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In my experiance I have found that mugo's respond well to top pruning and not well to root pruning. I never remove more than 1/3 of the roots at a time.

I know that you are from russia but I am not sure of your growing zone, so I can not offer you advice on what time of year to do this work.

Persoanlly, I would repot, cleaning up the roots a little while combing them out gradually. I would then remove the unwanted branches at the whrols that are creating bulges, cut back the apex a little and then leave it alone until next spring.

8-Sep-2004	#4
Will_Heath BANNED Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Clinton Township, MI Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 MI AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 4,227	In my experiance I have found that mugo's respond well to top pruning and not well to root pruning. I never remove more than 1/3 of the roots at a time. I know that you are from russia but I am not sure of your growing zone, so I can not offer you advice on what time of year to do this work. Persoanlly, I would repot, cleaning up the roots a little while combing them out gradually. I would then remove the unwanted branches at the whrols that are creating bulges, cut back the apex a little and then leave it alone until next spring.