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Please, for the sake of your neighbors and decent trees, don’t top your Crape Myrtle
Posted on 1/14/21 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 1/14/21 at 4:36 pm
Or you’ll end up with these horrible looking, ugly knuckle things.
Already see it popping up in my neighborhood.
It doesn’t make sense.
Already see it popping up in my neighborhood.
It doesn’t make sense.
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 4:41 pm to dhuck20
Posted on 1/14/21 at 5:22 pm to dhuck20
Correct! Don't committ Crape Murder! They are trees, not shrubs.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 5:31 pm to LaLadyinTx
I am about to rip out two crape myrtles.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 6:38 pm to LaLadyinTx
Posted on 1/14/21 at 7:04 pm to dhuck20
Posted on 1/14/21 at 7:41 pm to dhuck20
I dont commit crepe murder but I also mind my own business regarding the crepe myrtles of others.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 7:57 am to dhuck20
I've never done this. It makes it flower more though right?
Posted on 1/15/21 at 8:02 am to Napoleon
No, it doesn't make it flower more. It leads to a tree with poor structure, bad shape, etc.
If you want a shrub, plant a shrub. Or cut down the crape myrtle and plant something that will mature into the size you want.
I've got fairly young natchez white CMs, and I am looking forward to the day when they reach a mature 25'.
If you want a shrub, plant a shrub. Or cut down the crape myrtle and plant something that will mature into the size you want.
I've got fairly young natchez white CMs, and I am looking forward to the day when they reach a mature 25'.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 8:04 am to dhuck20
I laugh at the wasted effort and money of AT&T every few years when they top the crepe myrtles my Grandmother planted by hand and watered by hand before the phone and power lines were in place (in the 1940's, Mom may have barely been double digit age but more like 8-9 and she's now 82).
Those trees are over 70 years old and never quite reach the lowest point of the sag in the line over them. Kinda think that they've reached maturity by now. Maybe? Possibly?
BTW: they are absolutely beautiful trees and bloom almost year round not following normal seasonality.
Those trees are over 70 years old and never quite reach the lowest point of the sag in the line over them. Kinda think that they've reached maturity by now. Maybe? Possibly?
BTW: they are absolutely beautiful trees and bloom almost year round not following normal seasonality.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 9:18 am to RaginCajunz
Truth. Cut them down to the base and then grind their stumps out. Best possible option.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 9:31 am to nerd guy
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Truth. Cut them down to the base and then grind their stumps out. Best possible option.
We pulled out five CM over the years and the truth is that if your do not get all those roots out they will grow new trees. We dug and cut the base out and all those running roots kept producing sprouts. I finally had to trace all the roots and pull those out. One of those roots ran over 10'.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 9:49 am to dhuck20
Oooops then apparently I've been doing it all wrong then for 10 years 
They don't miss a beat though. Every Valentine's Day weekend I cut them to the fence line b/c I have an overhead electrical line. So what should I be doing different in this case?
They don't miss a beat though. Every Valentine's Day weekend I cut them to the fence line b/c I have an overhead electrical line. So what should I be doing different in this case?
Posted on 1/15/21 at 9:49 am to nerd guy
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Truth. Cut them down to the base and then grind their stumps out. Best possible option.
I can't stand "Crap" Myrtle.. The flowers stain and are a PITA to clean up. The previous owners of my house planted two on the front lawn right before I purchased. They were not established yet so they were pulled up with the root ball intact. A friend took them and planted them on his property.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 9:54 am to Athis
damn crape myrtles & bamboo were the 2 main staples at my grandmother's house.
i think she just liked to torture the neighbors.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 10:01 am to Athis
I would never plant one by a driveway but they are beautiful in landscapes beds.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 10:05 am to tilco
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I would never plant one by a driveway but they are beautiful in landscapes beds.
my grandmother had one DEAD CENTER of her backyard. the trunk was massive. we could actually climb it when we were kids.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 10:24 am to dhuck20
Saw where some of you are looking to remove yours. I have not done it but I have seen several people make bows out of crepe myrtles. Just passing it on in case this is something any of you are interested in.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:01 pm to CAD703X
Yeah a friend of mine has one that’s massive..........in between his driveway and house
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:45 pm to tilco
Trim interior branches and cut back the drop of the canopy in late August after all of the blooms have fallen off. Fertilize. In Jan/Feb, clean up any “shoots” that develop from nubs. Shape the tree however you want it to grow. Never chop the entire top off of it.
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