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Today I have a Pruning Practical in Upper Botanical Garden with the BG supervisor Dyaln Norfield from 9.00 to 12.00am. We were pruning Himalayan Border trees. Each of us prune two types of trees with the assistant of the supervisor. He was monitoring us and give us guidance on how to prune, why we should prune, when is suitable season to prune depends on the purpose of the plant whether it is for flower or just foliage.
First, each species takes on a characteristics shape and form because of its genetic makeup when considering pruning. Pruning should help the plant. The most common reasons to prune are to remove, dead, diseased or dying branches, to remove low, crossing or hazardous branches, to control the size of a plant and to remove broken branches or tops.
The cut is carried out a slight angle above the bud angling back down the stem, leaving a stick no more than 5mm above the bud. Always cut the bud that is pointing in the direction you want the subsequent growth to head. If unsure on how much to remove always remove less as it is easy to cut more of but you cannot stick bits back on. Stop at intervals and stand back to look at the plant as a whole to make sure that you are maintaining an even proportional plants.
After we finished pruning end up with cleaning the twigs and branches. Prunning section adjourned at 12.00am.
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