Wisteria question

A friend of mine asked me about "splitting" wisteria ends to stimulate them into growing into different directions and spur them to grow faster. Has anyone heard of such a thing? And if so, maybe that technique could be applied to other vines/climbers?

Thanks for any feedback, I appreciate it!

I have to say I've never heard of anyone wanting to make it grow faster! LOL Usually they're struggling to control it! In all seriousness though I have not heard of that technique. Here's an article from Fine Gardening on pruning Wisteria: http://www.finegardening.com/how-to/articles/pruning-wisteria.aspx?nterms=74872

I've not heard of that one either .. I'm wondering if they mean cutting off the growing tips to make the side shoots grow.

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Yeah, pretty crazy, wanting Wisteria to grow faster! Problem is, in Reno its hit-or-miss with any plant. Either it takes off or it stalls out- and with a short growing season its maddening to miss an entire summer growing window with a plant because before you blink the snow is on the horizon.

Thanks for the input, I appreciate it!

LOL! I agree! Here is mine from this spring

That was towardthe end of May. Here it is from yesterday

I was just about to start a thread regarding pruning when I saw this post!