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RE: Stewartia

You said, "Try to select
a good leader and a number of well-spaced, evenly distributed, wide-angled
branches (sometimes that is easier said than done!)." And I take out 
everything else? There is a good central leader, and then two main branches 
coming off that at 10 and 2 o'clock, and then a ton of short bushy green 
growth sort of at the junction of those three...is that what I remove?

Bettye


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From: 	owner-woodyplants@mallorn.com on behalf of Gary J Kling
Sent: 	Thursday, May 22, 1997 11:04 AM
To: 	woodyplants@mallorn.com
Subject: 	Re: Stewartia

> Last spring I purchased and planted a Stewartia koreana. It was about 36", 
in 
> a gallon container, at the time. It has grown to about 6', and there is a 
lot 
> of bushy growth in the middle, with long stems reaching out and up. Should I 

> be doing any pruning, or thinning of all the growth near the trunk, or just 
> leave it alone for a few years?

Bettye,
Like all other woody plant material, you should strive to achieve a good
structure from early on.  If you have a proliferation of branches all coming
from one point you will have a very weak branching structure.  Try to select
a good leader and a number of well-spaced, evenly distributed, wide-angled
branches (sometimes that is easier said than done!).

Gary Kling
Univ. of Illinois
Urbana

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