Gday Greg!
Thanks for your help - it is a little on the cautious side compared to some advice I have received thus far, but my lack of experience with the species, I will probably take the safe option.
One further question for clarity:
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Originally Posted by GregB
If you orient the terminal bud of a branch tip downward, it will lose vigor and eventually weaken and die.
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In the image above, the lowest branch is the most vigorous, and it has needles further back than any of the other 3 branches. This is also the branch which I hope to keep when the time comes to start pruning. As you can see, the growing tip has a downward-ish orientation. Can I (do I
need to) work out a method to bring that growing tip into a more upright position, for the future of this branch?
Thanks again, and Happy New Year!
Fly.
PS: I promise - no more insults this growing season, except maybe the ones I come up with at tonight's NYE celebrations...
