silly question, but do I cut back to a shoot or will it shoot up from anywhere on the woody stuff (technical words here ) where i cut ? Such a novice, so much to learn from such lovely people, thank you.
Whatever I'm cutting anything back I try to cut back to a shoot or node (where a shoot will come from) then you don't get little snaggy dead bits left.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi Peanuts, I think it's a safe bet to assume every plant will only shoot from a node, where I leaf is or was. That way as Dove said, you won't get snags that can die back and make a mess of your plant. It happened to me last year on a new apple I'd grafted. I'd had a back injury so wasn't able to bend, I made a graft which didn't take, because I was high on medication probably, anyway, it didn't take so I just pulled it out and forgot all about it. A nice new shoot grew out just below the cut, but underneath the wax and tape it got coral spot which ate into the nice new shoot. I've had to cut that off now and I'm left with a little stump to graft onto instead of a nice big new shoot. I had a good excuse but learn from my mistakes.
I have a St John's Wort cutting which is now about three months old. Not sure what to do next. There is a single side shoot, comming off the original cutting, which is now about 6 inches long.
Should I leave it, or pinch out the tip to encourage more shoots?
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silly question, but do I cut back to a shoot or will it shoot up from anywhere on the woody stuff (technical words here
) where i cut ? Such a novice, so much to learn from such lovely people, thank you. 
Whatever I'm cutting anything back I try to cut back to a shoot or node (where a shoot will come from) then you don't get little snaggy dead bits left.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
thank you verdun, its sunny today so I've gone for it. Feels good to get out there, but now school runs calls
Hi Peanuts, I think it's a safe bet to assume every plant will only shoot from a node, where I leaf is or was. That way as Dove said, you won't get snags that can die back and make a mess of your plant. It happened to me last year on a new apple I'd grafted. I'd had a back injury so wasn't able to bend, I made a graft which didn't take, because I was high on medication probably,
anyway, it didn't take so I just pulled it out and forgot all about it. A nice new shoot grew out just below the cut, but underneath the wax and tape it got coral spot which ate into the nice new shoot. I've had to cut that off now and I'm left with a little stump to graft onto instead of a nice big new shoot. 
I had a good excuse but learn from my mistakes. 
I have a St John's Wort cutting which is now about three months old. Not sure what to do next. There is a single side shoot, comming off the original cutting, which is now about 6 inches long.
Should I leave it, or pinch out the tip to encourage more shoots?
Thanks