This is the month I had planned to shorten (or remove) shoots on my Scots Pine

Mike Corazzi

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My question is whether hot weather affects this operation.
It is still hitting 100 very regularly.

When I say "shoots" I mean twigs I think. Get them back from threes to twos and remove some that are where I don't want them.

Should I wait a month or so?

TIA.

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I would not worry about it.
Then again.. I have killed a few pines (but mainly due to enthusiastic rootpruning & overwatering)..
 

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You should be reducing BUDS from 3s to 2s in the fall.
You dont wait until they grow into shoots the next year to do that.....

Personally, Id wait until it gets cooler in the fall in a couple of months.
 

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Autumn is the usual time to reduce buds but if you have a tree with crowded branches they can be addressed any time then get into a regular cycle of maintenance depending on the species.
 

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Iv'e got some Scots in the ground and did big chops on them earlier this summer. They've backbudded like crazy.
I wouldn't worry, they seem to like a trimming.
CW
 

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I think there is a greater backbud trigger when the tree isn't dormant, winter or summer.

So if you don't need a lot of options further back, you should be safe, if you want to trigger a larger reaction, wait till it's out of hell.

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Iv'e got some Scots in the ground and did big chops on them earlier this summer. They've backbudded like crazy.
I wouldn't worry, they seem to like a trimming.
CW
2 years ago all the buds got removed by an "expert."
Well, he wasn't.
Last year NO buds were removed and THIS year it was profuse.
That's why it has so many unwanted twigs.
 

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Are the new needles hardened off? If you pull on a pair of new needles, do they pull out easily? Or do they really need a good tug to pull them?
 

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Are the new needles hardened off? If you pull on a pair of new needles, do they pull out easily? Or do they really need a good tug to pull them?
They are hard and well stuck. Nearly as long as the rest. Scots doesn't have long needles.
 

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They are hard and well stuck. Nearly as long as the rest. Scots doesn't have long needles.
Ok, it sounds like they’ve hardened off. So, you can go ahead and do whatever you plan to do to do with it.

The reason I asked is if the needles weren’t hardened off, you could damage them by accident while you are manipulating the tree while pruning.
 

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Ok, it sounds like they’ve hardened off. So, you can go ahead and do whatever you plan to do to do with it.

The reason I asked is if the needles weren’t hardened off, you could damage them by accident while you are manipulating the tree while pruning.


Wellll........ okaaaaayyyyyy..... If you say so...... 🤪

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I deleted the SIM card and then Paint.net had a problem and I couldn't sharpen the pic or get the right color.

I may prune my stupid camera.

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