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[Jocelyn Campbell <jocecampbell@gmail.com>]

Frances, there is a lengthy thread on the no pruning techniques out at
permies.com, http://www.permies.com/bb/index.php?topic=2590.0. Larry Korn
even commented in it a few times!

HTH,

Jocelyn


On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:12 PM, frances and/or david
<fdnokes@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Just reflecting a bit more on the Paul Wheaton interview with Larry Korn,
> reflecting on a historic visit with Fukuoka.
> The bit about tree pruning was really interesting, and I would love to hear
> more on this topic. Perhaps some others who listened (or not) have more to
> pitch in on this topic.   Basically, Fukuoka as a devotee of nature, felt
> that pruning was unnatural and controlling, but that once it was started
> (usually at the nursery), there was no turning back. A natural tree will
> develop in a suitable pattern, often a whorl.  Fukuoka, bless him, did not
> mind getting up into a tree on a ladder, and, if he couldn't reach every
> last apple, saw no harm done in leaving them for the wildlife that could
> access them.  What a different world this would be if more people thought
> like Fukuoka!  The mere fact that he spent his time in observation of nature
> would create a whole different ecosphere.
> I was interested in this comment about pruning.
> Also interesting was his preference for growing fruit trees from seed.
>  Yes, some of them will bear fruit you can eat and others will bear fruit
> that others will eat... (We clear off an apple tree every year, and enjoy
> the apples in all kinds of ways, mostly juicing, blending, and eating out of
> hand -- the owners of the tree see them as 'cooking apples')
> And, if I'm not mistaken (but would welcome some clarification),
> apparently, some of the apple seed grown trees will just not bear any fruit
> at all?  At any rate, I am seeing that as part of a larger parcel of land,
> maybe even as part of a windbreak scheme?, apple trees from seed could be
> very beautiful.
> Anyone have anything to add on this topic of trees -- the natural way... ?
> This takes us back in time, and to a less demanding way of life, for
> ourselves and for the plants, too.
> Frances
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