Maiden69
Masterpiece
So, I have been reading a lot about trunk chops as I have quite a few trees approaching the time of their first chop, but most of the threads I find talk about spring before the push of growth. I did read @Brian Van Fleet trident thread where at the end he stated that he advocates now to chop post-flush-harden, what are the benefits? I though you chopped in spring if you wanted to develop the next part of your trunk, and that pruning post-flush was mostly to start developing secondaries.
In the event of doing it post-flush, how do you estimate the right timing? Most my trees are full of leaves sight now, but the trident and Chinese pistache that are prime candidates for the chop are still pushing fleshy bright red/orange growth on the top half of the canopy.
In the event of doing it post-flush, how do you estimate the right timing? Most my trees are full of leaves sight now, but the trident and Chinese pistache that are prime candidates for the chop are still pushing fleshy bright red/orange growth on the top half of the canopy.