Re: [apple-crop-2] Nurse limb removal?

[David Doud]

I often pinch the growing tips on the nurse limbs to encourage vigor in the 
graft - lots of hormonal things going on with growing tips - if the nurse limb 
is threatening to overwhelm the graft I’ll remove some or all of it - 

D


> On Jul 6, 2018, at 1:43 PM, Jon Clements  wrote:
> 
> Anybody have an opinion (or expertise?) on when is the best time to remove 
> nurse (limbs) on top-worked trees? Obviously want to push the grafts, so do 
> the nurse limbs take away energy? I guess I want to say they should/could be 
> removed during the upcoming dormant season, but what about cutting them off 
> now? Most of the grafts have grown one to two feet by now now...
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jon
> 
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Re: [apple-crop-2] Nurse limb removal?

[Hugh Thomas]

My gut feeling, not based on any science I know of, just a few years of kicking 
dirt around, is too leave them until dormant, so that they can help with photo 
timing in the fall and the senescence will put back some nutrients. Just 
sayin'

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> On Jul 6, 2018, at 11:43 AM, Jon Clements  wrote:
> 
> Anybody have an opinion (or expertise?) on when is the best time to remove 
> nurse (limbs) on top-worked trees? Obviously want to push the grafts, so do 
> the nurse limbs take away energy? I guess I want to say they should/could be 
> removed during the upcoming dormant season, but what about cutting them off 
> now? Most of the grafts have grown one to two feet by now now...
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jon
> 
> -- 
> JMCEXTMAN (aka Jon Clements)
> 413.478.7219 Verizon
> 413.378.3068 Project Fi
> UMass Cold Spring Orchard
> 393 Sabin Street
> Belchertown, MA  01007
> http://umassfruit.com
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[apple-crop-2] Nurse limb removal?

[Jon Clements]

Anybody have an opinion (or expertise?) on when is the best time to remove
nurse (limbs) on top-worked trees? Obviously want to push the grafts, so do
the nurse limbs take away energy? I guess I want to say they should/could
be removed during the upcoming dormant season, but what about cutting them
off now? Most of the grafts have grown one to two feet by now now...

Thanks.

Jon

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413.478.7219 Verizon
413.378.3068 Project Fi
UMass Cold Spring Orchard
393 Sabin Street
Belchertown, MA  01007
http://umassfruit.com
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