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After a few weeks or months you may notice that your plants have formed roots. If your goal is propagation, you can remove them from the water and pot them up. Generally I grow plants in water long-term, with most thriving for years with little care.

Dwarf conifers rarely grow taller than 6 feet. These smaller evergreens are also slow-growing, typically taking up to 10 years to reach their full height. Cluster dwarf conifers together or use them to anchor a space.

Kousa dogwood

But the phloem in stems, branches and the trunk acts as a bottleneck. There comes a point when it becomes a waste of energy for leaves to grow any bigger. Tall trees hit this limit when their leaves are still small, because sugars have to move through so much trunk to get to the roots, creating a bigger bottleneck.

Deciduous trees can be kept small, and evergreen trees can even be pruned into shrubs or hedges.

1. Cut the top of the tree back to within 2 inches where several other branches are growing from the main trunk.
2. Select a new lead from those branches growing closest to the top.

To reduce height, remove tall, upright branches entirely, or cut them back to well-placed strong lateral branches that extend horizontally below the height of 18 feet. A chain saw again is handy because these cuts generally involve removing limbs 6 inches or more in diameter.

Topping can remove half or more of a tree’s leaves. Since leaves are a tree’s food factories, losing so many can starve the tree. Desperate to replace its leaves, a tree will respond to topping with a flurry of feeble new growth. “Those new branches will be weak and likely to fall in storms,” Janoski said.

Topping Does Not Make Trees Safer When proper pruning cuts are made (just beyond a branch collar at the branch’s point of attachment), healthy trees are genetically equipped to close the wound. Improper cuts from stubs or topping don’t heal as readily and may not be able to close.

Crown. The foliage bearing section of the tree formed by its branches and not including any clear stem/trunk.

Over pruning reduces the foliage that’s available for making food for the rest of the plant and can allow pests and diseases access to the tree, if cuts are made incorrectly. So, although pruning may not kill your plant directly, over pruned trees and shrubs can die as a long term result of the associated stress.

Topping wounds expose a tree to decay and invasion from insects and disease. Also, the loss of foliage starves the tree, which weakens the roots, reducing the tree’s structural strength. While a tree may survive topping, its life span will be significantly reduced.

Look for a brush killer containing glyphosate or triclopyr, which are readily available at garden centers. They are usually brushed full strength onto the freshly cut stumps of trees, causing them to die to the roots. Some products are sprayed on the leaves, which carry the poison to the roots, killing them.

Topping can remove 50 to 100 percent of a tree’s leaf-bearing crown. If a tree does not have the stored energy reserves to do so, it will be seriously weakened and may die. A stressed tree with large, open pruning wounds is more vulnerable to insect and disease infestations.

Topping a vertical branch encourages vegetative growth necessary for development of the tree and creates a bushing effect. Topping horizontal branches is done to renew fruiting wood and to thin off excessive fruit. Thinning vertical branches opens the tree to more light.

Don’t top your tree. Don’t remove more than 25% of your tree in any given year. Make a small number of big cuts rather than a big number of small cuts. Open the center of the tree, make sure all branches have access to light.

The best time for pruning fruit trees is at planting and in subsequent years, in early spring before buds break and trees are still dormant. Pruning should be undertaken at planting time where you cut the new stem off 24 to 30 inches (61-76 cm.) from the ground and remove any side shoots.

Apple trees should be pruned in late winter, but you can prune into the spring and summer if you must. Avoid pruning in the fall since this stimulates new growth at the same time the tree should be getting ready for winter.

March and April. In March and April, after the weather has warmed, spray for aphids, mites, mildew and scab. Organic gardeners might use lime sulfur, lime sulfur with oil, horticultural oil, insecticidal soap or neem oil, depending on the pests in the area.

Start by removing all damaged and diseased branches. Also cut out watersprouts, which are rapidly growing upright branches that tend to clog up the center of the tree. Also remove suckers arising from the base of the trunk. Application of dormant oil is another early spring activity to consider when growing apples.

I recommend applying a horticultural dormant oil in late winter or early spring. Applying this dormant-season spray protects apple trees, pear trees, pie cherry trees, and grape vines from scale, mealy bugs, aphids, mites, and pear-psylla.

Generally, all fruit trees thrive in a soil pH of between 6.0-6.5. If you are just planting an apple sapling, go ahead and add a pinch of bone meal or a starter fertilizer mixed with water. After three weeks, fertilize the apple tree by spreading ½ pound (226 gr.) of 10-10-10 in a circle 18-24 inches (46-61 cm.)

Applying dormant spray for fruit trees at this time also kills overwintering pests and their eggs before they have time to strike. Also apply a fungicide to add a protective barrier against the formation of fungal diseases that grow rapidly during warm, wet, spring weather.