Chris Frechette
Yamadori
My local nursery is having a big bare rooted fruit tree sale this weekend... apples, peaches, persimmon, pears and plums. Anyone have experience trunk chopping a fruit tree? I’m curious which would have to best chance.
Hmm that's cool!I know that with some (maybe alot) of stone fruit they will chop the tree down really low to the ground in late winter, and they mound up s substrate of some kind. After several months the trunk will send off a ton of suckers, and they begin to send out roots (above the chop) and BAM they get ground layered whips.
When is the right time of year for citrus trees? Would love to know, I live in citrus-country FL lol so they're *everywhere*, can't say I've thought much about collecting them but reading your post has me thinking to go try and find some now, presuming that holds true for citrus trees & now is the right timing!!all the above, I've chopped all low. Most fruit tree respond pretty well to being chopped at the right time of year.
When is the right time of year for citrus trees? Would love to know, I live in citrus-country FL lol so they're *everywhere*, can't say I've thought much about collecting them but reading your post has me thinking to go try and find some now, presuming that holds true for citrus trees & now is the right timing!!
big bare rooted fruit tree sale this weekend.
Not always. We used to order all trees bare root at the nursery where I worked. Some of those were 6 foot tall with trunks over an inch in diameter.Cuz bare root trees tend to be too small to chop..
Or, go ahead and chop below the graft, and take bets on what pops up!Just make sure you don't chop below the graft... or you won't keep your cultivar.
Be careful to chop at least a couple inches above the graft on fruit tress that are 1 1/2 - 2 inches wide at the base. Here I have landed up with more rootstock growing nicely then trees one year - I was like WTF this does not look like a... Crystal just laughed but I hate wasting resources and time.
Or, go ahead and chop below the graft, and take bets on what pops up!
Not always. We used to order all trees bare root at the nursery where I worked. Some of those were 6 foot tall with trunks over an inch in diameter. The roots need work though. They're usually a mess.