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[William McNam <billmcnam@yahoo.com>]

Yes, cut off  as much of the top as possible!


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On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 7:29 PM PDT Steven Covacci wrote:

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>Group:
>A friend of mine plants a number of fruit trees (stone-fruits, pear, etc.) 
>bareroot this spring in clay soil.  He says they received enough rain, but I 
>think there was drought.. not sure.
>So, he showed me photos: the leaves have almost all dropped off of most of 
>these.  He says the wood is still green inside.  If he digs around the 
>trunks and amends with manure, and waters can he do the following to save 
>the trees: cut off the trunk at a few inches above each graft-union so that 
>the trees can focus their energy reserves into a small segment of the 
>remaining scion?
>Thank you,
>Steve; NJ
> 
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