I have a 20ft high eucalyptus tree which grows like mad and I have to cut back every year. I usually cut the shoots down to the 12 'nodules' (which are about 12ft up), but I notice that new shoots always start afresh from the 'nodule'and there are now dozens of dead ends from previous prunings on each nodule. When I've completed my current 'shoot cutting' I'm tempted to lop the nodules off as well - would this be a good idea? Or should I perhaps 'shave' the nodules just to remove the dead shoots?. Advice gratefully received!.
John N
PS Is there a technical term for the 'nodules'?!
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Hi, Johnboy
I have no idea what type of Eucalyptus it is. It was a Silver Wedding present 22 years ago. It is quite a nice shape - 5ft of bare trunk, 14in diameter, and then three main trunks. When trimmed it is well rounded, so unless anyone tells me different I think I'll just trim the nodules as close as possible - be a bit bare next year but hopefully in full show for our Golden!
John N
I have no idea what type of Eucalyptus it is. It was a Silver Wedding present 22 years ago. It is quite a nice shape - 5ft of bare trunk, 14in diameter, and then three main trunks. When trimmed it is well rounded, so unless anyone tells me different I think I'll just trim the nodules as close as possible - be a bit bare next year but hopefully in full show for our Golden!
John N
Hi John,
At 22 years ago it will probably be Gunii because I used to produce them commercially and really the rest didn't come in until the early 1990's.
Are the young leaves on young wood sickle shape and the leaves on the older wood roughly round?
JB.
At 22 years ago it will probably be Gunii because I used to produce them commercially and really the rest didn't come in until the early 1990's.
Are the young leaves on young wood sickle shape and the leaves on the older wood roughly round?
JB.
Hi Geoff,
You are so right. I was thinking about it coming back from my weekly shop and thought what a Nana
the sickle leaves are the mature ones and the one the florists love are the round ones. I only supplied florists for about 20 years! Dear God I am getting worse.
JB.
You are so right. I was thinking about it coming back from my weekly shop and thought what a Nana
the sickle leaves are the mature ones and the one the florists love are the round ones. I only supplied florists for about 20 years! Dear God I am getting worse.
JB.
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Dear Johnboy, if it's any consolation i've started doing the silliest of things just lately, for instance on tuesday i called in at my Mothers when she was out, and left the door wide open with the keys in the lock all afternoon. 
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None of my tree's leaves appear to be round or 'sickle' shaped! (As in hammer & sickle?)
The one I have in front of me, from a shoot about 5ft long, is a thin oval, 31/2" x 1", though one edge is slightly more curved than the other.
John N
Hold on! Just found a very small shoot and it has much rounder leaves!
The one I have in front of me, from a shoot about 5ft long, is a thin oval, 31/2" x 1", though one edge is slightly more curved than the other.
John N
Hold on! Just found a very small shoot and it has much rounder leaves!
Hi John,
Before I cocked up my posting and was corrected by Geoff I was going to say if it is Gunii I used to coppice the trees for the young foliage and flog the leaves to the local florists.
I feel sure that this is a Gunii that we are dealing with and you can take that back to the ground and it will recover. If you do not wish to be so harsh you can take it quite a long way down to make it more manageable.
JB.
Before I cocked up my posting and was corrected by Geoff I was going to say if it is Gunii I used to coppice the trees for the young foliage and flog the leaves to the local florists.
I feel sure that this is a Gunii that we are dealing with and you can take that back to the ground and it will recover. If you do not wish to be so harsh you can take it quite a long way down to make it more manageable.
JB.