It is now the last week in March and we live in Northern Minnesota. I have read of several ways to treat this but what’s the best way to treat at this time of year (May)? Yes is could be a pine blight. Another possibility, I thought, was that I might help it to form a “see-through” tree like I’ve seen at some other houses. On the other side of the fence I have a large bush that is about 8 feet high. My neighbor at my old house had a gorgeous old huge one on the middle of his front yard that a new owner proceeded to rip up and plant a bunch of ornamental grasses in place of. . This will help to balance the look of it. I got rid of the yucky caterpillars a few weeks ago with my homemade insecticidal soap (Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint soap & water )and now I’m noticing something that we as kids called “snake spit” on the branches. I want to get rid of the flies, but not the bees. I do want them to grow, it’s only their second year, but I also want them to be dense, so thank you for the advise. How does its current size compare? I use affiliate links and may earn a commission if you purchase through my links. I don’t make it. Spruces, firs and other evergreens that are sometimes called “pines” require different techniques. I doubt that it’s ever been pruned. It is about 7 years old. © 2018 Jim Anderson. If there are you will want to let the pine grow into that area and fill the space. You can try. In April I watered with aquarium water thinking it would act like a fertilizer. If European sawfly egg or larvae only infest one or a few branches on your mugo pine, simply prune away and discard those branches. Have you done it? If you have sawfly or scale you should get rid of it or they quickly will make your mugo look like a sick puppy. We have had an extremely wet year and I lost another different species of bush to fungus also but it is not in a prominent place and no other plants are near it, so that issue will wait. Not sure how to proceed. Should I cut them off? The Mugo pine, Pinus mugo, is a dwarf evergreen tree or shrub introduced into the U.S. from Europe in the late 18th century and typically grown for ornamental landscaping and decorative purposes. It looks kind of scary- we would hate to lose these beauties… If there are gaps find branches that could grow to fill the gap from the inside of the pine outward or upward to fill a space. The sawfly and the pine needle scale are the most common pests of mugo pines. I’d like to move it, but am not sure when would be a good time and if if would survive the move. No I would not trear the soil as the disease is probably pine specific (although you could solarize it). It’s rangy to the point that I can see through it and I’ve been thinking of removing it. My question is: Can I reduce the over-all height by cutting 4 to 6 inches off the top of the mugo without harm to the pine? It is currently under an eastern pine that is crowding it out. ‘If Facebook were around in the 1930s, it would have allowed Hitler to post 30-second ads’ — Listen to Sacha Baron Cohen slam the social media industry for facilitating the spread of hate, lies, and conspiracies pic.twitter.com/QinOnNRvxv, — NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 22, 2019, This website or its third-party tools use cookies, for more information on data we may collect about you see our Privacy policy. My husband says that trimming them down one will bring back the lower growth. Hopefully the buds for next years growth have not died from lack of water. I live in Utah. They could also have just gotten shaded out or been the year’s needles that were to fall off that year. The birds love the cover of the evergreen foliage. Now that we elimiated the bugs, will it eventually return to its beautiful state? I think I hoped it would spread and spread until it covered the yard, and I wouldn’t have to cut the grass anymore. Does the same method work for other pines (snapping off the candles according to how much/little you want them to grow?). See my post here for more info on reduction cuts: http://www.jimanderson.net/pruning-to-reduce-regrowth/. Jim work's as a Landscape Designer in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago. The mugo pine suffers from several fungal diseases. We live in Gardnerville, Nevada – Northwestern part of the state near Lake Tahoe.

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