From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pruning Apricots
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:39:49 -0500
Frost may have killed branches. Scratch the bark to see if it is green under
the bark. If the branches are thin, chances are the branch is dead.
None of the branches are actually dead (well, one or two very thin ones,
I guess), because they are growing from the ends. It's just that there's
a long bare space before then. And along the bigger branches, there are
all these bare spurs.
I was just wondering if these bare areas would ever produce leaves
and/or fruit again. It's been a very nice little tree, but it's about as
big as I want it to get, so I'll be summer pruning the growing tips. But
if these spurs and bare areas are gone for good, I'm not sure what can do.
Thanks,
Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
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