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| Author: | RoyH [ 04 Feb 2010, 20:06 ] |
| Post subject: | pruning Acers |
Hi all, the info i have come across seems to suggest that the best time to branch prune Acers is in the middle of the growing season or within one week of the leaves dropping off. Is this a hard fact? Has anyone branch pruned at this time of the year (spring) etc Apologies for bringing up this topic again as I'm sure its been covered many times. |
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| Author: | leejr [ 04 Feb 2010, 20:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: pruning Acers |
Roy i know they are put off till late summer as the bleed heavily in the spring. If root trimmed before pruning it can slow the bleeding apparently. |
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| Author: | RoyH [ 04 Feb 2010, 20:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: pruning Acers |
thanks Lee, i'm going to leave the work in question till mid summer, but i always like to see if anyone has taken a risk & got away with it. |
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| Author: | Jerry Norbury [ 04 Feb 2010, 20:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: pruning Acers |
I pruned an old Acer Palmatum around this time last year without ill effect. I removed all minor branches and leaf buds in order to force branch regrowth. It worked out fine. Certainly with Acer Campestre - you can prune those whenever the urge takes you... |
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| Author: | RoyH [ 04 Feb 2010, 21:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: pruning Acers |
thanks Jerry & Don, this is the tree, which i have just re-wired & whilst i want the trunk to thicken, i would also like to get some ramification whilst i'm waiting. so i would like to take the growing tip out of some of the branches to help carry that out. |
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| Author: | Jerry Norbury [ 04 Feb 2010, 21:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: pruning Acers |
Trident maple? |
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| Author: | RoyH [ 04 Feb 2010, 21:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: pruning Acers |
not sure but, this is the tree in leaf last year ? |
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| Author: | leejr [ 04 Feb 2010, 21:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: pruning Acers |
Is it a palmatum? |
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| Author: | Jerry Norbury [ 04 Feb 2010, 21:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: pruning Acers |
Yes it is. It's an Atropurpureum. |
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| Author: | John Farnan [ 04 Feb 2010, 22:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: pruning Acers |
You know i looked at the leafless tree and thought it did not look that great but once the leaves are on it looks far better my suggestion is prune back really hard and allow the ramification to build up closer to the trunk which in turn will give you a smaller leaf size the leaf only bears a passing resemblance to the norway maple but i dont think you would have gotten the ramification on that thats there already with one of those brutes. If you really want trunk girth its gonna have to go in the ground for a few years but this will give you a better tree in the longer term |
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