Hello all,
Feels like a while since I showed up on the forum at all. I had surgery recently and thats been.... fun. So I've not been doing much of anything. I think the time has finally come to do something, and that is give my trees a little care, I'm hoping ive not missed my opportunity for pruning this year.
There were varying opinions on how early or late to prune Acer P, so I hope its possible now (I then hope to wire it, potentially, in early spring and it certainly needs to be repotted).
What I would like please, is people's opinion on a strategy for pruning this tree. It's my first time pruning something this size, my other experience is with a Chinese elm, which is much smaller and grows very fast. I've never pruned this tree once yet, since I bought it about 5-6 months ago (it's had many health issues).
So it's all very much inexperience.
Also sorry I couldn't provide a better back drop to the pictures, I can understand if it's difficult to see the branches, it was the best I could do. The pictures should be large enough to zoom in, if you would like to do that.
There's a number of bits to clean up on it, some white dieback to get rid of and dead leaves hanging about, those will be cleaned up.
And here's a dump of pictures...
Your thoughts and opinions are greatly appreciated, as they always are. It rained this morning, and although this is kept in cover (about 80-90% covered), that is why it looks more blackened than usually, simply damp.
I really like the curved trunk, the direction it moves in, so I'd like to envision a nice full canopy that compliments that.
Feels like a while since I showed up on the forum at all. I had surgery recently and thats been.... fun. So I've not been doing much of anything. I think the time has finally come to do something, and that is give my trees a little care, I'm hoping ive not missed my opportunity for pruning this year.
There were varying opinions on how early or late to prune Acer P, so I hope its possible now (I then hope to wire it, potentially, in early spring and it certainly needs to be repotted).
What I would like please, is people's opinion on a strategy for pruning this tree. It's my first time pruning something this size, my other experience is with a Chinese elm, which is much smaller and grows very fast. I've never pruned this tree once yet, since I bought it about 5-6 months ago (it's had many health issues).
So it's all very much inexperience.
Also sorry I couldn't provide a better back drop to the pictures, I can understand if it's difficult to see the branches, it was the best I could do. The pictures should be large enough to zoom in, if you would like to do that.
There's a number of bits to clean up on it, some white dieback to get rid of and dead leaves hanging about, those will be cleaned up.
And here's a dump of pictures...
Your thoughts and opinions are greatly appreciated, as they always are. It rained this morning, and although this is kept in cover (about 80-90% covered), that is why it looks more blackened than usually, simply damp.
I really like the curved trunk, the direction it moves in, so I'd like to envision a nice full canopy that compliments that.