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Nectarine whip is only pushing growth in one bud

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eez0:
Last fall I bought a nectarine tree with a nice but very high branching, so I cut it down to knee high and it became a whip.

It has pushed growth for a while already. The problem is that the stubborn want to push growth on the lower buds, no matter how many times I stop it.

It has only pushed growth in one of the high buds, which is already a branch pushing more branches.

How could I encourage the other buds to start growing? Should I prune back this new branch that it's already pushing too far?

mangoba:
I would say give it some time to let the roots get established so that when you cut again it won't have a problem pushing on multiple spots.

eez0:
This is it.

mangoba:
That's above the graft union so it will be fine, don't bother it for now. If anything try to straighten it as that branch will become the main trunk.

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