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  • From: "Ginda Fisher" <list@ginda.us>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] managing apple trees
  • Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:14:46 -0400

She said water sprouts. &nbsp;She's very frustrated with the amount of
pruning the tree requires, and the 'ugly' shape it has.

-- GindaOn Apr 29, 2011 10:28 AM, Dr. Lucky Pittman
&lt;lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu&gt; wrote:

On your friend's crab, are you talking water sprouts, or suckers?



They're quite different, but, IMO, management is essentially the same -

prune off water sprouts, prune or pull out suckers.



-----Original Message-----

From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org

[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ginda Fisher

Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 4:25 PM

To: NAFEX Fruit Explorers

Subject: [NAFEX] managing apple trees



This is really a problem a friend is having with an ornamental crab apple,

but I assume those are managed similarly to eating apples, so I hope this

isn't too off-topic.



My friend has an "ornamental" crab apple which looks ugly, mostly because it

grows enormous numbers of water shoots. Is there any way to control that?

I asked what sort of apple it was, and she said is was whatever Home Depot

sold when they were landscaping 20 years ago.



Thanks,

Ginda

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