Black Wattle Solo: February 2024 Maintenance

by michaelruschena Posted on

Taken out of the growing pot in October and coming back to life in December. But this thing is now out of control and needs some maintenance.

This is just radiating leaves in all directions, going out to about 2 feet in all directions.
Looking at the branches, there’s a clear left-right pattern, which gives confidence that branches will easily back bud under heavy pruning.
The branches seem prone to coming out of the tree in close clumps, which is undesirable.

The tree looks like it’s going to respond well, so I’m comfortable pushing it back, with a view to creating a conical profile. I suspect this is going to be a very high maintenance tree.

Done… significant pruning back, and cutting back of the dead branches at the top.
…and another angle on the final product.

I have another 4 or 5 of these things still growing in pots. I was thinking of a forest planting, which is really going to escalate the

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