How do you trim a crab apple tree to be more bushy....and when do you trim it?
2006-08-14 09:40:02 · 6 answers · asked by justasking 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Top it for more bushiness. Trim limbs too close to the ground.
Best to trim after the sap has receded. Never in the spring when the sap is rising. It will "bleed".
2006-08-14 09:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really shouldn't let it get too bushy.You need it to get sunlight in the center of the tree to promote good fruit and flowering.If you really want it bushy,keep the top trimmed and trim all 3rd year growth,this will keep it sprouting from the center which is what you want
2006-08-14 10:00:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine's nevertheless positioned faraway from very last twelve months. i don't love putting it up too quickly. then i have a tendency to go away it up for a lengthy time period after. plus, i'm having a complicated time determining the position to positioned it, my residing house looks to shop shrinking through the years. (edit...with 3 dogs and now 10 cats that is getting somewhat crowded for a tree in this small residing house, yet i will fiqure some thing out... ; )
2016-12-06 13:13:34 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each cultivar of flowering crab has its own characteristic shape. Some are round, some upright, some spreading, some vase-shaped. If you attempt to trim or shape it you will ruin its structure. Leave it alone - it will fill out of its own accord as it ages.
2006-08-14 12:36:47 · answer #4 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just adding to be sure and trim when the tree is dormant.
2006-08-14 14:29:23 · answer #5 · answered by Papa John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know but if you add wood ashes seaweed manure and clear cutting creates bushy growth but dont hold me to it
2006-08-14 10:30:47 · answer #6 · answered by peter w 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just cut all the sucker off with my pruners ( tiny twigs that grow straight up) and then I cut the bigger ones that grow straight up.
2006-08-14 13:35:12 · answer #7 · answered by Andy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