tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post3046088049983657762..comments2023-09-29T10:04:33.858+01:00Comments on Roger Brook - the no dig gardener: A Pruning ClassRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-10411262214183473402012-10-23T23:07:06.728+01:002012-10-23T23:07:06.728+01:00Yes, I think we do agree. Certainly more plants ar...Yes, I think we do agree. Certainly more plants are ruined by bad pruning than not being pruned at all.<br /><br />It is often to do with aesthetics or complete lack of! Also psychology?- a fear that plants will "get out of hand" and of losing control of them (or worse that the neighbours perceive they have lost control!). <br /><br />This fear is exploited ruthlessly by those awful &John Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-57005653346420091812012-10-22T20:20:17.377+01:002012-10-22T20:20:17.377+01:00I would not want folk to think that we are arguing...I would not want folk to think that we are arguing about this, I think we actually are almost in total agreement! I can think of many plants that I prune in different ways and depending on where they are and their garden function my method will be different. Also and very significant some shrubs and trees should not pruned at all.One of my reasons for writing this blog is to challenge wrong Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-8896845976662226352012-10-22T19:16:13.879+01:002012-10-22T19:16:13.879+01:00OK nature if you like. But there's no denying ...OK nature if you like. But there's no denying there are many qualified horticulturists and horticultural books that give the distinct impression that there is a "proper" way and a "wrong" way to prune everything. I am not so sure I would agree with that!<br /><br />However I would agree that there is plenty of scope for opening peoples eyes to possibilities, methods and john knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-5599275483314937072012-10-20T07:53:25.503+01:002012-10-20T07:53:25.503+01:00I agree with what you say John, their are many for...I agree with what you say John, their are many forms of pruning and in one short article can only start out on a very big topic. I am intending more posts on pruning. Sometimes my pruning will be very different and even done by a hedge trimmer-and not just hedges!<br />There is no reason whatsoever for a tree to just have a single stem. In my case, part of my decision was based on my tree'sRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-80811958242083090652012-10-19T23:17:55.529+01:002012-10-19T23:17:55.529+01:00Pruning - well after much experience of this I bel...Pruning - well after much experience of this I believe it is all to do with personal aesthetics and little to do with horticulture.<br /><br />To you- a tree seems to need a single distinct stem - but why?<br /><br />The person who clips all their shrubs into uniform tidy blobs is just expressing their own idea of good practice and beauty. Are they any less "correct" than the gardener john knoreply@blogger.com