Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
pruning weeping mulberry? Help!
I realise now's the time to do it, but I'm anxious to do it properly so that
I don't ruin the shape. My husband is keen on a Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but I don't feel that is wise. It's a mature plant - we've lived here for 8 years and it was mature when we bought the house. It's huge and occupies most of our pocket handkerchief backgarden! We've got the prunings collection on Monday, so I'd be glad of your advice today! Many thanks,Mike, Perth. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Michael Corby wrote:
I realise now's the time to do it, but I'm anxious to do it properly so that I don't ruin the shape. My husband is keen on a Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but I don't feel that is wise. It's a mature plant - we've lived here for 8 years and it was mature when we bought the house. It's huge and occupies most of our pocket handkerchief backgarden! We've got the prunings collection on Monday, so I'd be glad of your advice today! Why do you want to prune it? |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
It's grown into a funny shape. It's not weeping neatly all around, instead
there is a big weeping section added on, coming out of the top, like a big green tumor. And it's much too big for the lawn. I preferred it when it was smaller - in *diameter*. Mike "Terry Collins" wrote in message ... Michael Corby wrote: I realise now's the time to do it, but I'm anxious to do it properly so that I don't ruin the shape. My husband is keen on a Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but I don't feel that is wise. It's a mature plant - we've lived here for 8 years and it was mature when we bought the house. It's huge and occupies most of our pocket handkerchief backgarden! We've got the prunings collection on Monday, so I'd be glad of your advice today! Why do you want to prune it? |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
I have never received any instructions of pruning a mulberry tree, but the
basic rules on all fruit trees a Get rid of all dead wood. Get rid of branches growing towards the center of the tree. Get rid of any branches that are growing toward another more important branch to keep them from rubbing on each other later. Get rid of branches growing straight up. Get rid of branches growing down. In addition to these, I stand back and look at the tree and see how it is shaped. I then prune to shape it the way I want it to look in 10 years. You aren't supposed to remove more than 1/3 rd of the tree in one pruning. To shape the tree, look at the branch you are wanting to prune off, and cut it just above a bud that is pointing the direction you want the tree to grow. Make all your cuts on a 45 degree angle, so the water will run off rather than stand on the fresh wound. Dwayne "Michael Corby" wrote in message eenews.net... I realise now's the time to do it, but I'm anxious to do it properly so that I don't ruin the shape. My husband is keen on a Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but I don't feel that is wise. It's a mature plant - we've lived here for 8 years and it was mature when we bought the house. It's huge and occupies most of our pocket handkerchief backgarden! We've got the prunings collection on Monday, so I'd be glad of your advice today! Many thanks,Mike, Perth. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
I've already done it now. My husband took the chainsaw massacre approach and now it looks like a trunk with a small cluster of old branches at the top. Now lets pray for green fronds that come down to the ground. :-) Mike. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
"Michael Corby" wrote in message eenews.net... I've already done it now. My husband took the chainsaw massacre approach and now it looks like a trunk with a small cluster of old branches at the top. Now lets pray for green fronds that come down to the ground. :-) Mike. If its the mulberry I'm thinking of (sorry if I'm ignorant), we've always hacked the thing back brutally after the leaves have fallen off. Dad has kept his tree alive for the last 40 plus years by doing this every winter and each year the spring growth is amazing. HTH Amanda |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Pruning of weeping mulberry | Australia | |||
Weeping mulberry | Australia | |||
Weeping Mulberry tree | Australia | |||
Weeping Mulberry | Australia | |||
Mulberry tree and foundations (was Love my Mulberry tree!!!) | Gardening |