head_cutter
Yamadori
Simple things that work:
Petting your trees: run your open hand over the top of the foliage lightly and often, it will create (over time) more breaks and denser foliage. Much of the new branching will be horizontal and nice and dense.
Pest control: good ole Ivory Liquid, mixed to the same proportion as Safer Soap, will do just a good a job on most pests.
Drain-hole screen: the best is always galvanized screen--the roots of most trees will avoid it like the plague. No roots near the drain-hole, good constant drainage for a number of years.
'Forever' training box: Jet Net, the same stuff they make commercial cutting boards and counter tops from. Handles the same as wood, screw the parts together. The first one I made was still looking good 11 years later.
Bob
Petting your trees: run your open hand over the top of the foliage lightly and often, it will create (over time) more breaks and denser foliage. Much of the new branching will be horizontal and nice and dense.
Pest control: good ole Ivory Liquid, mixed to the same proportion as Safer Soap, will do just a good a job on most pests.
Drain-hole screen: the best is always galvanized screen--the roots of most trees will avoid it like the plague. No roots near the drain-hole, good constant drainage for a number of years.
'Forever' training box: Jet Net, the same stuff they make commercial cutting boards and counter tops from. Handles the same as wood, screw the parts together. The first one I made was still looking good 11 years later.
Bob