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Post by Bhuto McCarr on Nov 17, 2007 14:10:51 GMT
Hello Fellow Greenfingers,
I know they are probably meant to be still a bit dormant at the moment but is anyone's Twisted Hazel ( Corylus Contorta) showing any signs of budding ?
Mine is looking decidedly bare apart from a few shrivelled leaves from the summer time and one hazel nut.
I have done the old trick of scraping a bit of the bark and there is definitely signs of life there , with fresh green bark showing underneath.
Any advice gratefully accepted.
Happy trowelling !
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Post by meltemi on Nov 20, 2007 10:55:15 GMT
Goes out & checks...It's not as cold out today.
Still got greenish leaves on it (man it looks ugly)...
Catkins ready for the spring...
Drat buds are already showing green...
Cyril the squirel had the nuts...
Meanwhile the vine buds are swelling...
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Post by Fi on Nov 20, 2007 12:30:29 GMT
Hello Fellow Greenfingers, I know they are probably meant to be still a bit dormant at the moment but is anyone's Twisted Hazel ( Corylus Contorta) showing any signs of budding ? Mine is looking decidedly bare apart from a few shrivelled leaves from the summer time and one hazel nut. I have done the old trick of scraping a bit of the bark and there is definitely signs of life there , with fresh green bark showing underneath. Any advice gratefully accepted. Happy trowelling ! |
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Post by Bhuto McCarr on Nov 20, 2007 13:03:07 GMT
Hello Fellow Greenfingers, I know they are probably meant to be still a bit dormant at the moment but is anyone's Twisted Hazel ( Corylus Contorta) showing any signs of budding ? Mine is looking decidedly bare apart from a few shrivelled leaves from the summer time and one hazel nut. I have done the old trick of scraping a bit of the bark and there is definitely signs of life there , with fresh green bark showing underneath. Any advice gratefully accepted. Happy trowelling ! Thanks Fi, Didn't know about attacking the straight shoots. I guess they must be like briar shoots on roses or suckers on fruit trees and the like ? Bhuto |
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Post by Fi on Nov 20, 2007 21:54:51 GMT
I've got one that doesn't produce catkins every year, but I don't know why since there's no pattern to their appearing that I can discern. So don't worry about yours, apart from getting rid of any straight shoots. If they aren't removed they drain the parent plant of a lot of it's energy. Thanks Fi, Didn't know about attacking the straight shoots. I guess they must be like briar shoots on roses or suckers on fruit trees and the like ? Bhuto
Enjoy! I love them. |
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Post by meltemi on Nov 21, 2007 13:14:56 GMT
Yes Bhuto - if they are allowed to grow they take over eventually. Like roses, try and cut them as close to the root they've come from as possible. It can be a hassle because sometimes the join can be fairly deep, but it will save a lot more work in the future.
Enjoy! I love them. How true our 16year old brute is trimmed This autumn to about 2.4m (8') high...as far as I can safely be trusted with a step ladder...This Autumn some 1.2m (4') was trimmed off the top. It was about 3m (10') in diameter, now back down to 1.8m (6'). it's in a nice goblet shape again... All this trimming has reduced the catkin crop on the distant ends... A sucker or two one some 4m long was removed from the base some 30cm below the soil level...They are supposed to be ripped off otherwise they grow in greater profussion...An effort that would require a 'Hercules'. |
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Post by Bhuto McCarr on Nov 21, 2007 17:15:06 GMT
Yes Bhuto - if they are allowed to grow they take over eventually. Like roses, try and cut them as close to the root they've come from as possible. It can be a hassle because sometimes the join can be fairly deep, but it will save a lot more work in the future.
Enjoy! I love them. How true our 16year old brute is trimmed This autumn to about 2.4m (8') high...as far as I can safely be trusted with a step ladder...This Autumn some 1.2m (4') was trimmed off the top. It was about 3m (10') in diameter, now back down to 1.8m (6'). it's in a nice goblet shape again... All this trimming has reduced the catkin crop on the distant ends... A sucker or two one some 4m long was removed from the base some 30cm below the soil level...They are supposed to be ripped off otherwise they grow in greater profussion...An effort that would require a 'Hercules'. Thank you for this. I am learning all of the time. My one is only a couple of years old and in a large -ish container on my patio but I will look out for these suckers.... (that doesn't actually read very well - makes me sound like Samuel L Jackson)  |
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Post by meltemi on Nov 22, 2007 10:40:10 GMT
Yep it looked so cute in the pot...then similarly in the garden for a few years. The trunk today at soil-level is about 35cm in diameter
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Post by lemanie on Dec 15, 2007 20:27:11 GMT
mine is only a little one, about 2 ft tall but i didn't know about taking off the straight branches i'll have to check it when it's light.
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