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5 year old buck +
I have a few trees that did not put on much vertical growth there first year and some that did not in their first or second year. All are 111 or 118 rootstock. All are in orchards where other trees are doing fine. All were planted as bare root trees. One or two are snow sweet, one or two are frostbite, and one may be an Arkansas black. What should I do / cut the central leader back late winter and fertilize and lime a little more this year. There are enough laterals on them for photosynthesis, but not so many laterals that it is likely to take from the central leader. There are no competing central leaders?