JackbyDev@programming.dev
on 01 Oct 14:29
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I don’t like aggressive pruning but it’s not done while they’re in bloom. Mine is taking over the sidewalk so I need to do this, but it’s also not flowering or even has leaves at the moment.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
on 01 Oct 15:21
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Doesn’t matter when it’s done. It’s bad for the tree.
JackbyDev@programming.dev
on 01 Oct 16:37
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Not saying it’s bad or not, it’s just a bad comparison. It’s implying it looks like crap, but the alternative is not what’s on the left. The alternative is what’s on the left with no blooms or leaves.
OK I guess. It takes a while for them to recover from this though. It’s not just right after they’re cut. There will be several seasons of diminished bloom and health.
I find an uncut crape with no leaves to be one of the most attractive seasons for them, personally.
You don’t need to do this. If properly pruned, crape myrtles will form a canopy over the sidewalk that doesn’t interfere with pedestrians and actually provides shade; if topped like the picture, they will form an unruly mass of growth right at head height.
JackbyDev@programming.dev
on 02 Oct 14:18
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I don’t prune like this.
RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works
on 01 Oct 15:04
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I was convinced my father was telling me to kill the damn trees.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world
on 01 Oct 15:27
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What yer sposed to do is prune whole limbs at their bases (or start of fork if trimming a forked limb), to trim these back when needed. Amputating the limbs in the middle causes lots of little sprout limbs to come out of the stump, and makes it look shitty.
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Crepe*
I’m a creeeeeepe, I’m a Myrtle
sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/…/crape-myrtle-pruning/
*Crape
Both spellings are acceptable.
Yes but some spellings are more equal
Crepe murder
Sounds like something a cereal killer would do
I don’t like aggressive pruning but it’s not done while they’re in bloom. Mine is taking over the sidewalk so I need to do this, but it’s also not flowering or even has leaves at the moment.
Doesn’t matter when it’s done. It’s bad for the tree.
Not saying it’s bad or not, it’s just a bad comparison. It’s implying it looks like crap, but the alternative is not what’s on the left. The alternative is what’s on the left with no blooms or leaves.
OK I guess. It takes a while for them to recover from this though. It’s not just right after they’re cut. There will be several seasons of diminished bloom and health.
I find an uncut crape with no leaves to be one of the most attractive seasons for them, personally.
You don’t need to do this. If properly pruned, crape myrtles will form a canopy over the sidewalk that doesn’t interfere with pedestrians and actually provides shade; if topped like the picture, they will form an unruly mass of growth right at head height.
I don’t prune like this.
I was convinced my father was telling me to kill the damn trees.
What yer sposed to do is prune whole limbs at their bases (or start of fork if trimming a forked limb), to trim these back when needed. Amputating the limbs in the middle causes lots of little sprout limbs to come out of the stump, and makes it look shitty.
Please tell that to every old person in my town. They think the ‘trimmed’ picture is how trees are supposed to naturally exist. Its so crazy.
That’s how it was taught back in the day. My BIL was a landscape architect. He learned that method in college.
Looks more like Crack Myrtle
Moaning Myrtle.
Well done.
Some friends unfortunate enough to live in a HOA would feel this in their souls lol.