Hey Guys,

 I have a 5 year old potted Votatta who up until last year grew increasingly productive then pretty much put the brakes on, so this spring I felt a root pruning was in order along with some top cut. I now have a small t shaped tree with green growth at tips but 80 percent of the branches are lifeless,I did the scratch test and see green, the question then is could this be frost damage,growth habit,bad pruning or bad fertilization? I use the joe morle recipe and have not had problems with fertilization in the past.Do individual branches just loose vigor and need to be cut back periodically?


Thanks
George

It may be just folks giving an honest  guess without pictures of the plant im sorry to say George.  ; )

Hi Martin,

 Your right I will try and get some pics up loaded.


Thanks
Geo