So what to do next spring? To get that perfect, more uniform look, you must start pinching in early spring and into midsummer to encourage branching, instead of errant shoots trying to do their own thing. When shoots get to be about 6 inches, and while the growth is still soft, pinch the tops out of the new stems, leaving six to eight leaves. You can use your fingers or a pair of pruners. The objective is to encourage lateral branching at the nodes (where the leaves join the stem). In fact, you should get a new branch at each node you have left. In other words, if you left six nodes, or leaves on the stem, you should get six branches.
October 31, 2020 at 06:18PM
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