dacoontz
Mame
Posted this in another thread but felt like I was hijacking the thread and wasn’t getting any advice, so started my own.
Keep in mind I’m still new at this and this tree didn’t seem to have a lot of active work being done to it when I acquired it last Fall.
I decandled in late May, obviously too early. Not sure the excessive heat here in southern Oregon has helped either. Had to water daily which also may be part of the problem. I did repot this tree also this spring but didn’t do much root pruning. Anyhow, I’ve done everything wrong it would seem. Now here’s what I’ve got.
Should I reduce these taller second flush candles? What do I do with the long leggy internodes in those lower branches? And you can see I’ve removed some older needles on some branches and not in others to see what happens, maybe not a good idea? This tree will also need some hard pruning I’d imagine at certain areas as it gets a bit busy towards the top of the tree, but this needs to wait until fall, correct?
Keep in mind I’m still new at this and this tree didn’t seem to have a lot of active work being done to it when I acquired it last Fall.
I decandled in late May, obviously too early. Not sure the excessive heat here in southern Oregon has helped either. Had to water daily which also may be part of the problem. I did repot this tree also this spring but didn’t do much root pruning. Anyhow, I’ve done everything wrong it would seem. Now here’s what I’ve got.
Should I reduce these taller second flush candles? What do I do with the long leggy internodes in those lower branches? And you can see I’ve removed some older needles on some branches and not in others to see what happens, maybe not a good idea? This tree will also need some hard pruning I’d imagine at certain areas as it gets a bit busy towards the top of the tree, but this needs to wait until fall, correct?