No, they never go dormant and if left alone will have spindly, 12 foot
tall branches. They develop an extremely vertical habit that is
unproductive.
We counter this by aggressively bending branches horizontal and pinching
back vertical suckers in order to form fruiting buds. At the start of the
Do not change our workers comp policy.
Bittner Singer Orchards is a DBA of Singer Farms LLC.
We are using the Bittner Singer Orchards name in public to avoid confusion
with a branch of the Singer Family that call themselves Singer Farm
Naturals.
Jim Bittner
Bittner Singer Orchards
6620
I don't know the answer to your question Dave but I would caution you to change
your password now that its been made public. There was a recent post that
explained there had been some problems with the list, but it explained they
have been working on it.
Bill
William H. Shoemaker
Retired