Alberta Spruce with a strange branch

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Marcy_1 New Madison, OH(Zone 5a) Jun 25, 2008

I wanted to know if any of the tree experts can help me with this? This is a little Alberta Spruce that I have in a big pot. It has ...what I guess...is a mutated branch on it. What would cause this?
Thanks.

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jun 25, 2008

Reverting to type . . . DAS is a dwarf, juvenile mutation, and fairly commonly a shoot or two 'grows up', changing to normal adult growth.

Resin

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Marcy_1 New Madison, OH(Zone 5a) Jun 25, 2008

Thanks Resin! I had it backwards then. Would you just leave it alone, or cut it out?

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jun 25, 2008

If you want to keep it as the dwarf form, cut it out.

Personally, I prefer the full-size tree so if it was me I'd let it grow ;-)

Resin

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Marcy_1 New Madison, OH(Zone 5a) Jun 25, 2008

So you are saying the whole tree will revert if I leave it?

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jun 25, 2008

If you leave it, that branch will steadily develop into a new White Spruce tree. Could get quite large, and will shade out the remaining branches that stay dwarf. There's also the possibility that additional branches of the dwarf will develop adult growth, giving a multistemmed tree.

Resin

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Marcy_1 New Madison, OH(Zone 5a) Jun 25, 2008

Well thank you very much for the information, Resin! I appreciate it! I think I will leave it, just to see what will happen. I have blue spruce, and Norway spruce...why not a white spruce!! Thanks again!

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