From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   T wrote:   
   ...   
   > Hmmmmmmmmmm.  Prune them every year perhaps?   
   > Prune them in the winter?   
   >   
   > Your thoughts?   
      
     maybe you stumbled upon some deficiency which you   
   happened to correct by what you added.  impossible   
   to know for sure without tests before and after and   
   more precise record keeping (don't worry i don't   
   really do that either since i rarely amend the   
   gardens here with anything other than worm compost   
   and various other organic materials).   
      
     keep observing and thinking and if you can start   
   keeping a notebook about what you plant and what   
   you do to it.  sometimes years later you go back   
   and look at those notes and can tell where you may   
   have messed up or helped.  :)   
      
     note that since your pots do not get appreciably   
   larger each season that pruning some of the shrubby   
   plants will probably be a good idea, but you do   
   want to know for each species what the reasonable   
   time and technique.  especially for fruit bushes   
   since a bad prune job may ruin your next season's   
   fruit production.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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