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Results From Pruning. Pruning always arrests but does notpermanently change the natural habits and growth of a plant. Itoften causes the plant to assume temporarily another form than itwould naturally assume. Pruned plants constantly struggle to returnto their natural habit, and when pruning has been undertaken for aspecific purpose it should be continued throughout the life of theplant so long as that purpose is desirable. Root pruning tends to reduce wood production and hence to in-crease fruit and flower production. Top pruning favours wood pro-duction and thus more top is produced by the seemingly contraryprocess of cutting it off. In the case of transplanted stock tops arecut back to compensate for the roots that are lost in moving. Re-moval of excess top growth insures to the remaining parts of the plantmore nourishment, with subsequent better development, and it alsodecreases the area of leaf surface and the consequent evaporation ofstored-up moisture before the roots begin functioning in the new loca-tion. |
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