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["tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

ERROR IN ORIGINAL POSTING: "I bet you DON'T get it completely..."

I proof-read everything I email !  How do I miss this stuff ?!!

tc


----Original Message Follows----
From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Too much rain, wind = lost apple tree
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 19:29:17 +0000

The key line, to me, is "There is some damage to the existing roots."   How 
much ?   If "a lot", I'd be tempted to give up.   If medium, I'd consider 
some pruning work-- starting with the branches which are going to be shaded 
when you get the tree propped up (I bet you get it completely propped up).

Or, NAFEXrs, should he turn this into a horizontal tree, so that it can't 
blow over again ?

tc


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Ward Barnes" <ward_p_barnes@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Too much rain, wind = lost apple tree
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:05:46 +0000

Last night's rain in combination with a steady, hard wind spelled doom for 
one of my mature apple trees.  The ground is soft from a spring of heavier 
then normal amount of rain and there appears to be no lateral roots on one 
side of the tree.  Without that root in place and the wind coming from the 
same direction the tree blew over.  There is some damage to the existing 
roots.  Can this 15 to 20 year old apple(I do not know the variety or root 
stock) be saved?  If so how?  Do I need to heavily prune the top to reduce 
the weight of the tree and then stake or is it better to replace the tree 
with something else?

Thanks in advance,
Ward Barnes
Wake, VA, costal zone 7.

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