Even though I've been messing around with pines for years, I'm just now getting to the refinement stage on some of them. This year was the first year I decandled
any of my pines. I decandled on June 1st. It took forever for the new buds to pop and I thought the candles would be way too small. But lo and behold, I've now got
a second flush of candles that are already 3 and 4 inches long.
1. I used miracle gro 20 20 20 soluble fertilizer from late March up until May 15. After that I stopped all fertilizer.
2. I didn't do any needle plucking to "balance vigor" because the lowest inner branches were just as strong as the others and I didn't see any reason to
weaken the tree.
Eventually, these new candles will need shortened. Do I do it now, wait until fall, or what?
any of my pines. I decandled on June 1st. It took forever for the new buds to pop and I thought the candles would be way too small. But lo and behold, I've now got
a second flush of candles that are already 3 and 4 inches long.
1. I used miracle gro 20 20 20 soluble fertilizer from late March up until May 15. After that I stopped all fertilizer.
2. I didn't do any needle plucking to "balance vigor" because the lowest inner branches were just as strong as the others and I didn't see any reason to
weaken the tree.
Eventually, these new candles will need shortened. Do I do it now, wait until fall, or what?