Having finished with the greenhouse plants it was time to spare some time on the outdoor plants.
I have a few fruit trees and a bunch of shrubs that needed a bit of attention.
I've started with the trees. I gave my fig a little pruning and tied it closer to the support.
I didn't cut anything on the left side as I want that to produce next season but I've cut the right side, I want to push some new growth on the right for the 2019 season.
The shrubs are all in their first year so they didn't produce anything this year hence I didn't really bother taking care of them. The blackberries/raspberries/tayberries sprawled and stretched wherever they could, heh.
I gave them a light pruning and used some bamboo sticks I nicked from @tubequeen's garden to tidy them up. These canes should produce next season and it will help if they're not on the ground anymore.
In the front yard I have some more shrubs in the same situation.
They're all sitting straight up now.
I've also had a play with one of the rosemary plants. I hope it will survive as I took off about 75% of the plant mass. Not quite sure what I will turn in into but... it should be an interesting looking plant.
In case it won't survive I took a bunch of cuttings that I'm going to root to try this again.
That's it for now.
Cheers!
That's an interesting way to trim and train the fig tree. It reminds me of the way that grape vines are done.
Yes, my grape vine is too young so I guess I'm taking it out on the fig tree, heh. Quite a few of my neighbours have fig trees pruned in all kinds of ways so I'm guessing this should work as well. I'm hoping for it anyway.
I've seen pictures of apple trees trained that way, so it should work for the fig tree.
I am always happy to see container/bucket gardening.
This past season I only had a few vegetable plants in buckets or containers; so next year I am planning more.
I have seen great success from other gardeners and homesteaders doing this.
Great update!
@originalworks
Thank you!
I don't have any land/soil at all so all I grow has to go into containers. What I found is that if you make lots of holes in the container you can get away with a smaller container or a couple of years before you need to trim the roots. If there are a lot of holes, the roots get into contact with the air and auto prune themselves. It's supposed to stop them from circling.
That is a real neat tip! I never knew they would or could auto prune because of the air!
Yeah, the roots stop growing when they hit air or light. The tree growing industry have moved to growbags for many years
to stop root circling. There's a high end version of a container with air holes here but the principle works with regular containers with holes drilled into as well; there's all kinds of versions on youtube.
looking wonderful . thanks for share
Thanks mate!
Looking great. I really need to get some fruit bushes
thank to train us.........