Yes (IMO).. I would top anything that sticks up awkwardly. I like a uniform bush. I continue topping until early August.
I had a good morning in the garden getting these car ports up. I'm "talking to the Hawk" after my lunch right now trying to figure a thing or two out.
Hey, any thoughts on how to slide a 150 gallon smart pot over about 2-3 feet? The "Marion Berry" was put in a bad spot, if I could slide her over 2-3 feet it would make that next car port line up better, and my life easier.
I have a plastic 55 gallon barrel, if I cut the top and bottom off, then cut it in half so I have 2-two foot tall circles. Then rip those up and down so they make 2-2' wide x 8' long pieces. Then wrap those on the back side of the pot 270 degrees, then wrap rope around the whole pot over and over. I have a 200', 1 inch dia bull rope from the tree days, let me do some math.
4' dia pot x 3.14=12.42', I'll make it easy,12.5 feet for the rope to go around the pot 1 time. 200' divided by 12.5' = 16. That means I can coil that 1inch, 200' rope around that pot 16 times, okay 15 times ( I need room for knots and stuff) I think that should be plenty of support to keep that pot in tact while using a "come-a-long" to crank her over that 2'-3'.
Now is that to risky to try and move the pot, or just leave it be and put up the next car port "cock-eyed"? I know if that car port goes up "cock-eyed" it's going to get under my skin for the next 3 months.
Any ideas, thoughts?
TMB-