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["R. Kelly Coffey" <kelly@theravenrocks.com>]

But is that necessarily a bad thing? In other words, would it negatively affect the rest of the tree? If the new growth is killed, you are back where you started and presumably no worse off than if you didn't prune at all, but yet have a head start on the pruning. I'm asking, not advising; because I don't know. I've always wondered about this but have never seen it addressed in any literature.

 

Kelly 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: nottke1 [mailto:nottke1@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 07:56 PM
To: andrew@beeberrywoods.com, 'North American Fruit Explorers'
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Mid summer Apple Pruning

Main problem with pruning this late in your summer is it will stimulate new growth which won't have time to harden off and will lead to a good bit of winter-kill on the new growth. Jim Nottke z7 NC -----Original Message----- >From: Andrew Dewey >Sent: Aug 10, 2009 6:23 PM >To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org >Subject: [NAFEX] Mid summer Apple Pruning > >My brother asked me this weekend about consequences of pruning a >neglected 40' Northern Spy this time of year - and I couldn't give him >an answer. The tree was planted by my Father who passed six years ago - >And I doubt he'd done any pruning for years. > >One limb to go ASAP is a 8"+ diameter one about five feet of the ground >that interferes with lawn mowing. Just doing that would be a big help - >and the more serious pruning could wait until dormancy. This tree is so >big that a bucket truck will be necessary to reach the top. > >The tree is located in the Boston suburbs - zone 6. > >There is some fruit - but nothing I'd want to eat! > >All thoughts welcome! Thanks! >_______________________________________________ >nafex mailing list >nafex@lists.ibiblio.org > >Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. >This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites. >Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission! > >**YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** >Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded. >No exceptions. >---- >To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options): >http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex > >File attachments are NOT stripped by this list. >TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES! >Please do not send binary files. >Use plain text ONLY in emails! > >NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/ Jim Nottke Pfafftown, NC _______________________________________________ nafex mailing list nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites. Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission! **YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded. No exceptions. ---- To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex File attachments are NOT stripped by this list. TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES! Please do not send binary files. Use plain text ONLY in emails! NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/