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Wisteria overgrown

BunnymomBunnymom Posts: 3
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This wisteria has got a bit out of hand. I need to take the structure underneath down as it’s rotting and replace with something else. Wondering how far I can cut it back. Any advice welcomed. Thank you. 

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Hard to tell with just one photo and angle of view but I think you can safely remove all the stems back to the 3 main uprights and that main horizontal stem across the front of the structure.   Make sure your loppers and sectauers are clean and sharp befor eyou start so you have clean cuts that won't invite infection.

    I would then remove the top layer of the structure and the back and left hand posts and then try and pull or out the front right support out so you can keep those main stems.  Build your new structure asap so the new spring growth has a support on which you can train it.

    Once that's done, give the wisteria a generous liquid feed of rose or tomato fertiliser or seaweed and give it a good mulch of well rotted manure or garden compost laced with slow release blood, fish and bone to encourage it to regrow.
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