The Dreaded Witch’s Broom from Bad Pruning
OK, I call it bad pruning. But really, it’s not bad pruning…it’s more like “uneducated” pruning. Because now that I’ve been educated at the Desert Botanical Garden (thank you, Scott and Co.!), I do better! That’s why I’m passing this along…to prevent the unnecessary slaughter of baby trees. 🙂
In my previous post about bad pruning, I showed an extreme example of a pruning mistake. Hopefully, my neighbors won’t recognize themselves because they’re lovely people. But if they do, they can at least tell their landscaping crew what NOT to do!
Here’s a great example of Witch’s Broom. See where the good, strong branches stop…and out sprout tiny little twigs? That’s Witch’s Broom.
By the way, Witch’s Broom is also a plant disease, but with symptoms that look similar to mistletoe. That’s not good either.