unwanted buds on trunks
Posted: September 21st, 2009, 4:57 pm
re: excess budding on trunk
I have a problem with excess buds forming on the trunk and base of phyllanthus multiflorus and wrightia religiosa, similar to the huge flush of new growth on my callistemons and melaleucas in the garden which followed a major prune (pollarded actually, to minimise weight of branches in case of cyclone).
Can anyone suggest a way to stop these buds, they do not rub off easily as they already have a strong stem when the first pair of leaves push past the thick bark. I tried an application of Japanese Cut Paste (the putty) but they just came through. Kiyonal wound paste (the latex based one in the tube) stops them but dries to a particularly ugly shiny plate.
a day without gardeing is a day wasted
dale
I have a problem with excess buds forming on the trunk and base of phyllanthus multiflorus and wrightia religiosa, similar to the huge flush of new growth on my callistemons and melaleucas in the garden which followed a major prune (pollarded actually, to minimise weight of branches in case of cyclone).
Can anyone suggest a way to stop these buds, they do not rub off easily as they already have a strong stem when the first pair of leaves push past the thick bark. I tried an application of Japanese Cut Paste (the putty) but they just came through. Kiyonal wound paste (the latex based one in the tube) stops them but dries to a particularly ugly shiny plate.
a day without gardeing is a day wasted
dale
