Weeping White Spruce - New Leader + New Growth - May 2021
When I planted the small Weeping White Spruce in our backyard in 2019 , I noticed at the time that the tree had a sort of dual-leader-thing going on. I think that's pretty common for young trees that are shipped to retailers: tree nurseries are likely keeping small trees with ONE STRONG leader in the ground at their nursery because those trees have the strongest likelihood of growing big, tall and straight. So, we see a lot of trees that have double leaders. Despite noticing it, I didn't do anything about it. My habits in terms of tree pruning have changed A LOT in the past four years. How so? Well, I was taught by my Dad to limb-up trees. You want them to grow big and tall, so any energy that they dedicate to the bottom is wasted. And, I did that. Making a bunch of immature trees almost lollipop-looking. And I lost some. And decided to take a step back and NOT prune trees very much. This Weeping White Spruce has been the benefactor of that new practice. I too