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adrianhumph
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Camberley, Surrey.
pruning a pyracanthia
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June 05, 2005, 15:44:24 »
Hi all :D
I am trying to train a pyracanthia to a fence, so that the branches run along horozontilly . It is in flower at the moment & I would like to know when is the best time to prune out the branches & shoots that I do not want to grow.
Adrian.
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beejay
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SW London
Re: pruning a pyracanthia
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June 05, 2005, 17:45:26 »
You usually prune pyracantha twice. Train your main stems horizontally & then in spring prune back shoots that are growing away from the fence. This may remove some of the flowering wood but you can leave until you can see where flowers are going to form. Then you further prune in the summer when you cut back the stems that are growing beyond the flowers to about 2 shoots past the flowers. This helps the berries to ripen & means you (& the birds ) can see them better.
I hope this makes some sense. It's one thing doing it & another explaining it!
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Doris_Pinks
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June 05, 2005, 18:13:13 »
And wear leather gloves, vicious stuff! ;D
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Amazin
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Re: pruning a pyracanthia
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June 05, 2005, 23:19:04 »
What species of Pyracantha have I got? Not a single bird has ever taken a berry.
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sukiwolf
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Re: pruning a pyracanthia
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June 06, 2005, 07:41:32 »
It must be a "pot noodle" pyracantha.Nothing eats that. ;D
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teresa
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Re: pruning a pyracanthia
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June 06, 2005, 08:34:35 »
I have the red and yellow berry ones. The red gets stripped by the birds and the yellow one is only eaten if they are desperate.
your cuttings / prunnings if you stick them in water outside they will root. did some over last winter as a test and it worked.
Great plant to grow up fences if you think burglers would get in or outside windows rip them to pieces.
Putting mine down lottie to stop them comming in behind shed
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beejay
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SW London
Re: pruning a pyracanthia
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June 06, 2005, 08:54:24 »
Birds usually eat red berries first, then orange, yellow & then white. Not guaranteed but usual so grow yellow berried pyracacantha if you want to keep the berries the longest.
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