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Questions tagged [pruning]

Questions about how to best cut plant branches, vines or stems. For questions about root pruning please use the [root-pruning] tag.

"Pruning" is the act of cutting a plant's branch (typically of a or ), or (of a , , etc.).

Pruning is performed primarily to produce a better shaped plant, or to promote new growth of branches or .

In many cases, prunings (i.e. the discarded branches) can be used as to create new plants.

In rare situation even roots could be pruned to remove rotten parts, or to be able to remove a plant from an outgrown pot, etc. For questions like these use the tag.

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Best way of pruning Cardinal Creeper

I've got this 2/3 year old Cardinal Creeper in a 16" container that's become really bare at the base, making the stem look like coils of rope. The new growth seems to happen at the tips, leaving the base still bare. I did have to cut back this plant…
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Pruning weeping mulberry into wild-looking crown

How to prune a weeping mulberry so that it has main branches with lots of curves within its crown, as if they can't decide what direction to take, like this one: (look at wavy branches in the middle of the crown) Or, take a look at this photo from…
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Vine specific pruning and training

I planted a vine a year ago and it's doing fine and growing well. I am training it to go over the fence to reach the pergola on the other side. How should I prune it for next year's growth and when? ?
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Should i prune tomato fruiting trusses?

We all know to leave about 4 fruit trusses on a tomato plant and to prune out suckers and side shoots. But the ends of the fruiting trusses on my plants have turned up and shot up in the air like new side shoots. They still have fruit on but then…
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Nepenthes ventrata

Ours is about 5.5 ft tall growing in a tomato cage for support. We winter it in our small greenhouse. This spring we cut off the old pitchers and want to know if we should remove the old tall stems to make way for the new growth coming up from the…
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Sealing Crape Myrtles to stop new growth

I've removed a lot of limbs from the bottom of my crape myrtles, to limit it to a few odd numbered limbs. However, where the cuts were made continue to put forth new growth, that I don't want. Is there anything I can seal these areas with to stop…
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pruning new grape vines

I bought 3 grape vines last spring/summer (table grapes, canadice, concord, can't remember). The grew but no grapes or flowers. After reading it sounds like I should have pruned them before the winter, but I didn't. Now that it is their first…
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Cut back the tops of newly planted Beech Hedging to encourage growth?

Last year I planted a long row of beech to provide me with beech hedging. At the time they were approximately 30-40cm in height, and they have now grown to an average of 50-70 cm in height. The final height at which I would like to keep my hedge is…
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Is it time to prune this Chrysanthemum?

For some reason, the bottom of the body of my Chrysanthemum is dying (probably root rot?): Using the arrows, I have tried to show that for the middle part, it is dead on one side. Of course I can wait, and see if it heals or dies completely, but I…
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Pruning tips for Vietnamese Coriander/Mint

Recently picked up gardening again and started with a small but diverse range of flowers,herbs and vegetables. The last time I did gardening was back in the 80's I have been educating myself as I go along and already controlled a outbreak of Green…
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Help identifying this plant

I have a few of these plants growing in my garden along a trelace fence in the south of the UK. Although I've seen them in my local area grown as more of a mounded shrub. As you can see, the individual branches grow in long thin cane like…
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What is the best way to trim back this plant?

I'm very fond of this tree/bush (pardon my ignorance), but I fear it's beginning to take over this corner of the garden. Any suggestions on how to trim it back without completely ruining it?
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Should I prune other veggies the same way I prune tomatoes?

I just finished pruning the foliage on my tomato plants and am wondering if other plants in the garden would benefit from a similar trim? In particular, my eggplant and peppers have very dense leaves and honestly, cutting the leaves back would help…
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Maple tree's new-sprouting branches

40 year old Maple tree is sprouting new branches. Should they be cut off or allowed to grow ? How can I send you a photo?
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Should I prune a basil plant as it's growing?

I have a few basil plants that I am growing in pots. They look healthy so far and I have not harvested any leaves from the basil. I am wondering if it is recommended to pluck some leaves on a regular basis to promote growth or leave it alone and…
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