WINTER PRUNING WISTERIA PART 2

[@carollloydjones5735]

I have watched a few videos on wisteria pruning but this has to be the best one. You are clear and precise with your explanation and you get to the point. Thank you 😊

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you.

[@sylviacheve7837]

You're a very good teacher and your English is cristal clear, easy to understand for foreign people like me 👍👍👍

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for your kind comment 😀

[@roblaing7098]

Thanks for this video. Not only have you helped me with my wisteria pruning but you've also helped me with my climbing rose which has a habit of growing the wrong way, the steering wheel description has helped massively. Thank you!

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Really great to hear that the video was helpful. Thank you for watching the video and taking the time to comment. 😀

[@annaprice752]

Best wisteria pruning video series I've seen... And I've watched a lot

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you very much 😀

[@kemback1086]

The clearest, simplest video available - well done and thanks.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for watching.

[@marcipalmer2333]

Thank you for your video ! I planted two wisterias about three years ago on a metal arbor against a brick wall. Not really knowing how to prune, I gave it a go and now have a smorgasbord of vines shooting out every which way! I really liked the photo you showed with your cute little girl and the blooms in the all their splendor! Wow! Absolutely beautiful! You’ve inspired me to do likewise.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for you for watching the video. And for taking the time to leave such kind comments.

[@robertabell7772]

Such a good teacher, thank you so much for sharing this knowledge!

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for watching.

[@Frenchcountryfriends]

This was absolutely informative! We just bought a house with a very substantial wisteria tree on it and I’m looking forward to applying the knowledge you shared! Thank you!

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Fantastic! I also have a video on Summer pruning Wisteria - which may also be helpful. Enjoy your new home and thank you for watching 😀

[@TinyScorpion44]

Super glad you posted this! I moved last summer to a house with crazy overgrown wisteria and am hoping to get it under control early rather than cutting back tons of vines in the summer like last year

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 It is amazing how fast it grows. Have fun with the pruning and thank you for watching.

[@TinyScorpion44]

@@TheFullyChargedGardener The last owner of the house was an elderly guy so I can hardly fault him for it. Hopefully we'll get more blooms and controllable growth going

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

@@TinyScorpion44 Don’t be afraid to be a little cruel to it this year, to get it back to a manageable structure. It might mean sacrificing a few flowers this year - But it will pay off in years to come 😀

[@claudiafunder5490]

Thank you so much for this! I really Love all the explanation and context that you add in around the technique of pruning. I put a wisteria in last year and this has been the first summer it's grown. And it put out whippy strands galore!! I tied it all to the support strucure and did a gentle summer prune today. Thanks to your vids I'll be confident to do the winter prune come July (I'm in Aus hence winter in July...._)

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for watching. So cool to know that people from Aus are watching the videos too

[@sheilagay9374]

11:40am. Wish I knew what state you are in. I need to do mine a lot this year.. You have given me courage to go strong and not be afraid to TRIM.

[@jasongardener3425]

Another really informative video 👍, could you do a rambling rose pruning video 😊👍

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

🤣 That is a great idea. I would probably have to put music over the whole video, as me working with roses usually involves lots of bad language 🤣

[@jasongardener3425]

😂👌

[@paulhanger7242]

Excellent thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Thank you for watching

[@beebee5807]

I am going tomorrow to prune a huge wisteria after being with covid! Nice video, thanks.

[@Jaylena0802]

So helpful! All the way in California, thank you. 1st time Wisteria grower :)

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 That is so great to hear. I bet the weather in California is Bootiful right now. Thank you for watching 😀

[@garycowderoy7662]

Very informative and good demonstration of pruning techniques. Thankyou. Could you recommend a make of secateurs. I am not getting on with my current ones and they are not making clean cuts. I am ending up tearing the stem rather than cutting right through it. Hope you can understand what I’m trying to explain. Thanks very much.

[@Dzordzikk]

Hi, thank you for that very nice and simple to understand videos about how to prune wisteria. I have at home 6 or 7 year old, very slow growing one and we didn´t see any flower yet. Last year I use this pruning style as on this video and I´m waiting if we will get our first flowers or not.

