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  • From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] weeping crabs-- pruning for fruit
  • Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 00:00:10 +0000

The local gardeners have another request for helpful nafexers. See below. Many thanks for the responses on mountain ash, and thanks for any ideas on the following.


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Connie >
To: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
Subject: Tanis...Q for your fruit board...
Date: 2 Feb 2004 14:32:50 -0600

T:

Mike didn't help me out much re: pruning of weeping crabs to produce the most fruit possible. Just suggested I not cut off as far as the graft. (tee-hee?)

I have a Malus 'Molten Lava', apprx 6 feet tall right now. Should grow to be 12-15 feet tall/wide, from what I read. I still have it staked to ensure the height continues, as it was a bit too weepy when I purchased it (container, not bareroot or B&B) in 2001.

Ohio State and other studies show this tree has a lot of fruit potential, they hang on well thru winter for returning birds, and very few mummies. (Plus the fruit color is phenomenal!)

I know to get more fruit from regular trees, pruning is a good thing.

Is that the case with weeping crabs, and if so, how and when does one know to start pruning?

Thanks...

Connie

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