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All the branches were cut off my pear tree of about 25 years old, they cut off all the branches to stubs. What do I do with all the saplings?

While I was away, a person cut off all the branches on my over grown pear tree. Some should have been removed totally and weren't. All were cut short to the tree with 'stumps' left. Now the new growth is just crazy! I removed a lot of them about…
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Liquidambar/sweet gum - competing leaders and potential rot in crotches

We have a large, established liquidambar tree with many competing leaders (the trunk is ~1m (3') diameter but 2 m (6') from the ground it divides into 10 or so ~300 mm (12") diameter branches). I've attached some photos. It dropped a large branch…
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Birch Tree; Section of branches have no Leaves

I have a group of 3 birch tree's in my backyard, Jacksonville, FL. Last year I noticed that there was a center section, on the entire group, that did not have leaves on the branches. I have River rocks at the base of the trees. This year there are…
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How can I get my indoor Lemon tree with no leaves or branches to grow a new branch or leaf?

I have this lemon tree (Meyer I think) and since April it has not had any leaves. It did go through a period without water (and it was indoors, but I put it in front of the window). I have pruned all the dead branches off, and when I scratch the…
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Encourage Lavender Lady Passion flower vines to branch?

We recently planted a Passiflora Lavender Lady vine in the ground and it's growing quickly up a trellis against a fence; but is there a way to encourage it to create more branches to fill out to become more full looking?
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Which tree branches break the least?

Which tree has branches that break the least over all other trees? Which trees shed the least weight?
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Can I just cut date palm branches

I'm growing a date palm (look at my other post) since some years. This works more or less well but it has a lot of braches which won't hold up anymore and start to turn brown (but are still mostly green). My question: Do you know if it harms the…
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Will branches on my damaged apple tree grow farther apart from each other as it gets taller?

I have an apple tree that is developing a lot of branches close together after it lost half its height due to a deer attack. As the tree grows taller again, will the new branches eventually grow with more space between them?
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How to attach things to cinder block walls? (For training wisteria plant)

I have a wisteria plant that I would like to train into long, horizontal branches. It's growing against a cinder block wall. I tried screwing some masonry screws into it, but those just ground a hole in the wall that was too big for the screw to…
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Encouraging branching in a chilli plant

I have an indoor chilli plant that is a bit too tall for my liking. The problem is, for some reason, it is not branching out from the eyes down towards the bottom. If I cut the tree along the line as shown in the below picture, would that encourage…
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Grafting only one of three branches of Mulberry

I have a white mulberry tree. I have planted it about 3 months ago. It was already pretty good in size and it is growing well. As you can see in the picture below, it has three main branches. I want to graft only one side branch with black mulberry.…
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How to branch indoors grown mango?

I have this mango tree, which is about 7-8 years old and 150cm - 200cm high. But it's still not branching, still only growing a new straight trunk. How do I make it to branch a bit? Should I prune it? If yes, how much should I cut down? Also, I…
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Is this a new lavender plant or a weed or an unknown plant?

I have a lavender plant from an old image taken 4 months ago here: Now I notice there is a new plant growth from the mid of the lavender plant. Not sure if it is a lavender or a weed as the root of the new plant seems connected to the root of the…
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Help with lemon tree and encouraging new branch growth

I bought a lemon tree at the start of the year, at the time it was healthy and had fruit on it. Unfortunately it then suffered severe leaf drop and branch death. I think it was due to high stress from temperature fluctuations in the office…
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Weak lemon stem

My lemon plants (the two to the right) are about one year old now and they are planted from seed at the same time. Nr 2: It stopped growing on the height for a while but instead developed two new seperate branches which are now growing slow but…
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