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Re: Mangoes getting blown off trees in Broward County today and yesterday
« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2012, 06:27:31 PM »
A little advice when "staking" or tying up.  It is best to use a bamboo stake (of the like) against the trunk and tie the tree to the stake (at various intervals).  When multiple stakes are used "around the tree and the tree is tied to the steaks in different directions (as if mooring a boat), this can actually lead to a tree being snapped off.  The portion of the tree that is tied/supported is safe but the rest of the tree has no support.  As the wind blows the part that is unsupported, the point where it is tied up could be your "weak spot" where the tree actually snaps.

Richard always told me that he didn't believe in staking newly planted fruit trees.  That he felt the trees would grow stronger without the stakes. Has that changed?
Not really sure as most of Excalibur's fruit trees at the nursery are staked.

I do know he agrees with what I had posted in an earlier thread about how not to stake.
« Last Edit: April 15, 2012, 06:29:17 PM by bsbullie »
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