![]() How to Prune To prune your Monterey pine, first cut away any dead, dying or diseased branches. It’s also a good idea to wear gloves while pruning to avoid any splinters or cuts in general. For very tall branches that are out of safe reach, use a pole saw with the necessary safety equipment. While smaller plant shears and garden scissors may not cut it (pun intended), handheld clippers, pruners and loppers will certainly help out. Tools In order to prune your Monterey pine properly, you’ll need the proper pruning tools. This is why this part of the Monterey pine needs to be pruned in good time. While most of the Monterey pine won’t need to be pruned until they develop some substantial height, sometimes their branches get a little carried away in the wrong direction. If that is the case, you should water regularly to maintain consistent soil moisture and help the roots establish themselves. Still, the water needs during winter will remain quite low as the cool temperatures will not cause the soil to dry out quickly.The exception to that rule is if you are dealing with a plant that has been newly planted. ![]() Unlike many other plants, the Monterey pine does not enter full dormancy in winter, which means that it will continue growing, during the coldest months. In spring and fall, you might need to provide some water if the weather is exceptionally hot, but this is rare. During other times of the year, this plant will often survive with no water at all. If it has rained one inch or more that week, you won’t need to give any water to your Monterey pine. At most, you’ll need to water this plant about once per week during the hottest months of the year.However, that amount can change depending on how much it has rained. In most instances, this tree will become drought tolerant and survive off of nothing more than rainfall. ![]() The woody cone scales are packed closely together and the seed is protected between them.A mature Monterey pine does not need much water at all. This word comes from the Greek word for ‘naked seeds’. Conifers belong to a group of plants called gymnosperms. The seed is referred to as ‘naked’ because it does not sit within an ovary – as found on Broadleaf trees. The seed cones are woody so that they can protect the ‘naked seed’ of the conifer. It is protected by the cone until eventually the cone opens, or breaks up, and the seeds are released. Once they meet, fertilisation – involving the combination of the two sets of chromosomes – can take place and the seed can grow. During this time the ovule is developing and the pollen tube is growing towards it. In some conifers it only takes place after 15 months. Unlike Broadleaf trees, fertilisation does not always take place immediately after pollination. However, in some Firs the bract scales stick out from the seed scales and can be used to ID the tree as in the Caucasian Fir in which the yellow tip of each bract scale extends beyond the cone in a distinctive way.Īfter pollination, the cone closes up, to protect the ovule, and starts to grow. The seed scales, in comparison, form the outer cone covering and are often called cone scales. The bract scales in most Conifers are very small and can’t be seen. As the name implies, the bract scale has developed from a modified leaf called a bract. In Conifers the seed is not protected by an ovary. The bract scale’s only purpose is to protect the seed, when it is first formed. At each point along the stem a bract scale sits on top of a seed scale and between them lies the seed. The female cones of Pines, Spruces, Firs, Cedars and Larches have a series of overlapping woody scales arranged spirally along the central stem. Broadleaf trees develop their seeds within ovaries that are part of flowers. Conifers develop their seeds within woody cones.
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