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Old 15-04-2010, 12:59 PM posted to aus.gardens
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Default Best time to prune

On 15/04/2010 7:47 PM, Loosecanon wrote:
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:32:28 -0700 (PDT), tathraman
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I have a row of natives in front of my house - mostly melaleucas,
callistimons and pittosporums which have to be cut back to preserve my
ocean view. When is the best time to do this?


August.


Why August? Wouldn't that just encourage crap loads of new growth as the
weather warms up??????


You just prune em low enough.....Hold the fertiliser,