broken nectarine (forum)

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Hi a branch broke off of my 4 year old nectarine tree laden heavy with fruit,we have met a friend who says he knows how to prune it this time,he is going to cut it back very hard will that make any difference to the crop we get next year.Does anyone know how to use green nectarines I have allot dont like throwing them.
Thanks allot Maz

Time: 26th December 2009 9:06pm

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Charles says...
Nectarine and peach trees bear fruit on one-year-old wood, so new growth must be encouraged each year anyway you should be fine.

Thin out the centre, remove vigerous laterals (water shoots),cut/thin branchs to an outward-growing branch. Thin out 10 to 20 % of the one-year-old fruiting wood each year to give you new growth for fruiting next year.

And remember you end up thining 75% of the fruit so it wont kill you to lose 50% of the fruit with a neavy prune.

How green is the fruit ? If its almost full size but still green you could make pickles/chutney. Try ripening them in paper bags if they are really close to ripe.

Green Nectarine Pickles

Put a thin layer of salt on a dish, over this put a layer of green nectarines, then salt and more fruit, and continue in this way until as much fruit is used as is desired. Cover over with a thick coating of salt and let it remain for four or five days. Carefully take out the fruit, wipe dry and place in the sun for two or three days, turning frequently; then pack away in jars. Have ready a mixture sufficient to cover the fruit composed of one ounce each of white ginger, red peppers, allspice and cloves, one-half ounce of sugar, one shallot and six green peppers to each quart of vinegar. Let the vinegar boil for ten to fifteen minutes, remove from the fire, add and dissolve in it a very small quantity of alum, which will help to make the fruit crisp; when cold pour this over the fruit, then cover the jars and put away for use.

Time: 28th December 2009 12:33am

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Damo says...
Sounds good, I agrre.

Time: 30th December 2009 10:22am

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