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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • Next year. It’s already flowering so it’s too late for this year. It will vary depending on where you are but I’d say maybe late feb?

    I think you might be right that it isn’t in great health but I do think the overpruning is part of it. There just won’t be enough leaves to support that big thick trunk. I think adding nutrients might really help but I don’t want to recommend any as it’s not something I’ve had to do myself.


  • That looks over pruned to me, There’s barely any flowering branches vs the trunk and that leads to less leaves to support the tree.

    Look at this tree

    You can see that it’s an even shape, and clearly cared for, but it has a massive canopy vs trunk. It’s not the same species but it’s an example of the balance.

    This video is quite a severe prune and you can see that he hasn’t really taken a lot.

    Leave it alone for now and then go for it in early spring.

    However, if it’s so heavily pruned because you’re just taking off dead bits then it’s not a very healthy tree and I’d look at that first. I definitely water mine in the height of summer, which is an easy change to make, but it might need more.