Collecting large Wisteria - tips and tricks

[penumbra]

Let it go--control the new growth--tie those long shoots into loops of themselves. Don't let the plant pull your fence down...

Heed the warning. These things can cover a city block.

 

[Bonsai_hope]

I’m about to collect one that’s damaging a fence in my garden. How much trunk should I leave above the soil line? Also, I’m in Savannah GA and it gets pretty hot in the summer. Should I keep it in shade?

 

[rockm]

I’m about to collect one that’s damaging a fence in my garden. How much trunk should I leave above the soil line? Also, I’m in Savannah GA and it gets pretty hot in the summer. Should I keep it in shade?

Wrong time of year to collect. The amount of trunk to leave depends on the trunk. Where are the interesting parts? Best time to collected is early spring. Best soil is rich deep soil mixed half and half with bonsai soil (not straight bonsai soil). Wisteria like to grow with their leaves in full sun and roots in shade. They over top larger tree in the wild to do this so shade the lot and keep it moist. Give the top as much sun as possible

 

[rockm]

Fwiw if you can’t find one with a substantial intersting trunk these aren’t worth the effort to keep them. There billions of taper less curve less wisteria growing wild all over the place here inthe middle Atlantic and SE states. The vast majority aren’t worth collecting.

I literally have thousand of straight wrist thick wisteria trunk in the wood 200 yards from the house. In the 30 or so years I’ve here I’ve only found two that were really worth the time. I discovered this one in a place where the deer bed down in the summer. It would be a challenge to collect as the deer ticks are rampant back there in collecting season.

 

[Bonsai_hope]

Wrong time of year to collect. The amount of trunk to leave depends on the trunk. Where are the interesting parts? Best time to collected is early spring. Best soil is rich deep soil mixed half and half with bonsai soil (not straight bonsai soil). Wisteria like to grow with their leaves in full sun and roots in shade. They over top larger tree in the wild to do this so shade the lot and keep it moist. Give the top as much sun as possible

Thank you. I suppose if the leaves are off I can trim it down now.

 

[rockm]

Thank you. I suppose if the leaves are off I can trim it down now.

I wouldn’t. Leave it be. Cutting anything on it now increase chances of it drying out and killing pieces of the trunk. Wisteria doesn’t heal cuts well in the first place and are prone to die back. Even in active growth. You’re three months away from it growing. Wisteria is a vine not a tree. It doesn’t behave like trees Have some patience

 

[Bonsai_hope]

I wouldn’t. Leave it be. Cutting anything on it now increase chances of it drying out and killing pieces of the trunk. Wisteria doesn’t heal cuts well in the first place and are prone to die back. Even in active growth. You’re three months away from it growing. Wisteria is a vine not a tree. It doesn’t behave like trees Have some patience

Okay, thanks