Really enjoyed that. Your videos are often just a bit of fun, but clearly your knowledge and expertise are there for all to see and it's great that others are able to benefit from that by watching.
One question I have always had is how to avoid having the twine itself cut into the vine as it grows? Seems like you should have something to spread the load over bigger area of the trunk.
Any points where you have tied the plant to a support should be checked every year to make sure it is not restricting the plant or cutting in. if it is, the tie should be cut and another tie put on with room for growth. I hope this is helpful. thank you for watching.
Great video and very informative! We’ve just had to totally cut back Wisteria from the front of our 4 story apartment block due to the plant growing through the balconies and the stem compromising the glass partitions. Admittedly, it was not really managed very well. However, the plant is now cut down to a clump of about eight, sic foot long stems. So, my question is, where will new growth appear? Do new puds sprout from an old established “branch” that has no buds or, will it only develop new growth from the base? We decided to leave the established stems at a hight of 6 foot so that we can train new growth up the front of the balconies rather than cutting it down to the ground. And, this time ensuring that the stems stay on the outside of the balconies and trained along with guiding wires.
Hi - With a hard prune like this, you will see the plant send out significant growth, some of which will come from the base. You will also see new growth appear from the part you have tied in. In the summer, prune this new growth back to about 5 buds, then down to three the following winter. Thank you for watching.
Great videos on wisteria thank you. One question please, are the mature branches strong enough to stay put or will they always need tied back to the wire?
I planted some new wisteria a few months ago. They are doing well. However trying to train the new vines. They die about 6 inches on the ends.I am very gentle and hardly even touch or bend them??
Great video. After trying a lot of vids I finally found one that is clear and thorough. I do have two questions: 1) can you please tell me what kind of rope you use to tie the plant onto the wire. Hope I haven't overlooked it in your video... 2) How do I guide it from the start? I have an new wisteria of about 30 cm high that needs to grow up for about 2.5 to 3 meters, before it can go sideways. Do I also use wire for it? Wouldn't it keep going around it? Or do I need to do this differently? Or can it not be done at all :-(
Hi, I use jute twine. With your new wisteria, allow the main stem to grow to its desired point, side shoots will develop. Once the main shoot has reached the desired high, cut it off (to a bud) this will Focus the energy further down the plant giving you more side shoots to work with - which will give you more flowers 😀
Hi, I don’t where you are , but I like wisteria. I planted mine from seeds, and never bloomed for 15 years! It died in winter, back to life in spring! Do you have any suggestion? Can you share the plants, please? If you are in the USA?
Wisteria grown from seed can take a long time to flower. If you have had it for 15 years and have been pruning it regularly, then you may be in luck over the next few years. Wisteria are usually sold as grafted plants, which will ensure flowers on much younger plants. I hope this is helpful and thank you for watching. (I am in the uk)
You did indeed miss me putting the plugs in - I use 7mm plugs with the vine eyes. Will have to check out your crimps on my next visit 😀 Cheers for watching buddy 👍
Thanks, great info! One question please, do you normally need to tighten or loosen the tensioner over time? I would have thought that with the wisteria branch growing in thickness, it would need loosening. Or do you expect the wire to stretch?
Hi, I have have found that in some situations you need to tighten as the wire stretches. But in some situations I have had to loosen the wire - I guess it depends on how tight you have the wire initially. Also if an area is quite windy and there is lots of movement, this can loosen the wire over time. Thank you for watching
Great video! Just about to install one of these for my young wisteria, I noticed my wire is 1.5mm galvanised, would that do the trick to start it off? Thank you
@@TheFullyChargedGardenerthats great thank you, should the leader be cut when it gets as tall as you want it? Or do you just train it to then grow horizontal?
Great videos, very informative, thankyou. Quick question: I am training mine up a wall espalier style as you have demonstrated, it’s 5 years old now and flowering nicely - but, the really strong growth has set off sideways and I’d like it to go a bit higher before calling the height. Can I cut this leading growth right back to the main stem to retrain it without damaging the plant and if so when should I do this?! Many thanks. Ben
Cutting that leading growth could be an option. Or you could just let a side shoot grow and tie that in to go up the wall for extra height? My advice would be to do structural pruning in the winter, when you can see the skeleton of the plant. Hope this is helpful.
You can train wisteria to go in pretty much any direction you like. I will try and find the time to make a video with some more tips on training wisteria soon.
With a young wisteria - Tie in any growth that you want to establish as the main structure of the plant, you then allow these to grow on until they have reached the desired height/ length. Then everything else gets primed to 3/5 buds. I am planning on making a video about this at soon. But I hope this was helpful. Thank you for watching 😀
@@TheFullyChargedGardener I've just watched all of your Wisteria vidoes! Thanks. I too have a brand new Wisteria Sinensis Prolific which is about 5 to 6 foot tall growing up a bamboo cane. I want to train it along a fence which has concrete posts and gravel boards with the fence panels that slide in and out. I have planted it next to one of the concrete posts in the middle of the garden and the Wisteria comes to about 1 foot above the fence . I intend to train it left and right along the top and middle of the fence panels. There is a foot wide trellis along the top of the fence panels but I will ignore that and put the steel wire directly into the concrete fence posts and grow it along them instead (as I've heard the wooden trellis will just rot and won't take the weight of the Wisteria). Can you please advise what I need to do with the top of the plant? Do I cut it off in line with the top of the fence and wait for 2 side shoots or do I just bend it over to one side when it starts growing more and then take a new side shoot to run along the other side? I know the fence idea is not ideal but my house is not suitable for growing on and hence going along a big fence instead. Please help! Thanks again.
