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Millet
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Get More Fruit By Bending A Citrus Tree's Branches
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July 20, 2017, 11:41:38 AM »
http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-07-19/sunraysia-citrus-growers-bend-tree-branches-to-meet-demands/8719810
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Susanne42
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July 20, 2017, 12:09:39 PM »
Interesting. Kinda like espalier? Wondering if that would work for container citrus too but then might get difficult to move around
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Citradia
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July 20, 2017, 05:46:15 PM »
Didn't know it worked for citrus like it's does for apples and pears.
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Millet
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Citradia, see there you go, I didn't know it worked for apples and pears.
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Re: Get More Fruit By Bending A Citrus Tree's Branches
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July 21, 2017, 07:51:23 PM »
Yes. You tie rocks or some kind of weights on the branches of young pear/apple tree to bend branches and it makes them produce flower spurs for the next year. I've tried it, and it works well.
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