pruning pines

  • Now is the time to prune pines, encourage growth
    By George Bonnema, Luverne Horticulturalist
    May 21, 2019
    This is the right time to prune any plants in the pine family. The new growth emerges as what we call a candle, and to keep the evergreen compact and full, we cut 1/2 to 3/4 of that individual candle off.  When the cut is made this early in the growing season, the cut edge will have time to develop new growth buds for the next growing season, so instead of a long space between tiers of branches,…
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