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 -
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> On Jul 6, 2018, at 1:43 PM, Jon Clements wrote:
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> Anybody
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,
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
