrub-geeks. ===>>> so she misses the entire point ... a yew is a conifer.. and must be pruned like a conifer ... it is not a shrub .. and can NOT be pruned as a shrub ... but its you guys that are caught in the semantics.. GW has forums for different types of plants.. and until you learn what kind of plant you are talking about ... you will spend a lot of time.. spinning your wheels ... if you insist on calling a tree a shrub.. well where do you go from there??? if you google pruning shrubs ... you may or may not learn the proper methods .. my dogma as one of you said.. is not about the biological differences of woody perennials or a masters thesis in horticulture like gal seems to think .. its about using the right words.. so that we can have a meaningful conversation about the actual plant the OP has ... i really.. truly ... dont care where anyone posts.. but when one starts a post by calling a conifer a shrub.. it tells me.. the first thing that need be done.. IS TO CLARIFY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ... the OP learns nothing useful .. if we let her stay confused about the common term shrub ... now in the case of a yew.. well frankly.. its just about the only conifer you can prune like i prune most flowering shrubs.. which involves starting by running it over with a truck.. and cutting off the rest ... IT JUST DOESNT MATTER... but had she a pine tree ... and you let her keep calling it a shrub.. [like my dad did, by the way] ... and she googles pruning shrubs.. well it will be dead in no time ... [for dad, everything in front of the house .. was a shrub] as a recovering atty by trade.. UNLESS you define what the heck you are talking about.. arguing about it is useless .. like most of all this ... and gal.. i am getting really tired of your personal attacks on just about everything i post ... if you had you way.. we should just change this to GalWeb.. and be done with it .. SG .. just do whatever you want.. and it will either turn into what you want.. or it will become so ugly you can get rid of it w/o remorse ... [ i suppose Gal will argue that point also, and if i am lucky.. call me stupid while doing it] ken...See Moreresults from lack of foliage cutback
Comments (22)Sey, in the previous years I went from HEAVY pruning to very, VERY little pruning. Last year – for the first time – I tried Mr. Charles Wilber’s “18 branches” technique. And it worked for me. Well, until mid / late August, when things went out of hand, but it was no problem; on contrary. Here is Mr. Charles Wilber’s book: How to Grow World Record Tomatoes: A Guinness Champion Reveals His All-Organic Secrets. Two threads about it: - Charles WIlber's (How to Grow the World Record Tomatoes) - Mr. Wilber's "18 branches" technique. Some short descriptions of the method: "Proper Pruning: The magic number is 18 branches. For the optimal yield, six lower suckers are allowed to grow and split once (12 branches) while two upper suckers are each allowed to split into three (six more branches). Pinch off unwanted suckers twice a week." [ World-Record Tomatoes ] "His ideal plant has 18 branches. The lower 6 branches are allowed to split once for a total of 12 branches. The top two branches are allowed to split three ways each for a total of 6 branches. As each branch develops, it is led to the outside of the cage and trained to grow upward. Suckers that grow on the 18 branches should be pinched off if the branch is weak." [ Just A Pinch Grows Tomatoes Tall ] "Charles Wilber set several world records for tomato size and production. His secret – keep the plant nourished, watered, and stress free. He also determined that 18 branches were the secret to his success. Some growers say that anything other than the main branch is sucking the life out of the plant (hence the name ‘sucker’). This is not true. Wilber discovered that for his variety, 18 suckers was the magic tipping point. Anything more reduced production. Anything less had less production." [ Don’t waste those suckers ] I didn't get "28-foot, 7-inch-tall" tomato, like Mr. Wilber, but I'm sure I had some vines 20+ ft. My crop was much, MUCH smaller than Mr. Wilber's, but I keep learning things. As you can see in the picture bellow, on the frame on the right - 16 ft. wide x 12 ft. high - the tomatoes rich 13-14 ft. Then I directed them horizontally and they grew almost 10 feet more. Anyway, it was fun last year, and I love JUNGLES !...See Moreharrison's yellow/sawfly/cutback?
Comments (1)I don't think Harison's Yellow will like being cut down. It will be a set back but I doubt it will kill him....See MoreBonsai hard cutback regret, Ficus Benjamina
Comments (8)Hi Al, The top of my soil mix is topped with larger bark pieces to help keep evaporation minimal. The ficus is actually in your gritty mix. Watering I've been following your procedure, allowing a good amount to pass through and drip out before watering again, then tipping to minimize perched water. I also added the cotton wick at the bottom of the pot. I usually water when it's mostly dry. I'll keep an eye on it, but this past time when I noticed the burn leaf buds the cotton wick was dry but not bone dry. Going back out I did notice one thing though. The leaves were covered in really really tiny green and black aphids? I moved one out of the way and could see the plants white sap begin to leak. I gave it a generous spraying of Safer Insect Killing Soap, covering all of it including the underside of leaves. I got most of them off. I'll check again in 2 days per instructions and respray, then I guess respray every week for maintenance. Ugh, hopefully that will help. Understood, I'll stay the course on for the future lower branch. I was just wondering if a prune or pinch might force another shoot. For the lower branch how long should I let it grow untouched? At what point should I pinch back to make sure the plant doesn't get too leggy; which was it's problem that motivated this hard chop in the first place. Thank you again for all your help! Tofu...See MoreCelia Lin
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