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Pinching five-needle Pines
This part will describe
the differences in care according to the five-needle
Pines compared with the two-needle Pine.
Five-needle Pines are in
general treated like two needle Pines, except for
these special techniques:
Old needles are not
plucked, but are instead cut with a sharp scissor
about one or two millimetres above the base. If
pinched the sleeping bud will be damaged. The old needles can be
shortened when the new candles are fully developed.
In spring app. April and May pinch new
grow where needed. Is it a tree in training stages,
feeding the tree at this time will be beneficial
too. In autumn
removing old needles (like with the
two needle Pines) and reducing new branches down to
two. Wiring is also good at this time because it is
easier to apply without damaging new growth and
needles after thinning out and before new buds
develop. Feeding to strengthen the tree for the
winter period is also done at this time.
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