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  • From: William McNam <billmcnam@yahoo.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Fruit trees' leaves dropped/dying - but green inside; cut just above graft-union?
  • Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:39:24 -0700 (PDT)



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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