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Pruninig a couple canes now

9 years ago

Bummer! We got so much rain and wind the last couple of days that my Westerland that I had to cut back to the ground in spring, and which was leafing out beautifully now, had a couple of broken canes! They broke at the base too! Sad, they were nice and green new canes. I had to prune at the break right next to the base. I hope it is not too much of a problem to prune those out now, but I had no choice.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
9 years ago
hey kent

broken is broken ... cut them.. and move on ...

whats the alternative???

ken
kentstar
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9 years ago
lol Ken! Moved on... :)
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seil zone 6b MI
9 years ago
Chance are they'll just send up new ones so don't be oo sad.
flaurabunda
9 years ago
I've had the same problem this spring. Had to prune the dickens out of everyone, and there's very minimal new growth from the canes I left. Most (about 90%) of the new growth were new canes from the graft, and on the plants exposed to the highest wind velocities I have lost over 70% of each of those new canes.

I tried to blame it on critters, but after the 3rd go-around I was able to stand on the deck & watch the damage occur on the last bout of storms.

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