Dogwood #1

[Cmd5235]

Starting a thread for this giant and boring stump. This was picked up from a discard pile last year that was removed from a property being renovated. I cut it low and then left it alone last year. I will cut it lower this year, I just needed to wait and see how the initial flush came out. The challenge is the absolute lack of movement in the lower trunk.

 

[KateM]

What is it?
Duh
It in the thread's name...

 

[bpancakes]

Nice! What kind of Cornus? I finally got some C. nuttallii to germinate from seed this year after a couple years of trying. All the cuttings failed unfortunately

 

[Orion_metalhead]

With that flare and twist, Id hardly say it is a boring trunk. I like it.

 

[The Barber]

Nice! What kind of Cornus? I finally got some C. nuttallii to germinate from seed this year after a couple years of trying. All the cuttings failed unfortunately

I'm guessing Cornus Florida.

I have a couple with really nice movement picked out I'd like to dig up, but there is some gnarly poison ivy all around them so I haven't talked myself into collecting them yet.

I love the checkered bark on them. Nothing wrong with a formal upright, nice tree!

 

[DeepSouth]

Nice tree, I love dogwoods!

Watch out for Discula destructiva, it wiped out nearly every flowering dogwood here in Louisiana. Systemic fungicide and keeping the leaves dry should help.

 

[Cmd5235]

With that flare and twist, Id hardly say it is a boring trunk. I like it.

Thank you, I was debating even letting it take up space on the bench! I need to figure out how low to chop next

 

[Cmd5235]

So the question of the day- do I keep it the current chop height (it will be a little lower and need a v-cut), reduce each grouping of shoots to one or two, and go from there? Or do I cut back to one of the low groupings?

Either way, with the internode length I need to go big for the finished tree. Some of the groupings of shoots have some very large internode shoots, these will be cut back. I’ll keep the weaker ones that have a tighter internode.

Last year this tree threw shoots like crazy from just above the root flair. I had to constantly rub them off the tree. This year has seen very few, but good growth up top.

 

[The Barber]

Personally I'd chop like this. Cut at an angle between the new leader and back branch. Assuming there are 2 branches where the leader comes out since they appear to mostly be bundles of branches. I wouldn't trunk chop low though, as you said, internodes, and leaf size, a larger tree will be more suitable. Definitely seal with Top Jin, native dogwood are a fungal magnet. Wire first before you chop those extra branches in case they pull loose from the trunk.

And aim for something like this based on what I can see available.

 

[Cmd5235]

This tree got hit hard this year with powdery mildew. I treated it multiple times, but it still got hammered and lost leaves a week ago. I'm hoping next year will be a better year. I'll remove the guidewires before the winter sets in and then get some movement into the branches next spring.

 

[The Barber]

This tree got hit hard this year with powdery mildew. I treated it multiple times, but it still got hammered and lost leaves a week ago. I'm hoping next year will be a better year. I'll remove the guidewires before the winter sets in and then get some movement into the branches next spring.

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I'd start spraying it with a 1 part 3% peroxide 9 parts water solution now, every couple days till dormancy, then in the spring every couple weeks. Once dormant, be sure and treat it with Copper fungicide. Keep it well protected this winter, it will likely be weak after this attack, and hopefully has decent reserves to make it through. Bonide infuse is a systemic that contains Propiconazole and has worked well for me on a princess persimmon that kept getting hit really bad by powdery mildew. Dogwood are super prone to fungal infections, definitely have to be vigilant.

 

[Cmd5235]

I'd start spraying it with a 1 part 3% peroxide 9 parts water solution now, every couple days till dormancy, then in the spring every couple weeks. Once dormant, be sure and treat it with Copper fungicide. Keep it well protected this winter, it will likely be weak after this attack, and hopefully has decent reserves to make it through. Bonide infuse is a systemic that contains Propiconazole and has worked well for me on a princess persimmon that kept getting hit really bad by powdery mildew. Dogwood are super prone to fungal infections, definitely have to be vigilant.

I'll start with the peroxide, thank you. It's been super wet this year here (it's raining now as a matter of fact), and a lot seemed to be in the evening and keeping things wet overnight. Bonide is my go to and I treat everything with it, but it wasn't enough this year.