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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Suggestions for a small hedge?
« on: August 17, 2023, 12:09:29 AM »
Pineapple Guava possibly, do get height, but take well to pruning.
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Mr. mangonuts - here's a pic of the small grafted Venus. When I turned the plant around
I noticed a couple new shoots coming up! Looks healthy. It was the standard cleft graft on a manila.
Yeah, I've not had a lot of luck with grafting directly on planted trees and I think you (and I) probably know by now with our heat, the window for grafting is much narrower than for everyone else. I think I managed this one late summer but can't remember. I remember I shaded it heavily and gave it a good chance to take.
sorry for the blurry pic....
Gary
Congrats Gary on the successful Venus graft! Curious to see how well Venus will do in the desert and SoCal. Happy planting! Please keep us posted.
Possibly from boring insects and the tree is sapping to push out/kill insect or is disease from gummosis.I bought one the year as I love apricots but my wife doesn't. She does like plums. I figured a good compromise. Unfortunately, my tree has issues. There's a big sap area coming out of one of the branches. When I asked the nursery about it they said it was just damaged it would be fine. But now it's all dying off above the sap. Should I just cut it below the sap?Mine is doing the same thing.
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I read online that they can get dieback if it rains shortly after pruning, so pruning was recommended to be done as soon as harvest is finished.
T-post and tree-o-mate support work wonder shaping trees. My Barbados after planting with and without support.
I have a similar set-up, but using just a regular 8ft green stake and green garden tie-tape. Im just wondering because i've heard that supporting a weak tree doesn't encourage a strong root system in the long run.