Apple Tree Issues
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I've never tried anything like that so I honestly don't know.
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Cut all the dead off and leave the healthiest strongest looking shoot and grow it out. Please keep us posted on the results. You have nothing to lose and letting the shoot grow will be a good learning experience.
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Excellent!
It is simply amazing how people will pay hundreds of $, thousands of $ for trees and plants but will say without blinking an eye that soil tests are too expensive...or worse, soil tests are "rigged by the sellers of commercial fertilizers" which I have seen declared on this forum.
Soil tests are invaluable!!
How far down the trunk should I go
How far down the trunk should I go? I noticed that some of the leaves, sparse as they are, are starting to turn green again. Kinda makes me reluctant to start popping branches off.
No hundreds or thousands here. Think we got our trees for $25 - $50 a piece a a local nursery. Followed their advice and directions and the things grew well. Except for aphids we haven't had any issues with them for the 3-4 years we've had them. Delicious firm apples. Still learning the pruning aspects so I may have botched something there.