[@janelarritt2859]

I have just seen your video and found it very helpful. We are in winter in Australia. My wisteria has grown very high over the pergola with the flowers, then leaves providing great shade in summer. Do you have advice how to cut back the long limbs(which I let grow too high) so the flowering will be closer to the pergola. I have to get an arborist with a tall ladder to prune the wisteria. Thank you.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Wisteria is pretty tough. When you do your next winter prune, cut back any growth that has gotten too high back to 3-5 buds from the main stem. hope this is helpful. Thank you for watching.

[@andrewsimmons6911]

December here in Australia, so I'm about to do the Summer prune of an old and vigorous wisteria that is in danger of throttling my neighbour's mango tree - and my chimney. Thanks so much for your videos - they have helped my wisteria achieve the most wonderful shape and flowers,. Wish I could send pictures!

[@andrewsimmons6911]

I was also helped by these guys: kzbin.info/www/bejne/faeppJmBiqqmrs0&ab_channel=FUMIO%26SHINYAUEDAJAPANESEGARDENS

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

It really is great to hear that the videos were helpful. Thank you for watching. Wish I could grow Mangos here :)

[@fritzieb9312]

Thank you for sharing this information sir

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Thank you for watching

[@Brian-gm5vk]

Best video I've seen explains it well ,thanks .

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Great to hear you found it useful. Thank you for watching.

[@katiesargeant4810]

Thank you so much!! Incredibly helpful. Would love to know how to tackle a tangle of clematis through a wisteria! Thank you again!

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Thank you for watching. unfortunately the best way would be to chop out the clematis in small sections.

[@julietreimers8372]

Very helpful to me because I'm new to taking care of this plant.

[@claudiafunder5490]

Thanks for the lovely response! A big hello from sunny Melbourne. Since you invited questions.....having just put my wisteria in (see below), it's a very young plant. (in the ground for a year and this is its first growing season). How much pruning should I do, given I want to train it 6 meters or so along the front of my verandah? I'm thinking that for the next few seasons I'll let it grow and just shape it for length and position, and get into the strict flower pruning when its, say, 4 years old (??) What do you think? Any advice??

[@alanstewart7802]

Very helpful video, thank you. I now feel confident to tackle my inherited and slightly overgrown specimen.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Fantastic

[@sastrakurniadi799]

Thanks a lot for the video. It's very helpful. We're in Australia, so winter is July/Aug. But we just moved into a house with a pergola with what looked like a dead plant on top of it. I didn't know until it bloomed beautifully in Spring, and my little daughter said it might be Wisteria. She recognized it from Anime series she's following. I can't wait to do a summer prune shortly and following it up with the winter prune. The Wisteria looks like it's fully established. I have couple of questions: - Do we need to give it some kind of fertilizer, and if we do what kind? - There are lots of what looks like air root coming down from the plan, can I trim them also? and how far back? Thanks a lot again for a very helpful instruction.

[@rodneydennehy42]

excellent,informative one of the best

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you

[@Paul-mz2dq]

Great video, what did you use and how did you go about putting the hooks and wires into the wall ? Thank you

[@kathleensimons7062]

I love your video. I didn't prune my Wisteria at the end of last summer. 😢 I live in Ontario, Canada and our winter has been crazy. It's been warmer than any other I can remember. I've been waiting for a real cold snap but it's getting warmer every week. We are having 11⁰ a couple of days this week. The nights are still pretty cold. Firstly, am I too late to prune, and should I prune back to the second set of buds or go easier on it? Thank you. 😊😊😊

[@The1london]

Great video and so boootifully explained 👍🏼

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for watching

[@alwill450]

perfectly explained and demonstrated , brilliant

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for watching.

[@igorm6121]

Thank you. Very helpful recommendations!👍

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Glad it was helpful!

[@christinanieves9199]

youve explained wonderfully, I enjoy your videos

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for watching.

[@muppelmuh1445]

Awesome video! Is there a video how to train a newly planted wisteria? I would love that very much

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

I am planning on making a video about training a newly planted wisteria. But it really is very simple. Basically you just tie in any growth you want to keep, to create your main framework. Then you simply remove all other growth back to 3-5 buds to create those flowering spurs. I will make a video on this later in the year. Thank you for watching 😀

[@muppelmuh1445]

@@TheFullyChargedGardener that would be great, I am very much looking forward to it! I watched all of your wisteria pruning videos but it all builds on already having a structure. But how to get that structure would be my main concern when establishing my first wisteria plant. I will be keeping an eye out on your channel! 🙂

[@margaretgibbs7316]

Hi. I have a wisteria that hasn't been pruned for years. It has a free shape but has several large 25mm plus branches coming from the bottom going to the right and they are all twisted together. Can I cut a few of these off from the bottom without damaging the plant?

