Eucalyptus
I have pruned my tree to 1200mm - is this enough? Advice please.
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Eucalyptus
"Bill Falconer" wrote in message ... I have pruned my tree to 1200mm - is this enough? Advice please. Thanks Bill are you sure it was 1200mm and not 1201mm? |
Eucalyptus
Bill Falconer wrote:
I have pruned my tree to 1200mm - is this enough? Advice please. Thanks Bill I wouldn't have, and I wouldn't have done it now, either. But it depends what you want. You'll get a whole bunch of long new shoots, and, broadly speaking, the higher up you cut the trunk, the higher up the bunch will start. It's a design issue. For most people, the best thing is to cut in March, at about four to six inches (100-150 mm for you modern types) from the ground; but a foot or eighteen inches (up to 450 mm!) is OK. Now that you _have_ cut it, leave it alone till the spring. If you like, you can then leave it; but I'd be inclined to take it off low down at that time. (I'm assuming you have the most common gum-tree in this country, E. gunnii: that's what people usually mean by "eucalyptus".) -- Mike. |
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