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Corrective pruning for damaged leader
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Posted by alohadan Hawaii (My Page) on Thu, Nov 18, 04 at 3:31
I just planted a lovely young 6-foot Tulipwood tree (Harpullia Pendula), and had barely put the shovel down when I noticed the tip of the central leader had been snapped off while bringing it home. I'd like this tree to grow as tall as it's able (20-ish feet here in Hawaii) and would welcome any and all advice, recommended websites, etc. on how to revive that leader to grow vertically again. I don't want the tree to bush out horizontally (I'm seeing signs of that already) due to space limitations.
Please advise.
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RE: Corrective pruning for damaged leader
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| I know in bonsai, to create a new leader you take the strongest shoot (from those resulting from the break in the leader) and wire it upward and prune off all other nearby shoots so that all the energy goes into that one shoot. I'm sure the same principle would work with a normal size tree accept you might straighten it out by strapping a plant stake to it like a splint instead of using wire. Just position the shoot so that it goes in the same direction as the old leader and secure it with the stake and ties. Of course, make sure you don't break that one in the process. Then after the shoot has hardened you can take off the stake. It should work, but I'm basing this on my knowledge of bosai and I don't know anything about Tulipwood. Hope this helps : ) |
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