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Today are back my little sycamore that I'm stupidly trying to keep as small as possible
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Here it is last winter when its leaves had dropped. You can see there's not a lot going on but the structure isn't terrible
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In February it's time for a hard prune. Although there isn't really much work needed on this
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I was pretty much on top of the growth last summer so it's not that out of control
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It just needs trimmed back to the first set of buds. there isn't any weird branches that need removed
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so it's literally a quick trim and we're done so now it's ready for spring
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in March there's not much happening I'll show you the buds in a second
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they're still pretty tiny so it's not awake yet but this year was a very slow start for all the trees
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In April you can see the buds are swelling So let's get this repotted
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It in a tiny pot and it an aggressive grower So you know it going to be full of roots And well it jammed in there So it definitely full of roots
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After a bit of scraping and pulling, I managed to get free. And I was right, absolutely jam-packed of roots
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So I just started trying to break everything out and get all the soil out. You can really see the length of the roots
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It's crazy something so small can grow so much. Once I got it untangled I just cut everything back
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I don really need all this length And this is what I was left with It actually an okay root spread
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And there is still quite a lot of roots left on it. And as you can see, the buds are really about to burst
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So let's get it potted back up. I just used the same pot and covered it in soil
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And somehow a screw got into my soil mix. We definitely don't need that
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I then just poked the soil into the roots and made sure there was no air gaps around the roots
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It was all very straightforward and simple. A few weeks later the leaves had opened
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and they're looking tiny and awesome. In June, I gave it a little prune
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I was going to do the bud pinching thing again that I did last year but I think I left it a bit late so it more of a first set of leaf pinching It the same thing I guess sort of
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Anyway, as you can see, I didn't need to take too much off. It now just has one set of leaves
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on every branch. It's looking okay in July. The leaves actually look in scale
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which is unusual for a sycamore. A bit more growth in August
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but I just left it. Sometimes you just need to give a tree a little time to grow
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and take some energy on board. But the leaves are still looking tiny
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And here we are now. So it's pretty much done growing and it'll start to shut down soon
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It's done alright this year
