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In a message dated 12/1/2006 1:43:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu writes:

> This bark inversion technique interferes with normal flow of sugars/auxins produced in the canopy, back down to the roots,      
 

Several years back Claypool girdled several of his persimmon trees to kill them. He did it in the fall. That blocked the return flow and the next year those trees bore very heavy crops, then of course died. 

I've seen it written that a limb can be brought into earlier bearing by making a large half moon shaped cut under the limb, longer than the limb is wide to help block return flow from that limb. Remove the bark within the half moon cut.    

Jerry