The fruit trees in my yard really out of hand, there're too tall now , and I would like to replace them with ones that don't grow tall. I have some young saplings that I could maybe use. I heard some where that if you cut the tap root while it is young, you could stunt it's growth. true or false?
2007-03-18 00:40:56 · 7 answers · asked by ricchaw54 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Depending on the position of your fruit trees (or new ones if your going to plant them) it might be easier to use the Espalier method, having a 2 dimensional tree can save you all the space you need, check out the wikipidia link provided then ask local nursery men for better details suiting your location, hope this helps
Paul
2007-03-18 01:35:27 · answer #1 · answered by paul R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just because they are to tall now doesnt mean u have to cut them all down and replace them ! apple trees are easiest to prune any branch that grows straight up will not produce fruit(or very little if it does) so these can be removed . that should cut the height of the tree down by 1/3 or so . now depending on the other fruit trees in your yard and place you live it try going to the library and looking up those spacific trees and pruning methods . as far as the tap root is concerened i would be very carefull u are more apt to kill the tree than stunt it
2007-03-18 00:56:14 · answer #2 · answered by gands4ever 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prune the existing trees back by 2/3 keeping the same basic shape. You could try the bonsai method with your saplings by pruning roots by 1/3 and branches 2/3, this will require consistant pruning as they grow to keep them small.
2007-03-18 00:50:50 · answer #3 · answered by reynwater 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would take a very long time
Dwarf is small trees for variesest resaons just like people and bred with other small plants of the same genus such as a mountain dwarft pine with a potted pine from your house and the resulting plant will be smaller
even better plant it in a pot in the grown and see how long it lives
2007-03-18 00:46:57 · answer #4 · answered by d_richo006 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
decor & lighting are the respond... in case you do not placed something on or in it, then it fairly is a common atis tree. in case you place lighting with style & in case you upload some colour, it ought to truly function a Christmas tree! some suggestion: use easy components once you're including something, or you will wreck the branches & subsequently harm the tree... if it fairly is a tall tree, do not employ very miniscule decor, it could look as though some enormous airborne dirt and dust or morning glory or enormous fowl's poop on a appropriate tree. you need to truly employ sunshine parol (Christmas superstar) made up of plastic or something that would not look haggard after some hurricane left (hi Lando/Hagibis! hi Mina/Mitag!) and once you're employing lighting, make specific the wires are ok, there are no "pundido" lighting, & swap it off once you are going to sleep. unplug. unplug earlier dozing & unplug while a fireplace's commencing! (yet do not worry, the tree would not be engulfed by employing flames genuinely in case you would be careful, if the climate isn't too warm & dry, if the leaves are not dry/very just about weathered, & if a lightning would not strike your tree.) :)
2016-12-19 08:05:29 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes clone the runners off the tree
2007-03-22 05:20:39 · answer #6 · answered by Norweiginwood420 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure if you know how to Bonsai it.
2007-03-18 00:43:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