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Straightening a Prunus?

Steve the Gardening VetSteve the Gardening Vet Posts: 1,630
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I recently purchased a discount prunus amanogawa and it is a little bent over at the top.

Do I give it a year or two to see if those bits straighten up as it grows or do I cut my losses and prune them off in the summer next year?

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090

    It might straighten up as it heads for the light but maybe you could encourage it with a cane or post and a gentle tether.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Steve the Gardening VetSteve the Gardening Vet Posts: 1,630

    I'd thought of that but it is already 2.5m tall. I have been trying to work out how to straighten up such a big one!

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090

    There are tall canes available or posts.  If you prune the tip you'll end up making it branch and that may spoil the shape even more.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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