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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] ringing fruit trees
  • Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:38:57 -0800

Title: Re: [NAFEX] ringing fruit trees
Try it only on a small limb first.  Here in the NW, such wounding would be an invitation to gummosis and pseudomonas on apricots and other stone fruits.

>Are there fruit trees which should not be ringed with a knife to
>stimulate flowering/fruiting?  I've heard a lot about it with apples, but
>i wonder about apricots peaches, cherries, etc?  Also have pawpaws and
>Che fruit...  Thanks.

I know in California, girdling is a very common practice with apricots to
increase fruit size.  Common with seedless grape vines as well.



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