Flame Tree - Delonix regia - 2 months old, very large. Do I cut or prune?

[louiewhitz]

Hi, I have a bunch of flame trees that are around two months old. They are quite big. Any recommendations on whether I should start pruning or cutting lower leaves or just let them keep growing?

 

[RoadManDenDron]

Welcome aboard! There is a wealth of information available here you can familiarise yourself with the techniques used.

The idea of constantly tinkering with our trees is a bit of a misconception in reality its probably best to just leave them to grow to thicken the trunk for now, first chop should be when the trunk is almost as thick as you plan for it to be at its widest point, then slightly less thick for the next chop and so on as chopping will greatly reduce the amount of growth in the trunk.

 

[Kievnstavick]

I just planted some of these trees myself.

Leave them to grow as the goal is to give them a thick trunk unless you plan on going for the marathon of clip and grow. Only prune them at this point if they are causing you problems with airflow, light, and spacing. Use your best judgment for those cases.

Focus most of your effort on establish a nice radial rootbase during reports and getting a nice trunk line with movement.

 

[Cajunrider]

Welcome to the forum.
Let them grow. They are tiny.

 

[Plantnut]

Hi, I have a bunch of flame trees that are around two months old. They are quite big. Any recommendations on whether I should start pruning or cutting lower leaves or just let them keep growing?

Wow, only 2 months

 

[crab apple]

Let them grow but wire a little movement in the trunk while you still can.

 

[KelcieMichelle11]

Also growing a delonix and mine is about 19 days! Also growing like crazyy! I grew from seed, we just transplanted into 6” pots. Do you all feel this will be ok for a bit or
Is that way too small?

 

[Cajunrider]

Let it grow at least two years

 

[Caudex_life]

Let me also share my Delonix)
It's about 1,5 month
Hope 2-3 years will pass soon)