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Yes painting the tree in the region you have cut is the right thing to do. I would suggest using a pruning paint as glyphosate may kill the tree. Happy gardening.

Maria – Palmers national consultant. Maria Quayle-Guppy, Palmers Garden Consultant answered 6 years ago. You must freshly-cut stump to post comments.

It sounds like you have nothing to lose - the damage to your spouting and eaves means the tree has to go. I suggest you cut the cabbage tree down to a tidy stump (maybe a metre in height) and keep you fingers crossed that it will resprout.

To learn about NZ Legislation about why and how trees need pruning visit Electricity (Hazards from Trees) Regulations – NZ Legislation; Your trees are part of nature.

Trees and plants in your front or backyard are home to Wellington's native plants and stumpdelimbing.barted Reading Time: 2 mins. Nov 01, So, the answer is yes, pruning cabbage plants is possible and, in some cases, necessary.

The purpose of pruning cabbage leaves back is to create overall healthier plants. Along with cabbage pruning, maintenance may also involve actual thinning. Thinning the cabbage is different than pruning and involves the removal of an entire plant, usually seedlings that were direct sown into the garden and are beginning to crowd each other. This allows space for the plant Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Prune in early autumn or late spring to minimise frost damage to regrowth.

It is also a good idea to tidy the plant by removing the profuse dead branchlets it tends to retain. New shoots are soft and easily broken, so be careful when pruning not to damage branchlets you want to stumpdelimbing.bar A good pruning cut is close to the main trunk, lateral branch or bud, but not too close.

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You want to get in close to the branch bark ridge at the top, and the branch collar at the bottom but not damage either. The collar is important as this area contains hormones that assist with wound healing.

4. No stubbies. Oct 31, One of the nicest ways to get an attractive bush cabbage tree is to chainsaw it off at the base.

It then resprouts multi heads and grows like a bush with many different heads. I usually pull off half of these to replant elsewhere but I find they look really attractive as a nice bush.