Tell us about your pruning mistakes

Artfully done , pruning leads to healthier and more attractive shrubs , trees , and vines . muck up , it ’s regretful for the works , and you hope the neighbors wo n’t remark the horrific error .

In his article “ Oh , No ! Now What ? ” in the January / February 2011 issue ofFine Gardening(#137 ) , Erik Draper describes five common pruning mistakes , explains why you should n’t do them , and offer a remedies that will aid your plants recover .

My tale of woeMany gardeners err on the conservative side , and do n’t rationalize enough , or resolutely enough . I ’m in general like that , too , but one day last summer , I was in a hurry when I make up one’s mind to prune my ridiculously rampant Northern Actinidia deliciosa vine . Clip , clip , and off came the fall guy . But then , in a moment of inattention , I reach into the tangle of vines , and instead of clipping a patsy , I clipped a wire fibril of the treillage , and a sonorous fruiting arm drooped toward the priming coat . I have n’t yet reanimate the damage ; I ’m hop to do that this winter , when the absence of foliage buoy up the lode and make it well-to-do to see what needs doing .

Anyone else care to fess up ? We ’d love to get wind about your pruning errors , and how you fixed them . lumber in , and send a comment below .

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