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  • Answered by
    theficuswrangler on
    May 16, 2014
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    Most probably the vicious winter disabled many of your trees' systems. The best thing you can do is cut back the dead parts, and hope for the best. To make sure branches are dead, try bending - they'll bend if alive, snap apart if dead. Also scrape some bark off branches with a knife or fingernail - live growth will have green tissue showing.

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    May 25, 2014
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    Generally, these trees only require a one-time fertilizing in spring with a complete, balanced fertilizer high in nitrogen.

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    March 29, 2015
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    If your tree is still dormant, I would go ahead and prune the tree to it's desired shape. Your aiming for a single trunk.

    If the shoots you are referring to are just coming from the ground, trim them off at the ground level. This is common for willows to send shoots up from the roots, and they should be removed as soon as you see them.

    Here are a few links.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/willow/how-to-prune-willow-trees.htm

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/willow/grow-a-willow-tree.htm

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    May 27, 2015
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    A slow release fertilizer is recommended.
    Here is a great link with care requirements.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/weeping-cherry/weeping-cherry-growing-tips.htm

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    June 15, 2015
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    A previous pruning may have removed the weeping branches of the plant. The weeping comes from grafts and once the grafted weeping branches are damaged or pruned back to severely, the natural upright branches return. The long and short of it is that your weeping willow will not weep again if this is what happened. If this is the desired shape you want to the plant, you may need to replace it. That said, you can TRY to remove any branches that grow upright but leave any branches that arch out and downward, as they will form your weeping crown in the future.

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    June 18, 2015
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    Your tree is most likely needing more water.
    Make sure your watering 10 gallons per inch of diameter of the tree trunk.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/willow/grow-a-willow-tree.htm

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    June 25, 2015
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    I would guess that at some point in time the main lead branch on the tree was damaged or even cut, with the intention of helping the tree stay small or to fill out better (very well could have happened at the nursery long before you bought it). Typically, when a lead is pinched like that, another one or two branches will take over and continue to grow up eventually, but it sounds like yours never did. Instead, it just grows out and not up. At this time, it is doubtful any of the branches will take over as a lead so it will likely never grow taller.

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