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desperationfalls

Training Pinky Winky into standard???

desperationfalls
12 years ago

Hi,

Just bought 5 small (6 inch pots) Pinky Winky hydrangeas which I'd like to train into small standards (trees). Problem is all websites which talk about training into standards want you to buy the plants with one major central stalk and then you can cut off all others. THESE plants have only branches which come out horizontally from the bottom.

How can I get them to grow a VERTICAL central (or close) stalk? Shall I prune it all the way back and hope?

Any help here would be most appreciated.

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