You know, I lost the original message too, but I recall years ago we moved
into a house that had five very overgrown shrubs in the plantings across the
front of the house.
My "green thumb" wife proceeded to cut a hole in the middle of each bush...
looking straight down from the top, so the bush ended up looking like a
funnel. She took almost a half of the bush away in the center. This
allowed light to reach the lower branches near the root to encourage new
growth. Everyone said he killed the bushes. It was only a matter of time.
However, the next spring new, small branches grew into this void. When they
were hardy enough, she cut off the old, outside branches and, voila! A
small shrub with a large root base. The entire process took a couple of
years to work, but it did work, and the bushes were trimmed into very nice
decorative shrubs. And we didn't lose any of them.
It sure beats pulling out the old bushes and buying $$$ new ones.
Gary
Grafton, OH
-----Original Message-----
From: shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of James Babcock
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 9:57 AM
To: shoptalk
Subject: RE: tree pruning
Sorry...I deleted the original message requesting this info.
The only pointer I can give is to cut the branches at the forks.
Cut as close as possible to the small ring at the base of the
branch. This ring will close over the cut to seal it.
Don't leave any branches attached without sufficient leaves
to support their growth. How many is sufficient? Beats me,
most trees will add foliage to support the branch if there
are buds and there is sufficient light.
The important thing here is not to leave a short piece of
the branch attached to the tree. The piece will die and
provide a place for disease to start.
Jim
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