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

2018-07-06 Thread 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 ha

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

2018-07-06 Thread 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' Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2018, at 11:43 AM,