Topping conifers

[Harry_L]

Quick question, is topping a conifer harmful in any way for it? And is there a specific way to do it?

 

Many thanks [emoji106]

[Mick Dempsey]

What conifer?

[Marula]

Keep in mind conifers don't regrow from the centre in any way, so if it's a very wide conifer and you take the top off it will have that donut appearance until the lower lateral branches turn up due to geotropism and eventually meet at the top again, this can take years and be a real pain when you come to work on the conifer again and realise there's no anchor point in the mass of dirty greenery.

Cut it down, conifers are the devils plants, dirty scratchy bastard things.....

[Harry_L]

Cut it down, conifers are the devils plants, dirty scratchy bastard things.....

Haha i agree with that, thanks for the help

[CDMR]

1 hour ago, Marula said:

Cut it down, conifers are the devils plants, dirty scratchy bastard things.....

 

The outdoors is my indoors, it's where I find my greatest comfort.

The combination of last sentence and signature did make I laugh.

[chuck norris]

If we are talking cypress/leylandi then almost certainly, but if we are talking others (pine/spruce etc) it is far more dependent on species.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

23 minutes ago, chuck norris said:

If we are talking cypress/leylandi then almost certainly, but if we are talking others (pine/spruce etc) it is far more dependent on species.

 

If it's a leylandii it's almost certainly what?

[chuck norris]

if its leylandii it can almost certainly be topped, is what i mean

[Richard 1234]

I was told not long ago on here that trees shouldn’t be topped

[Mick Dempsey]

Yep, it's a mad old world.