Re: OT...Re: Topping trees for shaping
- Subject: Re: OT...Re: Topping trees for shaping
- From: D*@netscape.net
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:28:57 -0400
Claire and Marg--thanks. I'll go for a bamboo splint on the last 2' of the top. Even if it's an Abraham Lincoln kinda Tricolor (long and lanky), it's still a very pretty tree.
Diann
ECPep@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 7/30/02 12:29:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mtalt@hort.net
>writes:
>
><< achieve results, I'd think. If it is strong enough to support the
> extra weight, you could simply tie on a splint and gradually tighten
> the 's' curves into the straight splint over a period of months. If
> it isn't strong enough to carry the weight of the splint, then guess
> you'd have to use a stake in the ground. >>
>
>The splint idea is a good and common one. Here the leaders of many conifers
>are destroyed by various types of budworms and you do not see the damage
>until much later in the season. The result is a big funny looking bush,not a
>tree. The cure is a splint to a new leader and the splint can stay for
>several years. Split PVC pipe is lightweight and can do the trick. With the
>conifers, not one white pine in my area with a straight trunk anymore, you
>must then remember to get out there in late April and spray the new leader
>until the trunk is strong and the bud tips can withstand the damage.
>
>In short, splinting is a good thing to make a tree leader go straight up for
>a few years. Marge is right. If it wobbles around with the splint, use three
>tie supports for a year or two. All is worth saving an expensive tree or a
>tree with some time invested.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>NYS z4
>
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