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Strategic violence against a plant, performed so it will thank you in spring.
means Cutting away select branches or stems to shape growth, remove the dead, and direct a plant's energy where you want it.
from From Old French 'proignier,' to trim a vine — itself tangled with 'rotundus,' round, as in cutting back to a tidy form.
CounterintuitiveRemoving growth often produces more fruit, not less.
Timing rulesWrong season can mean a whole year without blooms.
Beyond gardensNetworks, neural nets, and code all borrow the term.