Jay Mullaky wrote:Hiya everyone
I am thinking about getting some Sea Buckthorn (Askola + Pollmix).
I have only read about the plants and have never seen one before so I am hoping to get some info.
1) how thorny are these plants? Would they be thorny enough to stop a sheep from stripping the bark and leaves?
2) would I be able to train/prune these plants into small trees, meaning one main 'trunk'. That way I could use a tree guard and a post for support.
3) would these plants tolerate very hard pruning from a tractor unit hedge cutter? In the same way that hawthorn will.
1) Not thorny enough, at least, not the ones I have seen, which are mostly small to medium tree sized. They also do not seem to stay thickly foliated near the base. Maybe solvable by pruning.
2) I think so, yes. Many of the double handful I have seen had either one main trunk or several tightly clustered.
3) No idea! They have a reputation for robustness, but many I have seen were not really thriving, so...
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