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Hi all, I have a young (flowered this year for the first time) seedling cherimoya that grew straight up like a stick with all its leaves at the top. It can't stand up on its own it's so long and spindly, but I'm afraid to cut it back making it a leafless stick. Should I cut it? Will it survive? And if so, to what height? It's over 4 feet tall now, maybe close to 5. Thanks!
Ah ok! Looks like it's getting close to losing its leaves now, actually. So wait for that to happen and then cut it back before it starts pushing new ones, right?Thanks!
Quote from: Zafra on October 09, 2017, 10:36:55 AMAh ok! Looks like it's getting close to losing its leaves now, actually. So wait for that to happen and then cut it back before it starts pushing new ones, right?Thanks!sorry I thought you were in Southern California, LOL. Yes, cut it now. your tree is going into dormancy now due to your weather being spring like now.
So, to clarify, cut back before or after the leaves drop?
But there won't be any spots left by the old leaves after I cut it back. They're all at the top and I'll be cutting the top off.
Quote from: Zafra on October 10, 2017, 08:16:49 AMBut there won't be any spots left by the old leaves after I cut it back. They're all at the top and I'll be cutting the top off. Like all trees don't annona's have dormant foliar buds along the trunk down to their base.....triggered into growth hormonally which can be induced by removing top wood?
Finally here's the picture but I couldn't get the whole "trunk" in there. It's a total of 3.5 feet tall. It's already lost quite a few leaves and will lose the rest in the next weei or so I'm sure.