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Old 15-01-2011, 04:08 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:55:02 +0000 (GMT), wrote:

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Peter wrote:
I have a Monkey Puzzle tree that is now blocking a path. When is the right
time of year to prune it and is there anything I need to know?

As far as I know, they are effectively unprunable, like other
conifers. You can prune very young wood, and remove branches,
but it will not regrow from old wood. If you need to do more,
the best thing is to remove it. Sorry.


All you can really do is take the lower branches off so that you can
walk underneath it. I've seen that done with a very large one and it
looks OK. It wouldn't be appropriate for a smaller one though.
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