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P. Mume care - Wiring & Pruning in particular (UPDATED)
After extensive searching, I finally have sourced some excellent P. Mume material and have two tree's on the way . . . one for a shohin sized tree, and another for something a fair bit bigger.
I've had an apricot in the past that I got from Brent at EGW, but all I ever did with this tree was water it and feed it since I was still developing the trunk. The tree's I have now are well developed and ready for initial styling work.
I know that repotting should be done after flowering . . . I'm not worried about that.
But when is the best time to wire?
What about pruning? I know this too should be carried out after flowering, but I have read about "rotational" pruning and I'm not sure what that is. I also will need to do some heavy pruning on each of these the first time around.
I'd also be interested in saving cuttings from these, so any info on that is appreciated as well.
I've tried searching the web and have had little success. If you have any resources, that would be great.
Thanks!
After extensive searching, I finally have sourced some excellent P. Mume material and have two tree's on the way . . . one for a shohin sized tree, and another for something a fair bit bigger.
I've had an apricot in the past that I got from Brent at EGW, but all I ever did with this tree was water it and feed it since I was still developing the trunk. The tree's I have now are well developed and ready for initial styling work.
I know that repotting should be done after flowering . . . I'm not worried about that.
But when is the best time to wire?
What about pruning? I know this too should be carried out after flowering, but I have read about "rotational" pruning and I'm not sure what that is. I also will need to do some heavy pruning on each of these the first time around.
I'd also be interested in saving cuttings from these, so any info on that is appreciated as well.
I've tried searching the web and have had little success. If you have any resources, that would be great.
Thanks!
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