@@M1K3YA1 Thank you for watching all the videos, it is fantastic to hear that you found them helpful. It is a great idea to place the vine eyes directly into the concrete posts. My advice would be to bend over the top growth - this will grow very fast. I hope you have lots of fun training your new plant and lots of Bootiful flowers in the future.
Really enjoyed that. Your videos are often just a bit of fun, but clearly your knowledge and expertise are there for all to see and it's great that others are able to benefit from that by watching.
I really appreciate that comment. Thank you - very kind of you! 👍
What a great way to start that sunday!
😀 Thank you for watching 👍
Good one mate.. spring is on its way.. good to see you busy..
It was so good to have some sun after all this rain! I have so much work to catch up on.
Hope all is good with you chap. 👍
@@TheFullyChargedGardener all good here mate
Interesting, and good to see some sunshine too! 👍 love the tip on using an iron eye to put a new one in or out
Has been so nice to have a bit of sunshine after all that rain! 😀 Thank you for watching 👍
Yes. It's the cheap version of a Festool HD D 18 CE.
Brilliant video mate looks like a fresh winters day by you!😄
😀 Cheers 👍 Was so nice to have some sunshine! 😀
Great video! Would love to see one on Stihl clothing :)
Hi, I have had a few requests for videos on the Stihl clothing, so will definitely make some videos this year. 👍
Excellent mate
😀 Thank you for watching
Good idea.
Thank you for watching
Great channel thank you 👏👍
😀 Thank you for watching
Very nice, well done! :)
😀 Thank you
One question I have always had is how to avoid having the twine itself cut into the vine as it grows? Seems like you should have something to spread the load over bigger area of the trunk.
Any points where you have tied the plant to a support should be checked every year to make sure it is not restricting the plant or cutting in. if it is, the tie should be cut and another tie put on with room for growth. I hope this is helpful.
thank you for watching.
Great video and very informative! We’ve just had to totally cut back Wisteria from the front of our 4 story apartment block due to the plant growing through the balconies and the stem compromising the glass partitions. Admittedly, it was not really managed very well. However, the plant is now cut down to a clump of about eight, sic foot long stems. So, my question is, where will new growth appear? Do new puds sprout from an old established “branch” that has no buds or, will it only develop new growth from the base?
We decided to leave the established stems at a hight of 6 foot so that we can train new growth up the front of the balconies rather than cutting it down to the ground. And, this time ensuring that the stems stay on the outside of the balconies and trained along with guiding wires.
Hi - With a hard prune like this, you will see the plant send out significant growth, some of which will come from the base.
You will also see new growth appear from the part you have tied in. In the summer, prune this new growth back to about 5 buds, then down to three the following winter.
Thank you for watching.
@@TheFullyChargedGardener will do and thanks for your response. Cheers.
Thank you.
Great tip with the drill and the anchor “bit”😊. I love wisteria! So elegant!❤
Where can I buy this training kit? Including the vine eyes, wires etc
What size buckles do you use, as ive found lots all different mm
Great videos on wisteria thank you. One question please, are the mature branches strong enough to stay put or will they always need tied back to the wire?
Yes, wondering this too.
We keep as much of the plant tied back to supports as we can. Although the plant will support some growth by itself.
@@TheFullyChargedGardener Thank you very much!
I planted some new wisteria a few months ago. They are doing well. However trying to train the new vines. They die about 6 inches on the ends.I am very gentle and hardly even touch or bend them??
Sunshine 😁surely not. Great video mate.
😀 Felt sooooo good to have some sunshine on my back after all this rain.
Roll on spring!
Give it a wizzy wazzy woowoo! 😂
🤣 Only the best technical terms used in my videos. Thank you for watching 😀
Great video. After trying a lot of vids I finally found one that is clear and thorough. I do have two questions:
1) can you please tell me what kind of rope you use to tie the plant onto the wire. Hope I haven't overlooked it in your video...
2) How do I guide it from the start? I have an new wisteria of about 30 cm high that needs to grow up for about 2.5 to 3 meters, before it can go sideways. Do I also use wire for it? Wouldn't it keep going around it? Or do I need to do this differently? Or can it not be done at all :-(
Hi, I use jute twine.
With your new wisteria, allow the main stem to grow to its desired point, side shoots will develop.
Once the main shoot has reached the desired high, cut it off (to a bud) this will Focus the energy further down the plant giving you more side shoots to work with - which will give you more flowers 😀
@@TheFullyChargedGardener Thank you very much. Can you tell me how to lead the main stem vertically?
