I have a crape myrtle in my front yard that was proclaimed dead by our urban forestry departement. I was told it would never grow green. Well, I took it upon myself to drench it with miracle grow and plenty of water, it now has leaves and stems, but they are all around the bottom of the trunk. What should I do? Should I cut off the top of the tree to promote it to grow up, should I just leave it alone and let it do its thing...I am stuck. My hubby and I joke that it is now a bush and not a tree.
2007-06-16 06:08:20 · 5 answers · asked by Lady Love 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If you can provide me with a source for your info, that would be great.
2007-06-16 06:18:24 · update #1
That's weird that they proclaimed it dead because, in my experience, crepe myrtles are as bad as a weed when it comes to getting rid of it. I have 5 crepe myrtles and there is one that I have tried to get rid of for the past 3 years. I can't kill it. I've tried everything. I've dug so deep, taken a chainsaw to it, and even used stump killer, and it won't go away. It's in a really bad place. Anyhow I've decided to just live with it and keep it trimmed to a manageable size. Your crepe myrtle is making a come back and will in no time at all become a beautiful plant so just let it go. The new stems are coming from the roots and are probably entirely new plant. The tree will look strange for a while, but in time you will have an ordinary crepe myrtle. Don't forget to remove all the dead parts because they tend to suck energy from the living parts.
2007-06-16 07:17:27 · answer #1 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is how with the plants. As long as the roots are intack underground, even though the leaves and branches are brown and dried dead, they get water all the time, one of the roots will seek sunlight and of course water, it will start to become another plant because every seconds, they grow like human being. And if you will give it a plant food, growing will be much quicker and the plant will be healthier. Don't forget to remove weeds around it but very carefully pulling the weeds because you don't want to disturb the baby plant.
If the city or who ever cover the jurisdiction where you live and said you cannot have a tree at that certain spot,, then you have to remove the tree - for the purpose of safety among the people who live in the neighborhood including you of course.
2007-06-16 06:21:00 · answer #2 · answered by earth angel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cut the dead wood from it and continue to water and feed. It has died back to the roots but you have regenerated it with food and water. It may grow at an extremely fast rate because the roots are used to supplying a much larger plant.
2007-06-16 12:14:11 · answer #3 · answered by simpleokie.blogspot.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, cut the top of it off, because the "growth" is at the bottom and "there" is where your growth is happening. The top is dead!
Cut the tree within a foot of the bottom, and let the "green" start up and take over.
I wish you well...
Jesse
2007-06-16 06:13:59 · answer #4 · answered by x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-17 09:09:20 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