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| hey guys long time reader but just joined.just wanted to say hi and a quik question.If I just pruned the heck out of a big box tree,when I do the roots in spring will I need to prune more of the top,because the top is awesome how it is now.I took a ton off so Im thinking it will be fine right? |
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- Posted by greenman28 Nor Cal 7/8 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 6, 09 at 13:05
| Hey, Jason! Welcome aboard! What kind of tree are you working with? Even without that piece of information, I assume that the tree will be fine. Any chance you might share a pic? Josh |
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- Posted by jasonlongboard (My Page) on Thu, Aug 6, 09 at 17:35
| well,its alot of trees,Ive got about 20 dif little trees Ive been working on and then as far as fat trunk older trees Ive just gotten a peeper,cork oak,big box tree,oh another oak,one called burning bush I think,its a member of the bottle brush I believe buts its trunk is awesome and will be great for some jin and dead wood look,so I was afraid to lop off the top of the pepper thinking the roots would get used to the new top and then screw me next year when I root trim.The box tree is the main one I was posting about though.If I get time I will post pics,please tell me its easy to do here because some places its a real pain. |
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- Posted by head_cutter Vietnam (My Page) on Sat, Aug 8, 09 at 21:35
| Posting pics here is THE most problamatic of any forum. It's a 5-6 step process at best (seems like 10 sometimes). Easiest way I've found, but not tried yet, is just create an album somewhere then just post the link to here. A boxwood can be very very tolerant of almost anything you do, I grew in Pa. You may get a little die-back during a severe winter but that's all. If you're worried and you're in an area that gets pretty cold you can mix up a light dose of Johnson's Glo Coat and give it a spray when it starts getting colder but, I wouldn't do that till you start getting below freezing. Let it have a few frosts and go dormant first. The Eunomonus "burning bush' will do fine. Hope its an Atalis, they have great trunk 'interest'! Bob |
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- Posted by jasonlongboard (My Page) on Sun, Aug 9, 09 at 1:44
| thank you so much fro responding,Ive got trouble sometimes finding out names of what i got beause I go hunting at some forest like contracter lots and alot of stuff is not marked. |
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