Proper pruning guides healthier trees and warns against topping
Horticulture instructor Bruce Wendt urges homeowners to prune discerningly rather than top digits lifelessly. He notes topping weakens trees, invites pests and disease, and stresses year round care, with proper cuts shaping strong branches and safer growth.
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U.S
Bruce Wendt
Mr. Wendt
Shasta College
Redding
Calif
National Arbor Day Foundation
Wendt
Pruning Guidelines From Arbor Day Advice
Begin pruning early in the tree life to keep wounds small and guide growth. Inspect from the top downward, select scaffold limbs, remove defects, and prune for form. Use sharp hand shears on young trees, employ a pole prune for high branches, and cut just outside the branch ridge and collar when reducing larger limbs. When shortening small branches, trim at a lateral bud for outward growth. Arbor Day.
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Bedding plants fuel growth as gardeners seek instant color
The PPGA reports bedding plant demand rising 15 percent annually for 13 years and 1990 sales seven times higher than 15 years earlier. Gardeners want easy design and rapid color from four inch pots, with 24 to 48 plants per flat. Impatiens dominate 1990 sales, followed by petunias, as growers expand species variety and basket plantings.
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Professional Plant Growers Association
PPGA
Lansing
Mich
Terry Humfeld
Mr. Humfeld
Alvi Voigt
Pennsylvania State University Agriculture
Humfeld
Mr. Voigt
Voigt
Petunias
Tips to keep pop up house plants healthy
Plant care guide notes watering is the trickiest factor with overwatering a common issue. It recommends dilution fertilization, subirrigation with a wick, double potting, careful top watering, and occasional immersion. Also advises humidity, temperature control, drainage, and periodic repotting to sustain growth or restart fresh.
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National Arboretum
Henry Cathey
American Horticultural Society
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