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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

Thanks, Amy.  That actually argues that it's not worth it.  There's no real 
value in keeping the limbs for one or two seasons.  In the one case, I like 
the placement of the limb, but the tree is large enough to do fine without 
it, and tall and full enough that it's unlikely to replace a limb that low.  
In the other, the damaged limbs, which I grafted on 10 years ago, are the 
only thing interesting about the tree, which is otherwise a random seedling 
crab.  

Ginda
eastern MA, zone 6

On Apr 10, 2011, at 8:19 PM, Amelia Hayner wrote:

> Hi Ginda
> he is right, that does work- speaking from experience with goat/sheep
> partially girdling branches. Most of the time, LOTS of new growths spring up
> around the wounds. you can just pick what you want, pull the rest off-
> basically, this is just first aid, until you can get your next set of
> scaffolding branches up and going- cause under the weight of fruit, it will
> tend to snap at the weak place.
> Amy
> 
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 6:26 PM, david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Ginda,
>> I haven't tried this - here in town I have no damage from rabbits - but it
>> occurs to me you could cut a twig from whatever branch is damaged and
>> "bridge graft" it over some of the damage.
>> 
>> You might try splitting a twig and inserting each end into a slit in the
>> bark on either side of the damage, tie off with grafting tape and look in 
>> on
>> it each week to see how it does. By June I imagine the tape would no longer
>> be needed, but you must be the judge of that.
>> 
>> Hope you save your apple grafts.
>> 
>> Dave Liezen
>> 
>>> From: list@ginda.us
>>> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 21:38:20 -0400
>>> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>>> Subject: [NAFEX] rabbit damage to apple trees
>>> 
>>> Over the winter, the high snow allowed rabbits to crew on limbs of my
>> apple trees. They have removed quite a lot of bark from the top side of 
>> many
>> major branches, and white wood shows. I really don't want to prune off all
>> the damaged wood if I don't have to. On one tree, a well-placed scaffold is
>> damaged, and on another, there's damage on almost all of the parts that 
>> were
>> grafted. (It's a crab apple with several eating apples grafted on years
>> ago.)
>>> 
>>> So -- Do I have to remove the damaged limbs? Is the bark along the bottom
>> of each branch enough to keep it alive? Or will it be weak and prone to rot
>> even if it doesn't die right away?
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> Ginda
>>> eastern MA, zone 6
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