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  • From: edforest55@hotmail.com
  • To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
  • Subject: [nafex] Re: bud 118 and stooling
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 23:18:32 -0000

I have read that B 118 stools satisfactorily which I take it to mean
that you shouldn't need to use the wire, just normal stooling
procedure. This will be my first year with stooling B118 and so
haven't any more experience with it than you do however.
Kevin
>
> Lon, thanks, great trick I'll go try it. This gives me some hope
for a
> couple of 2-3 year old apples that I fear MAY have the ubiquitous
yellow tag
> burried down on its tap root and starting to girdle it (will have
to cut too
> many side roots to tell). Maybe it will simply callus and form a
whole new
> set of roots above the girdle line. del
>
>
>
> >One thing that helps with stubborn layering is to put a wire
around the
> >base
> >of the shoot(s) you are layering. A twist tie is fine. As the
shoot grows
> >it is slowly girdled and makes a callus above the wire that is
much more
> >prone to producing roots.
> >-Lon Rombough
> >
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