RE: Chinese Wisteria
- Subject: RE: Chinese Wisteria
- From: V* G*
- Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 19:19:28
>
>>Hi Paul,
>> Since I have never grown Wisteria, I am curious about your
>>statement below. What happens after you hack at the roots a few
>>feet away from the stem? Does this promote flowering? Is it root
>>pruning? What? Curious minds want to know!
>>
>>Marilyn Dube'
>>Natural Designs Nursery
>>Portland, OR
>
>
>I'm sure (root pruning) this is what Paul had in mind. It is one of
>the techniques used on wisterias, which are often recalcitrant to
>bloom. Other methods include a spiral type of girdling (scoring in a
>spiral pattern up the trunk so as not to completely sever the cambium
>layer), high dose phosphorus in March, and virgorous pruning of side
>shoots back to 3-4 buds.
>
>I know of no controlled studies on this and my conclusion (having 2
>Wisteria florabunda myself) is that they will bloom when they are
>good and ready!
After how many years is that? I read some place that Wisterias can take
about 10 years to bloom. I wonder if that is really the case!
Vinata
>
>--
>Don Martinson
>Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>l*@execpc.com
>
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