Re: OT...Re: Topping trees for shaping
- Subject: Re: OT...Re: Topping trees for shaping
- From: D*@netscape.net
- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:47:53 -0400
But how does it go around a 2' branch that has other branches and leaves growing off it all the way up?
Diann
"Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net> wrote:
>Claire, never thought of split PVC pipe...what a good idea! It won't
>rot!
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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>> From: ECPep@aol.com
>>
>> 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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