[@seniorita9612]

Keep up the good work 👍🙂

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Thanks, will do!

[@kayleighscott5337]

My wisteria bloom for the first time. It's year 3 and I'm chuffed to bits. I missed the winter pruning. Gutted about that but il be sure to look after it correctly moving forward. Very informative video. My wisteria is running around the top of a fence up a trellis but I'm unsure how to encourage shoots lower down the stem if anyone can help? I can see the odd shoot coming through but nothing to shout about.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Hi, that is great to hear that you have your first flowers. Over time, shoots will appear lower down the plant. Thank you for watching

[@leggeatron]

Awesome, exactly what I needed

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Cool - Thank you for watching.

[@grandadgardener]

fine advice on how to prune thank you...could you do a video on how to make a wisteria tree..i'm having a go myself using some long stems and ive wound them around each other anti clockwise...cross fingers.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@ashtree62]

fantastic video mate, very well explained. New subscriber.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Thank you

[@gregorymumford8228]

Thank you for a great series of videos on Wisteria. I am to plant a new one to train under a window and then up on the other side. Spacing the wires a foot apart and giving some clearance for the the windowsill I probably can only feed two wires for support, should this be enough?

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

That should be absolutely fine. Thank you for watching 👍

[@flightmonkeyuk6944]

Definitely looking forward to a more heavy pruning of wysteria video. Definitely needed for smaller trellised home garden or front garden areas, is this something thats in the works? Cheers 😁

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Hi, I am actually on the hunt for an out of control wisteria, so that I can film a hard prune. in the meantime, have you seen this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4TClICuqZKYqs0 thank you for watching.

[@Avocadoooooooo]

Love the pruning and explains in detail. Was this recorded in January? Beginning, mid or end of January?

[@nathalievandervondelen9161]

Hello, just planted my first Wisteria as a total newbie in the garden. Can you explain me how to guide him (which branches) the best way over a pergola with 2 horizontal beams and 7 vertical. Thank you very much for your guidance. Friendly regards Nathalie

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

The key is getting the plant to go where you want it as early as possible. At this Early stage, pick the directions you want the plant to go - one those lengths of growth, do not prune, just tie them in as they grow. One you have those initials leaders established, you can prune back any side shoots to 3-5 buds. I hope this is helpful. Thank you for watching 😀

[@nathalievandervondelen9161]

@@TheFullyChargedGardener I think I got it. In case I get mixed up I you will hear me again. 😁😉 Your videos are the first where I actually understand what to do. So yes it's been very helpful. Can I ask one more question please? What happens with the flowers after blooming, do they fall off or do they need to be cut aswell and uptill where. Thanks you very much.

[@Ntcntc01]

Thank you for the video. It is very helpful.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Great to hear it was helpful. Thank you for watching 😀

[@HoopersGardenMaintenance]

Great video Andy,very helpful ✂️🍃👌🏼

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for watching, great to hear it was helpful 😀

[@MsKK909]

Great video….thank you.

[@dianebroadley1455]

Which is best please - to thread the growth behind the wires or tie them onto the front of the wire? Wondering about the branches growing around the wires.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

If possible it is best to tie the growth onto the wire.

[@katierichardson4089]

Thank you so much for this series. I have planted several ( my nan had a lovely one so a special plant for me!) but have been very nervous as to what to do with them. I do have a question if you didn't mind: as they are young plants and are mostly a strong upright ( bought spiralled up a cane) with just a few thin shoots as horizonatals, do I still prune those shoots back to 2/3 buds? Will they then continue to sprout out and eventually form the strong horizontal branches or do I leave them alone for a while? Thanks

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Hi, If you want to train the side shoots then don’t prune them off. Let them grow out and tie them to supports as they grow. Once they have reached the desired length, then cut them. This will then encourage side shoots along those laterally trained stems. I hope this is helpful.