I am looking for precisely the same advice...@@gerbherb8215
Hi, I don’t where you are , but I like wisteria. I planted mine from seeds, and never bloomed for 15 years! It died in winter, back to life in spring! Do you have any suggestion? Can you share the plants, please? If you are in the USA?
Wisteria grown from seed can take a long time to flower. If you have had it for 15 years and have been pruning it regularly, then you may be in luck over the next few years.
Wisteria are usually sold as grafted plants, which will ensure flowers on much younger plants.
I hope this is helpful and thank you for watching. (I am in the uk)
Did I miss you putting in raw plugs? I am trying copper ferrules and crimper rather than winding wire back around itself
You did indeed miss me putting the plugs in - I use 7mm plugs with the vine eyes.
Will have to check out your crimps on my next visit 😀 Cheers for watching buddy 👍
Good video Would you use the same method for trailing a rose?
Thanks, great info! One question please, do you normally need to tighten or loosen the tensioner over time? I would have thought that with the wisteria branch growing in thickness, it would need loosening. Or do you expect the wire to stretch?
Hi, I have have found that in some situations you need to tighten as the wire stretches. But in some situations I have had to loosen the wire - I guess it depends on how tight you have the wire initially. Also if an area is quite windy and there is lots of movement, this can loosen the wire over time.
Thank you for watching
@@TheFullyChargedGardenerthank you
So I should let my wisteria grow behind down-pipes, yes? 😉🤣 Jokes aside, very useful video, thank you. I will use this. 👍🏻
🤣 Thank you for watching
Great video! Just about to install one of these for my young wisteria, I noticed my wire is 1.5mm galvanised, would that do the trick to start it off? Thank you
That should be absolutely fine. Thank you for watching
@@TheFullyChargedGardenerthats great thank you, should the leader be cut when it gets as tall as you want it? Or do you just train it to then grow horizontal?
Great videos, very informative, thankyou. Quick question: I am training mine up a wall espalier style as you have demonstrated, it’s 5 years old now and flowering nicely - but, the really strong growth has set off sideways and I’d like it to go a bit higher before calling the height. Can I cut this leading growth right back to the main stem to retrain it without damaging the plant and if so when should I do this?! Many thanks. Ben
Cutting that leading growth could be an option. Or you could just let a side shoot grow and tie that in to go up the wall for extra height?
My advice would be to do structural pruning in the winter, when you can see the skeleton of the plant.
Hope this is helpful.
Thanks for the video. If your tyng the plant to the wires, whats the point of the wires? Why not just put in eyes?
Hi, The wires are there to tie onto as the plant grows between the vine eyes.
Thank you for watching
My wisteria is currently growing in one direction, can i train it to change the direction? Sorry, this may sound daft. Thank you. .
You can train wisteria to go in pretty much any direction you like. I will try and find the time to make a video with some more tips on training wisteria soon.
How do you train a young wisteria from first planting? And do you prune in it’s first year. I’m worried they’ll be nothing left!
With a young wisteria - Tie in any growth that you want to establish as the main structure of the plant, you then allow these to grow on until they have reached the desired height/ length.
Then everything else gets primed to 3/5 buds.
I am planning on making a video about this at soon. But I hope this was helpful.
Thank you for watching 😀
@@TheFullyChargedGardener I've just watched all of your Wisteria vidoes! Thanks. I too have a brand new Wisteria Sinensis Prolific which is about 5 to 6 foot tall growing up a bamboo cane. I want to train it along a fence which has concrete posts and gravel boards with the fence panels that slide in and out. I have planted it next to one of the concrete posts in the middle of the garden and the Wisteria comes to about 1 foot above the fence . I intend to train it left and right along the top and middle of the fence panels. There is a foot wide trellis along the top of the fence panels but I will ignore that and put the steel wire directly into the concrete fence posts and grow it along them instead (as I've heard the wooden trellis will just rot and won't take the weight of the Wisteria). Can you please advise what I need to do with the top of the plant? Do I cut it off in line with the top of the fence and wait for 2 side shoots or do I just bend it over to one side when it starts growing more and then take a new side shoot to run along the other side? I know the fence idea is not ideal but my house is not suitable for growing on and hence going along a big fence instead. Please help! Thanks again.
@@M1K3YA1 Thank you for watching all the videos, it is fantastic to hear that you found them helpful.
It is a great idea to place the vine eyes directly into the concrete posts.
My advice would be to bend over the top growth - this will grow very fast.
I hope you have lots of fun training your new plant and lots of Bootiful flowers in the future.
@@TheFullyChargedGardener Yes! Would love to see that video.
No plugs after drilling?
Wall plugs (Rawlplugs) were used.
My wisteria dies when it grows sideways? Is there any solution?
That is a shame.
Do you water it at all during dry periods of weather?
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Why can't I find this plant in india? 😭
missed the action at 2;33 to2;45
Fire your camera man. Nice work though
Ooooo that’s a bit harsh - Thank you for watching
@@TheFullyChargedGardener i could not see alot of what you were doing due to camera angle
tree bdsm....