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Re: [NAFEX] Summer Pruning Mulberries for Dwarfing
- From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Summer Pruning Mulberries for Dwarfing
- Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:18:55 -0500
Last winter or spring Pomona published an article I wrote titled Pruning By Numbers. It might be helpful for you to refer to that.
Unfortunately, after procrastinating for a few months, this is my first issue of Pomona.
For mulberry trees it is also effective to train the branches you leave to a weep by pruning branches back to hanging wood. This won’t affect a branch like stub-cutting because the downward pointing piece you leave will send a hormonal message not to go vegetative at the point of the cut. I have successfully transformed Illinois Everbearings into a less vigorous weeping shape by doing this.
This is really a fantastic idea,... and it would never have occurred to me! Thanks very much! I'll have to try that.
Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
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[NAFEX] Summer Pruning Mulberries for Dwarfing,
Haighal, 10/09/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Summer Pruning Mulberries for Dwarfing, William C. Garthright, 10/09/2007
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