why are uk gardeners obsessed with pruning vegetable plants?
Oh, "war garden," with your mere 525 posts, you've managed to cultivate quite the reputation. A reputation that seems to grow like an unruly weed, sprouting up here and there, leaving many a gardener annoyed by your penchant for inflammatory statements. Today's topic? The obsession of UK gardeners with pruning vegetable plants. Let's untangle this vine of thought, shall we?
Your assertion about UK gardeners and their alleged obsession is like sowing seeds without soil - lacking substance. Pruning, as any gardener worth their compost would know, is a method used for various reasons, including boosting growth, shaping plants, and controlling diseases. It's hardly an obsession but a well-considered choice.
But wait, "war garden," perhaps your post wasn't about pruning at all. Perhaps, like a cleverly disguised weed, it was meant to provoke, to annoy, to infuriate. Ah, the art of the troll, hidden among the tomatoes and beans!
If that was your aim, bravo! You've managed to spark a reaction, not unlike adding too much fertilizer to a young sapling - a burst of growth followed by a sad wilting. But here's a thought: Instead of sowing discord, why not cultivate knowledge, share wisdom, and tend to the community of gardeners seeking advice and camaraderie?
Your post, though short, was like a thorn in the side, poking at a practice that has been part of gardening for centuries. Pruning is not an obsession; it's a choice, one made with care and consideration.
May I suggest, dear "war garden," that next time you plant a seed of thought, you nurture it with facts, water it with respect, and grow something beautiful instead of a prickly thistle of discontent.
Happy gardening, and may your future posts be as carefully pruned as a well-tended rose bush. 🌹
haven't you noticed ? Funnily enough , the rest of the planet has
nope just newspaper people follow old motto if it bleeds it leads. if burns it's next in turn.
as for pruning question a basic search can find the links. as for the research show pruning is waste time in most cases or hurts production not increase it.
haven't you noticed ? Funnily enough , the rest of the planet has
nope just newspaper people follow old motto if it bleeds it leads. if burns it's next in turn.
as for pruning question a basic search can find the links. as for the research show pruning is waste time in most cases or hurts production not increase it.
as for the research show pruning is waste time in most cases or hurts production not increase it.
If we all lived in a nice dry hot state with a long summer that might be true. But since most of the forum live in a very damp climate with a short summer pruning of certain vegetables makes the difference between 0 crop and crop. A tomato plant may well set more fruit if it isn't pruned, but it won't ripen a single one if it gets blight. And it will get blight if there isn't good airflow, which there won't be if one lets it grow into a triffid.
Pepper plants pruned to one branch resulted in a significant increase
in early yield, fruit size and internal fruit quality with a decrease in
total fruit yield followed by plants pruned to two branches. However,
plants pruned to four branches produced the highest yield, due to higher
number of fruits plant
A perfect example, not pruning gives a higher overall yield IF you have time, in the UK we do not have time the weather changes before that yield is realised, so pruning increases the yield one actually gets as there is only time for the early yield in our short summer season.
Agreed @Skandi … we’ve explained it to Wargarden until we are blue in the face … however it would appear that he is incapable of understanding any experience other than his own.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well what do you expect from someone who talks rubbish . War Garden when you post something that is sensible we will be able to help or listen to you . Either begin to post sensibly or talk rubbish to an American site instead . This is kindly meant and not to cause offence to you .
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Oh, "war garden," with your mere 525 posts, you've managed to cultivate quite the reputation. A reputation that seems to grow like an unruly weed, sprouting up here and there, leaving many a gardener annoyed by your penchant for inflammatory statements. Today's topic? The obsession of UK gardeners with pruning vegetable plants. Let's untangle this vine of thought, shall we?
Your assertion about UK gardeners and their alleged obsession is like sowing seeds without soil - lacking substance. Pruning, as any gardener worth their compost would know, is a method used for various reasons, including boosting growth, shaping plants, and controlling diseases. It's hardly an obsession but a well-considered choice.
But wait, "war garden," perhaps your post wasn't about pruning at all. Perhaps, like a cleverly disguised weed, it was meant to provoke, to annoy, to infuriate. Ah, the art of the troll, hidden among the tomatoes and beans!
If that was your aim, bravo! You've managed to spark a reaction, not unlike adding too much fertilizer to a young sapling - a burst of growth followed by a sad wilting. But here's a thought: Instead of sowing discord, why not cultivate knowledge, share wisdom, and tend to the community of gardeners seeking advice and camaraderie?
Your post, though short, was like a thorn in the side, poking at a practice that has been part of gardening for centuries. Pruning is not an obsession; it's a choice, one made with care and consideration.
May I suggest, dear "war garden," that next time you plant a seed of thought, you nurture it with facts, water it with respect, and grow something beautiful instead of a prickly thistle of discontent.
Happy gardening, and may your future posts be as carefully pruned as a well-tended rose bush. 🌹
if burns it's next in turn.
as for pruning question a basic search can find the links.
as for the research show pruning is waste time in most cases
or hurts production not increase it.
https://www.growitalian.com/growtomatoes
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281925854_Effects_of_pruning_systems_on_growth_fruit_yield_and_quality_traits_of_three_greenhouse-grown_bell_pepper_Capsicum_annuum_L_cultivars
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.