Living · 6 pages · 12 min
How pruning changes a plant's shape
A cut removes a tip that was keeping lower buds quiet, so new shoots break there.
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From the opening
Pruning changes a plant's shape because a cut removes a growing tip and the plant answers by waking buds lower on the stem. The new outline is not the old outline simply shortened, and it is the old plant plus the growth the cut provoked. The opening covers removing the tip that held buds quiet, heading cuts versus thinning cuts, and plants that will not break from old wood.
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Inside
- Removing the tip that held buds quiet
- Heading cuts versus thinning cuts
- Plants that will not break from old wood
- Why topping fills a tree with sprouts
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Apical dominance and auxin
- Heading cuts versus thinning cuts