[@katierichardson4089]

Thats really helpful thanks! Will have a good look and figure out where I want them trained to. So helpful, brilliant videos and really appreciate you taking the time to answer questions too. I'll definitely be looking at more videos! 😁👍

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

@@katierichardson4089 An absolute pleasure to help. Thank you for watching 😀

[@francescajones1797]

When I tie in to a structure, is it ok to use string or garden velcro? Will it restrict the growth thickness wise? Also any tips for growing wisteria in a pot? Great video! Thanks

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

It is perfectly fine to use string or garden velcro as these will not restrict the plant from growing. When it comes to growing wisteria in a pot one key thing is to make sure you keep it watered during dry periods and don’t allow the plant to dry out. But also make sure there is good drainage, so it doesn’t become waterlogged.

[@yorkshirehumbergroundsmain9536]

Thanks for sharing Really useful to me. Would you feed them I the winter

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Hi, the best thing to do at this time of year - is to apply a mulch at the base of the plant.

[@sabrinagardenista]

Very helpful! Thank you! 😁

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Thank you for watching

[@SameerKhan-wz1pm]

Epic Thanks for teaching

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for watching

[@howard946]

I understand your cutting back the long wisps to 3 buds in winter to make flowers Do I need to cut back other branches to 3 buds each or leave the others alone .Sorry might be obvious :O)

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Basically you want to leave any growth that you want to be part of the main structure of the plant. Then prune the other growth back to 3 buds.

[@maevebrady9006]

I planted my wisteria about 6 years ago & have no flowers yet. Did both summer & winter prune so hoping I might have more luck this summer. Anything I can do to encourage first flowering?

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Hi, Do you know if you bought a grafted plant, or a plant grown from seed? Thank you for watching

[@maevebrady9006]

The Fully Charged Gardener ... oh I’ve no idea. I bought them at the Bloom Festival.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

@@maevebrady9006 You can often see the graft point at the lower part of the plant. My advice would be not to give up. Keep pruning and it should flower 😀

[@maevebrady9006]

The Fully Charged Gardener thanks so much ... I’ll keep trying 🤞

[@The13Raze]

Nice job

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you.

[@katepoat1065]

I have just acquired a very unkempt but mature 50+ year olds wisteria with my new house. Coincidently it managed to pull down its frame shortly after we moved in. I have managed to resurrect the frame and half hang the wisteria back on but it is awfully heavy and now even more droopy. So my question is, will it tolerate a super heavy prune as I try and untangle some of the mess and focus on the long mature branches or should I just tie it to the frame and hope for the best? I am a bit concerned any ties in future will be torn down anyway with the weight.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

It will tolerate a heavy prune, so frustrating when things like this happen. Best of luck untangling it and thank you for watching.

[@chompers11]

I missed the summer prune do I still winter prune

[@petterfloen3708]

Nice

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@beautywithjose3831]

I’m just got a new wisteria when will be time for me to start training it to go against the wall?

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Start training the new growth in the summer

[@margitellis3948]

Thank you!

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for watching

[@paulfloodgate3638]

When after winter prune is done will my plant start budding

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

It all depends on where you are and the weather. We are in Wiltshire and the buds on our wisteria are just beginning to burst. Hope this is helpful. Thank you for watching

[@nestorechegaray1832]

👏👏👏👏👏 desde Argentina

[@amandamurray693]

Is it ok to prune now? (early March) Thanks. x

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Hi, yes it is still ok.

[@amandamurray693]

@@TheFullyChargedGardener Great! Thank you.

[@amhigginsmusic]

thanks for this!!

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

😀 Thank you for watching.

[@iraliolis518]

I wish I had seen this video 2 months ago :-). Too late now to prune my wisteria.

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Hi, it is too late to winter prune. but check out this video on summer pruning. 😀 Thank you for watching. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep6ypZ-poKueirM

[@chasingthefish9042]

If you are pruning trees or tree like plants its good to look into bonsai for reinforcement of what hes talking about. I feel that bonsai tools are under utilized in gardens. A good set of sharp bonsai tools is a great addition to anyone who enjoys maintaining trees. I got into bonsai to learn pruning of trees on my property. Best thing i have done.

[@alanreid8962]

Very informative but please drop the music

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Thank you for watching

[@beautywithjose3831]

I’m just got a new wisteria when will be time for me to start training it to go against the wall?

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

You can start training it straight away. Tie in any growth that you want to form the main structure of the plant and continue to tie in that growth throughout the summer. Hope this is helpful. And then you for watching.