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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> Pruning tends to delay dormancy.


Interesting. That's generally not a problem for me, but it could be, I 
suppose. I don't know if that's a risk with my peaches and plums or not.

Pruning - dormant pruning, at least - also encourages plants to break 
dormancy earlier, doesn't it? I've always heard that I should prune some 
things late, if I want them to stay dormant as long as possible in the 
spring.

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

http://garthright.blogspot.com/

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