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Removing dug in wire now?
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Author:  xu5 [ 01 Nov 2017, 18:08 ]
Post subject:  Removing dug in wire now?
I have a Hawthorn that the wire has been left on a bit too long and will result in some damage to the bark when it is removed. Is it safer to leave wire removal until the late winter/early spring or take it off now?
Author:  NickB [ 01 Nov 2017, 18:12 ]
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Well, I would take it off now. I usually do some pruning on deciduous this time of year, after leaf fall, and don't really suffer any ill effects.

Its always good practice to give a tree some winter protection, even if its is only keeping it out of excessive wind. Hawthorns are very robust trees. I am sure it will bounce back in the spring.
Author:  Gary Jones [ 01 Nov 2017, 18:14 ]
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I would remove it now, same as Nick.
Author:  xu5 [ 01 Nov 2017, 18:37 ]
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Now it is then. I line my trees against a sheltered easterly facing wall of the house for winter protection.
Author:  paulpash [ 01 Nov 2017, 23:28 ]
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xu5 wrote:
I have a Hawthorn that the wire has been left on a bit too long and will result in some damage to the bark when it is removed. Is it safer to leave wire removal until the late winter/early spring or take it off now?


Another option is cutting and restarting if it's a juvenile branch and REALLY bad. With Hawthorn they will often backbud well enough to restart.
Author:  Loufada [ 02 Nov 2017, 14:02 ]
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First spring with a hawthorn for me this year and if next spring's growth is only half of what is was this year, I would still have no problem recovering from a few dead branches due to poor watering (when I was away in August...). So I'd say like the above: remove and if it's too bad and the branches are young, cut it off.
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