I often pinch the growing tips on the nurse limbs to encourage vigor in the graft - lots of hormonal things going on with growing tips - if the nurse limb is threatening to overwhelm the graft I’ll remove some or all of it -
D > On Jul 6, 2018, at 1:43 PM, Jon Clements <jmcext...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anybody have an opinion (or expertise?) on when is the best time to remove > nurse (limbs) on top-worked trees? Obviously want to push the grafts, so do > the nurse limbs take away energy? I guess I want to say they should/could be > removed during the upcoming dormant season, but what about cutting them off > now? Most of the grafts have grown one to two feet by now now... > > Thanks. > > Jon > > -- > JMCEXTMAN (aka Jon Clements) > 413.478.7219 Verizon > 413.378.3068 Project Fi > UMass Cold Spring Orchard > 393 Sabin Street > Belchertown, MA 01007 > http://umassfruit.com > <http://umassfruit.com/>_______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.com > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
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