The Basics Of Pruning
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Article by: Bambi Coker The technique of pruning , Winter Gardening Looking Towards Spring varies with the type of rose , Lazy Fish Worries and the landscape , Lazy Fish Worries purpose for which it was planted, whether it's growing , Avoid Common Gardening Errors in the ground or in a container. Pruning , Flower Bulbs: Nature's Greatest Gift can range from removing unwanted buds , Daylilies - The Perfect Perennial to severely excising canes. Proper pruning , Birch Leaf Miner stimulates growth at the buds , Vermicomposting - Worm Composters For Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal and Recycling closest to the cut, which produces new flowering , Gardening - Growing Tasty Tomatoes stems. The first step in pruning , Orchid Myths -The Truth any type of rose , Leaf Blowers is to remove any dead, damaged, diseased, or weak and thin canes, cutting them off flush with the bud , Funniest Pond Stories-Part 1, May 2004 union or, in the case of own-root plants, , Hedge Trimmers Are Tools Not Toys flush with the crown. Look for any canes that are broken or wounded, or that have cankers (dark, sunken lesions caused by a fungus), and prune , Taking Care of Your Bonsai below the injury, at the highest point where the pith (the central portion of the cane) is healthy , Want Curb Appeal - Play Dress-up and white. , Tuscan Garden Design Make the cut exactly 1/4 inch above a growth bud. , Natural Gardens If the injury extends below that point, cut to a lower growth bud. , Hedge Trimmers Are Tools Not Toys Next, remove canes that are growing , Outdoor Storage Sheds into the center of the plant , Vermicomposting - Worm Composters For Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal and Recycling or those that cross each other. Canes that grow , Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping inward keep light , Outdoor Storage Sheds and air , Water Ponds and Wildlife - How To Attract More Animals to Your Backyard from the center of the plant , Patio Design – Expanding Your Home Outdoors and will eventually cross, chafing one another. These abrasions can become entry points for insects and diseases. , Water Ponds and Wildlife - How To Attract More Animals to Your Backyard Using shears cut these canes down to their origin, whether that is another cane, the bud , Greenscapes: Energy Efficient Landscaping union, or the crown. It is important to keep the center of the plant , Aperitif Hybrid Tea Rose open to let in sunshine and allow air , Avoid Common Gardening Errors to circulate freely. Always prune , Caring for Your Water Garden Pond to an outward-facing bud , Tuscan Garden Design so that canes do not grow , Want Curb Appeal - Play Dress-up into the center of the plant. , Hedge Trimmers Are Tools Not Toys Prune , Budget For Your Garden at a distance close enough to the bud , Leaf Blowers that no stub remains to die off and harbor insects or diseases , Simple Lawnmower Maintenance but far enough away that the bud , Avoid Common Gardening Errors will not die. A good distance is about 1/4 inch above the growth bud. , Planting Summer Flower Bulbs Equally important, cut at the proper angle so that water , Budget For Your Garden runoff won't drip on the bud , Flower Bulbs: Nature's Greatest Gift or collect in the cut and retard healing. The ideal angle is 45 degrees, slanted parallel to the direction of bud , Choosing a Pond Liner – EPDM liners are the optimal choice growth. Pruning in Warm and Cold , Funniest Pond Stories-Part 1, May 2004 Climates In warm climates , Tuscan Garden Design where rose plants , Sheds - is this a Man's Castle? grow quite large, pruning , Decorate Your Outdoor Spaces on a Budget! to the recommended height is not desirable because it will remove too much of the plant. , ing Summer Flower Bulbs Instead, prune , Fountains of Refreshment away about one half to two thirds of the plant , Tuscan Garden Design each winter , How to Select the Best Hammock or early spring , Choosing a Pond Liner – EPDM liners are the optimal choice by removing the older canes and shortening the remaining canes. In cold , Winter Gardening Looking Towards Spring climates where there is a great deal of winter , How to Make a Simple Homemade Aeroponics System damage, pruning , Control Weeds Effectively In Your Garden heights may be determined for you by the amount of winterkill. Prune , Outdoor Storage Sheds canes down to where there is no more winter , Flower Bulbs: Nature's Greatest Gift damage, even if it is almost to the ground. The higher a plant , Sheds - is this a Man's Castle? is pruned, the earlier it will flower. , When to Plant Vegetaibles But don't jeopardize the health and vigor of the plant , How to Select the Best Hammock by pruning , Landscaping Lessons-Proper Placement Of Trees In Landscape Design too high just to have blooms a few clays earlier. There is little advantage to pruning , Gardening - Growing Tasty Tomatoes your roses , Choosing a Pond Liner – EPDM liners are the optimal choice lower than the heights prescribed above; unlike disbudding (which we'll discuss later); it will probably not make the plants , Gardening - Growing Tasty Tomatoes produce larger flowers. , Funniest Pond Stories-Part 1, May 2004 Preventing Disease Although black spot and other fungal diseases , Garden Folklore: It Starts with the Soil manifest themselves on leaves, their spores can over-winter on rose , Want Curb Appeal - Play Dress-up canes. If these diseases , Control Weeds Effectively In Your Garden plagued your roses , Decorate Your Outdoor Spaces on a Budget! during the previous summer, , Hedge Trimmers Are Tools Not Toys you should prune , Decorate Your Outdoor Spaces on a Budget! them lower than recommended, cutting away and discarding much of the source of the problem. Although you won't be able to see the spores on the canes, you can be assured that cutting off a few extra inches during spring , Avoid Common Gardening Errors pruning will reduce the number of spores to some degree. Never leave rose , Patio Design – Expanding Your Home Outdoors cuttings on the ground. They look unsightly and harbor diseases , Caring for Your Water Garden Pond and pests , Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping that may potentially re-infect the plant , Lose That Ugly Algae! or spread to others. When to Seal Cuts Pruning cuts more than inch in diameter can be sealed with pruning , Hedge Trimmers Are Tools Not Toys compound, orange shellac, or grafting wax (available at garden , 7 Timeless Decor Practices centers or hardware , Choosing a Pond Liner – EPDM liners are the optimal choice stores) if boring insects are a problem in your area. Pruning , 7 Timeless Garden Decor Practices compound and orange shellac are the easiest to use because they can be painted on. Otherwise, sealing is not necessary. Some types of white , Gardening - Growing Tasty Tomatoes glue, which is sometimes used as a sealant, are water , Birch Leaf Miner soluble and will wash away with the first rain or watering; they should therefore not be used. Inspect After Pruning Several weeks after you have pruned, take a second trip through the garden , Some Of The Most Common Landscape Design Features with your paining shears. If you pruned early in the year, a late frost may have caused minor dieback on some of the canes. This dieback should be removed. Cankers that were not apparent at pruning , Planting Summer Flower Bulbs time may be visible and should also be pruned away. Don't be too harsh when pruning , Avoid Common Gardening Errors young plants. , Decorate Your Outdoor Spaces on a Budget! Until plants , Tuscan Garden Design are well established and have been growing , Some Of The Most Common Landscape Design Features robustly for two to three years, remove only weak, damaged, or dead wood. , Easy Tips For Planting Garden Bulbs Shape and shorten the plants , Garden Folklore: It Starts with the Soil as recommended above without cutting away any of the older canes. In the following years, old canes can be removed as new ones develop.Bambi Coker © All Rights Reserved http://www.RosesSecretsRevealed.com http://www.aaaroses.blogspot.com |
  
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