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I trained my peach cobbler which is on a turpie. I did not let a single branch grow more than 10 inches. I pugged at every 10 inch growth. Coco Cream is very fragile wood too. I would stake the hell out of it. You need some serious pruning to do, plus turbo charge ferts, NPK
Quote from: behlgarden on April 24, 2017, 04:19:07 PMI trained my peach cobbler which is on a turpie. I did not let a single branch grow more than 10 inches. I pugged at every 10 inch growth. Coco Cream is very fragile wood too. I would stake the hell out of it. You need some serious pruning to do, plus turbo charge ferts, NPKInteresting technique. Do you have pics of the whole process and of the final result for your Peach cobbler?
Per Excalibur, Coconut cream grows in a weeping willow fashion at full growth with branches hitting the ground with fruit if the cap point is too low.That said, I had to pug mine when it showed signs of disease and an ambrosria attack in the center of the trunk. Caught it in time and saved it.The next step is training the new head to reach 8 feet before encouraging branching and the guy will simply have a heel.Just make sure if you pug it, get it to grow tall enough to deal with the adult weeping branches later on.
I second this thought. Curious to see how the resultant growth takes shape.-KQuote from: shinzo on April 24, 2017, 04:33:08 PMQuote from: behlgarden on April 24, 2017, 04:19:07 PMI trained my peach cobbler which is on a turpie. I did not let a single branch grow more than 10 inches. I pugged at every 10 inch growth. Coco Cream is very fragile wood too. I would stake the hell out of it. You need some serious pruning to do, plus turbo charge ferts, NPKInteresting technique. Do you have pics of the whole process and of the final result for your Peach cobbler?
I spent a fair amount of time getting mine into a nice shape only to have winds from a strong cold front negate my efforts. A lot staking and tape to support branches until they firm up.