you missed the bear rooted error. I was tempted to do another correction but I'd already put someone else straight and I don't like the back biting that goes on when I attempt to correct a grammatical or spelling error
harrislucinda,
Jan 8, 12:43am
same I put up the right spelling and get called spelling police just trying to help and also i do a lot of space bar I have not been to computer classes so just do my own thing
jack47,
Dec 27, 12:00am
Can I prune small branches really close to the trunk so it is almost smooth?. Kids and dog always getting scratched! cheers
shane777,
Dec 27, 1:32am
Yes you can, we planted a whole row at a rental property to give privacy and the tenant cut all the lower branches off. The result was bare bottom trunks and massive growth straight up. The bottom branches never grew back and we had to keep topping the height.
sla11,
Dec 27, 2:20am
Pittosporums are larger than life in my mind - they survive anything! Other than dying!
apollo11,
Dec 27, 2:22am
I've had no luck transplanting them though.
bestspot,
Dec 28, 8:28pm
They love to be pruned. make them dense by regular trims
funkydunky,
Dec 28, 9:06pm
P. Crassifolium (Karo) have a sneaky knack of getting stinky sticky gum on you or your clothes
harrislucinda,
Dec 28, 9:14pm
have to be real careful as come up bear rooted try and take as much dirt around them best to put in pots hubby has done heaps as finds self sewn babies
samanya,
Dec 28, 9:15pm
They don't transplant well unless they are quite small. They're OK transplanted from planter bags.
apollo11,
Dec 28, 9:23pm
I had a mix of saplings to dig out of someones garden. Including kowhai, totara, pittosporum, lancewood, cabbage tree etc. Everything had been planted the same time, around five years ago. Everything survived and flourished except for the pittos. They were larger than everything else though, as they seem to be very fast growing. Even the cabbage trees have survived, and they are apparently tough to move.
zak410,
Dec 29, 7:10am
They can take a long time to recoup from transplant and look dead for a long time but then start budding again, a long time latter.
lakeview3,
Dec 29, 8:16am
It actually depends which kind of pittosporum you are talking about. Lemonwood (P eugenioides) is extremely forgiving, mountain green, limelight and others(P tenuifolium) not as much much. I can cut lemonwood down to a trunk and it comes away again.
apollo11,
Dec 29, 8:21am
They looked like they had a more widespread root system when I was digging them out, plus they were bigger than most of the other stuff. There was just too much foliage for the remaining root system to keep hydrated. I've transplanted knee-high pittosporums without any issues. I had one recently (a couple of meters high) that was completely stomped by some cows. Trimmed off the broken branches, staked it vertical and it seems to be mending itself OK.
lakeview3,
Dec 29, 8:35am
the trick is to cut around the plant you want to transplant with a spade, leave for a week or 2 and then transplant. I actually moved quite a reasonable sized apple tree this way plus several pittosporum. The best time to do it is when they are in a dormant phase like winter.
apollo11,
Dec 29, 8:40am
It was a 'come and grab 'em before we bowl 'em' deal- in the middle of summer too. The pittos were the only ones that didn't make it.
dinx,
Dec 29, 8:50am
We lost a long boundary row of them due to lemon/citrus borer which apparently loves open cuts. Check its not around before trimming IMHO, apparently worst time to prune them is when borer bugs are on the wing in summer. If you have hollow branches and wood dust near holes on trunks/branches you may have it. It doesn't just eat citrus trees. We made the mistake of pruning in summer and it spread thru who row quickly. They gradually all died as they were basically starved from hollow branches.
lakeview3,
Dec 29, 9:46am
yes it loves those Mexican Orange blossom and leptospermum copper sheen as well.
I use Stockholm tar on my horses hooves, apparently another one of its uses is to put on branch cuts after pruning although I haven’t used it for that myself.
lakeview3,
Dec 29, 9:48am
sounds like you did quite well then. One think I have always done when planting in summer or warmer temps is dig the hole the plant is going in, then full up completely with water, put plant in and then put the soil in as the water subsides. also watering the plant before planting is good.
apollo11,
Dec 29, 10:00am
Yup. Have to keep the roots stable and well watered.
sla11,
Oct 17, 7:42am
All trees get a banana down the hole before they get planted. Read it somewhere and never fails to grow!
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