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nanewnanew

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Top heavy grafted avocado tree
« on: June 21, 2021, 12:13:16 AM »
In Summer of 2020 I successfully grafted onto a half inch wide avocado rootstock. The problem is that I grafted about two feet off the ground and stripped all the lower leaves.

Fast forward to now and the scion is putting on a lot of new growth and there are no branches below the graft union, so its tall and about 3/4" wide all the way up, about 2.5 feet high. 

I'm wondering if I should top the new growth to stimulate lower buds to prevent snapping. It's not in a windy area but it just looks wrong.  Should I just wait it out?

Sincerely,

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Re: Top heavy grafted avocado tree
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2021, 12:29:52 AM »
its fine leave it alone.  it will be totally normal once the scion grows a few feet.
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Re: Top heavy grafted avocado tree
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2021, 12:43:23 AM »
Alright. That's what I want to do just because it'd be weird to cut off the new growth thats here (and what I've been hoping for this whole time).

When do you stop rubbing off shoots below the graft? Never, right? The stalk is so long that a couple of branches below the graft would be nice but I guess that'll slow the desired variety quite a bit.

« Last Edit: June 21, 2021, 12:50:44 AM by nanewnanew »

 

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