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re: OT horticulturists: Pruning crepe myrtles?
Posted on 1/25/15 at 4:49 pm to 777Tiger
Posted on 1/25/15 at 4:49 pm to 777Tiger
It is your tree or shrub so do what you want to, but to say that is not bad for the tree is just wrong, Google crepe murder or even crepe myrtle pruning and all articles discourage the technique
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Posted on 1/25/15 at 4:51 pm to 777Tiger
quote:If you really believe that (and it's definitely not a good practice) why would you do it?
we're talking about an overgrown shrub here, doesn't make a rat's arse difference if they're pruned back or not
Posted on 1/25/15 at 4:56 pm to Geauxtiga
it's fun, exercise, and I like things neat and orderly, oddly,the landscaping company hired by the HOA trims the ones in the median but doesn't trim the ones along the fence line, and again, you can't tell any difference except that in the winter the trimmed ones look nicer than the scraggly, unkempt, untrimmed ones
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:00 pm to 777Tiger
I can tell you which trees were murdered and which ones weren't.
It is extremely easy, you must just not know what to look for.
It is extremely easy, you must just not know what to look for.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:04 pm to 777Tiger
quote:In that case go ahead and prune back the pecan trees and any others that aren't evergreens.
it's fun, exercise, and I like things neat and orderly, oddly,the landscaping company hired by the HOA trims the ones in the median but doesn't trim the ones along the fence line, and again, you can't tell any difference except that in the winter the trimmed ones look nicer than the scraggly, unkempt, untrimmed ones
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:07 pm to fightin tigers
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Tigerpaw123
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fightin tigers
I don't think we've convinced him but I guarantee he will think about us/this topic from now on when he's rapin those myrtles.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:10 pm to Geauxtiga
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I don't think we've convinced him but I guarantee he will think about us/this topic from now on when he's rapin those myrtles.
Maybe we have saved the tree's of some lurker.
I just don't think people realize how shitty it really looks.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:19 pm to Breaux
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I only cut the branches growing towards the inside of the tree. I never cut down to knots like most people do
This
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:22 pm to Geauxld Finger
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don't cut them. you ruin the structure of the treee. cutting them down to the stumps like everyone does in the late winter is stupid. the trees end up forming knots and look like shite.
And this. I only trim branches growing near the bottom and branches growing in. Never chop horizontally
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:28 pm to BigOrangeBri
If they grow back green and look tighter and more organized after you prune them, then what is the major drawback other than how bare it looks until it grows back?
Just overall not good for the tree?
Just overall not good for the tree?
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:33 pm to Asgard Device
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If they grow back green and look tighter and more organized after you prune them, then what is the major drawback other than how bare it looks until it grows back?
Other than not being how a crepe myrtle should look, going from 1 branch to 100 at a single point, and having to spend a couple months with ridiculous looking trees in your front yard? Nothing I guess.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:41 pm to Asgard Device
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If they grow back green and look tighter and more organized after you prune them, then what is the major drawback other than how bare it looks until it grows back? Just overall not good for the tree?
The pruning I do is not bad for the tree. Mine is at the front of my house so I just keep it from looking bushy. Trim bottom so there's not a ton of mini stumps and then the interior and low hanging limbs. Leaves it looking neat and like a tree.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 5:53 pm to fightin tigers
Yeah, I don't have the balls to cut down to a single stump but what about cutting it at around 6 to 8 ft high where there's 4 to 10 major branches? It would still be below where the leaves start so it'll be bare - but not a stump.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 6:12 pm to Asgard Device
I hate everything about crepe myrtles. Once you plant one you are committed for life. I can't get rid of those bastards.
Posted on 1/25/15 at 6:12 pm to BigOrangeBri
and let me guess, when you reach that rung on your step ladder that cautions you against going higher, that's where you stop?
jk
jk
Posted on 1/25/15 at 6:23 pm to 777Tiger
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and let me guess, when you reach that rung on your step ladder that cautions you against going higher, that's where you stop?
I like to climb as I prune. Makes me feel as one with the tree
Posted on 2/19/16 at 4:04 pm to BigOrangeBri
BUMP
The Crepe Murdering season is commencing.
People....please stop chopping off the tops.
It looks like shite and hurts the tree.
The Crepe Murdering season is commencing.
People....please stop chopping off the tops.
It looks like shite and hurts the tree.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 4:53 pm to Geauxld Finger
Geauxld Finger
Only pissed because he lives in an apartment and doesn't have a yard.
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so for one month a year the trees look nice, and the rest of the year look like dog shite
Only pissed because he lives in an apartment and doesn't have a yard.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 4:56 pm to soccerfüt
What the F is wrong with you ?????
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