Main shoot
A basal cane or a strong lateral cane.
Mature plan
A plant that is old enough to produce blooms and seeds.
Count the number of main shoots at just above ground level, from which the sideshoots grow. Decide how many main shoots must be removed to achieve the one-third target for renewal.
For those with dominant shoots, wait until the main shoot has reached the desired height before cutting out the top.
* Gardening Tip * Be sure to pinch off the terminal bud (the main shoot's top) and the tips of the plant's shoots, to encourage it to branch out (rather than growing straight up and straggly).
Simply cut off a side shoot or the top of the main shoot just below a growth node. Make sure that there are at least two growth nodes above the cut. Remove any of the lower leaves near the base of the new plant.
HEEL: A strip of bark and wood remaining at the base of a side shoot cutting pulled off a main shoot. Some cuttings root more readily if a heel is attached.
HEEL CUTTING: A short, side branch taken as a cutting with a small piece of the main stem.
To prune determinate tomato plants to a single stem, remove the suckers (small shoots) that appear in the leaf axils of the main shoot.
I was wondering how to propigate this cactus. I have no idea what kind it is. It is around 15 years old. It is 2' tall on the main shoot, then the top got cut off in the patio door and it grew another section off that, and it is. More ...
That adage comes from the ostensibly illogical fact that pruning can stimulate growth, especially severe pruning undertaken in early spring. Cut back a healthy main shoot, and it will sprout secondary shoots.
After planting, untie stems from the cane and push four or five canes into the soil near the clematis and angle them towards the trellis, securing them with garden twine.
Select four or five main shoots and tie them to the canes.
Next, choose one to five of the main shoots and remove all others. Cut back one-third of smaller branches. This will allow more flowering.
Discontinue pinching your mums in mid month so they will be able to develop flower buds for the fall. To promote 'trophy size' flowers, allow only one or two main shoots to develop. Remove all side buds as they begin to develop.
Side shoots which develop on the stem are carefully removed shortly after they appear so that all growing energy can be concentrated on the main shoot.
 See also: Plant, Shoot, Growing, Branch, Gardening
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