How To Balance Long-needled Pine Shoots The long-needled pines like Ponderosa and Austrian Pine tend to grow large end shoots with many needles. Selectively trimming needles off can help balance shoots, weakening strong ones and strengthening the smaller ones. Typical Ponderosa pine branch with a fat end bud on the main shoot (left) and 2 smaller shoots back down the branch […]
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