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Greg Rouse starts with ... My apricot tree is grown from seed and had no fruit until last season when it had a huge crop. But my question is the tree has grown to about 7-8 metres and needs to be reduced to a manageable size, when is the best time to prune and will pruning stop it from going crazy with new growth in spring. Thanks Greg | About the Author Canberra 27th March 2008 1:23pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
aNON says... The rule with apricots is to never cut into last years wood for fear of fungal disease attack. So take you life into your hands and cut it back to fresh growth as low as you can go and spray with Kocide afterwards. PS Prune when leaves are yellow in autumn to promote healing prior to winter. | About the Author aNON 27th March 2008 1:39pm #UserID: 700 Posts: 194 View All aNON's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author peter30001 adelaide 27th March 2008 7:09pm #UserID: 593 Posts: 293 View All peter30001's Edible Fruit Trees |
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D says... April is a pretty good time to prune apricots as they are lilkely to get diseases if they are dormant, so do it whilst there is still growth and the wounds can heal. (Summer & Autumn). Nectarines need to be pruned regularly to stimulate new growth as they bear fruit on last season's growth. Prune about half of the previous years growth and remove internal branches for airflow etc and also remove any weak shoots. | About the Author D Tamborine Mountain 27th March 2008 10:28pm #UserID: 779 Posts: 8 View All D's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author aNON 28th March 2008 2:41pm #UserID: 700 Posts: 194 View All aNON's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author peter30001 adelaide 28th March 2008 4:20pm #UserID: 593 Posts: 293 View All peter30001's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author sull perth 28th March 2008 4:57pm #UserID: 821 Posts: 2 View All sull's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author peter30001 adelaide 28th March 2008 5:09pm #UserID: 593 Posts: 293 View All peter30001's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Kath Cawongla 29th March 2008 1:22pm #UserID: 2 Posts: 363 View All Kath's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author peter30001 adelaide 29th March 2008 3:53pm #UserID: 593 Posts: 293 View All peter30001's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Kath Cawongla 29th March 2008 5:10pm #UserID: 2 Posts: 363 View All Kath's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Anonymous says... Hay peter and kath, the trees will never flower here in autumn, and if they did the bees dont work in the temperature in adelaide at that time. Only prune the trees that have stopped groing unless u dont want them getting larger. If like my apricots there still growing, but not the othe stone fruits. Peter dont forget dont prune if the cut peices will get wet. You will bring virueses in. | About the Author 29th March 2008 7:25pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author au0rey Melbourne 1st January 2009 2:23pm #UserID: 1600 Posts: 165 View All au0rey's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author health101orgarticles1 Ovahere 3rd January 2009 7:45pm #UserID: 316 Posts: 159 View All health101orgarticles1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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jim says... help i have a young apricot tree that has been doing wonderful i planted it about 4 months ago it is now about 8 feet the trunk about 1 1/2 inches i woke up this morning heart broken to see that one of my st bernards had jumpt up and broke a branch not completly of what should i do i lifted the branch into place and straped it up help | About the Author Jim1 san beernardino ca 2nd October 2009 12:36am #UserID: 2811 Posts: 3 View All Jim1's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author JohnI Melbourne 2nd October 2009 10:16am #UserID: 1975 Posts: 248 View All JohnI's Edible Fruit Trees |
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