clevetromba
Shohin
Has anyone tried undercutting a branch on Mugo Pine to lower the angle? If so, what time of year should it be done? I have read through the compiled advice from Vance Wood on Mugos and didn't see anything on this question.
if you ever plan to notch a branch...especially on a pine or juniper...notch from the top not the bottom...notching from the bottom greatly increases the chance of cutting the feed lines to that branch and it will most likely die.
Based on what. I'll take a notch on the top v bottom any day.Quite frankly, this is non-sense.
Let's continue discussing, starting with this videoBased on what. I'll take a notch on the top v bottom any day.
Let's continue discussing, starting with this video
This.....is absolutely the way to go, though it takes a stout branch before this technique becomes necessary. This little mugo in this post should be a wire job.When you notch from the top, you actually cut back into the trunk, not the branch. Yes, it opens up a wound, which will heal. Insert cut paste.
Branches are fed sap from the roots below them. Cutting the bottom of the crotch, making a little upside down V, which would be closed up when the branch is pulled down, sounds like a good idea. But difficult to do. You're relying on the cambiums to line up so that the branch grafts back together. And, you're hoping that the top tissues of the branch aren't severed when you make the bend.
Notching from the top is the way to do it.
if you ever plan to notch a branch...especially on a pine or juniper...notching from the bottom greatly increases the chance of cutting the feed lines to that branch and it will most likely die.
I'll update the thread to show how those 2 different techniques look now; they're both still going strong...
Ryan is making a bend in the middle of a branch/trunk. Not at a crotch
When you notch from the top, you actually cut back into the trunk, not the branch.
making a little upside down V, which would be closed up when the branch is pulled down, sounds like a good idea. But difficult to do. You're relying on the cambiums to line up so that the branch grafts back together