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It's a bit lanky. Wondering if I can persuade some side shoots without taking the top off
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rhowe
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Do you plan to keep it potted? If so, it looks to me like it would benefit from a larger one.
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Zero knowledge of these, but I'd cut it down to where the lower growth stops, trim back some of the longer side shoots - basically prune it like a bonsai, and repot it. Then trim down the cut off top peice, wack some hormone on it and try to grow it on.
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Are those tomatoes still going strong in the greenhouse?!
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Thanks for the pictures, I've never seen the growing tree, just the dried berries.
Many hardwoods can be induced to produce side growth. Hawthorn, as in laid hedges, will reliably produce a shoot the root side of a 'nick' in the bark.
(Competitive hedgelayers will nick laid stems every 9 inches or so, to produce side growth to thicken up the laid hedge).
Do the existing branches grow from where the thorns are, or from where thorns are missing?
andyp
hugo7
Monster1985
mespilus
Do you have a pic of your plant?