Posted by ianmckenna on May 8, 2010, 3:52 pm
i have two dual pear trees planted last autumn now the trees have many
branch
runners , branches from lower part to top , i am not sure whether
i need to
prune these back please can you advise.
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ianmckenna
Posted by brooklyn1 on May 8, 2010, 5:09 pm
ianmckenna wrote:
>i have two dual pear trees planted last autumn now the trees have many
>branch runners , branches from lower part to top , i am not sure whether
>i need to prune these back please can you advise.
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Posted by David Hare-Scott on May 8, 2010, 7:28 pm
ianmckenna wrote:
> i have two dual pear trees planted last autumn now the trees have many
> branch runners , branches from lower part to top , i am not sure
> whether i need to prune these back please can you advise.
I am not sure what yopu mean by a dual pear tree. Is it where two types of
fruiting wood are grafted on to the same root stock?
Where exactly are these "runners" coming from? Are we talking about from
the roots, below the bud union with the root stock, above the bud union or
somewhere else?
David
>branch runners , branches from lower part to top , i am not sure whether
>i need to prune these back please can you advise.