Can I prune soon ?
Douglas

"ouglas" wrote in message
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Can I prune soon ?
Douglas



I'm no expert but I use the 2 and 6 rule. In the sixth month (June) you
prune side shoots to 6 leaves and in the second month (February) you prune
back further to 2 leaves. That is for an established wisteria which is
flowering. Until then I think you can prune whenever you feel like it to get
the form right.

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In message , Bob Hobden
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to encourage the flowering spurs and buds to grow.

Global warming has meant that our wisteria has not come into open flower
for 8 years now: every year it comes into bud much too early, and then
we have a frost and that's it
Just a couple of miles away they seem to bud a bit later and the flowers
are magnificent. I have wondered whether there might be some way to
prune it to delay bud formation somehow?

Klara
Gatwick basin
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"klara" wrote in message
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Global warming has meant that our wisteria has not come into open flower
for 8 years now: every year it comes into bud much too early, and then
we have a frost and that's it
Just a couple of miles away they seem to bud a bit later and the flowers
are magnificent. I have wondered whether there might be some way to
prune it to delay bud formation somehow?


Could you not cover it with horticultural fleece on cold nights?
If it's against a wall then it shouldn't be too difficult to devise
something that can be put up and removed easily.
If it's out in the open, like the one at the Saville Garden which has the
same problem you describe, you could throw some fleece over it on cold
nights although you would need to weigh the edges down.

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In message , Bob Hobden
writes
Could you not cover it with horticultural fleece on cold nights? If
it's against a wall then it shouldn't be too difficult to devise
something that can be put up and removed easily. If it's out in the
open, like the one at the Saville Garden which has the same problem you
describe, you could throw some fleece over it on cold nights although
you would need to weigh the edges down.

Thanks for this suggestion!
It is against a wall, but it's pretty old and big - every year it
attacks our gutters, the climbing rose, the quince, and everything else
in reach.... It should perhaps be possible to hang something between the
windows, but it would be a huge job to remove it every morning. Do you
suppose it would work just to cover it (well, some of it, at least) once
the buds swell, and leave it on until they open (and then hope for a
frost-free fortnight)?

Klara
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