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5 year old buck +
I am keeping three identical apple trees for a tutorial of sorts. It'll be the story of the 3 little Kerrs. One will be virtually unpruned, one middle of the road, and the third will be agressively pruned. All will be central leader styled.
Seems there's little well documented story's on pruning. Like see the same tree every year. Almost every online nursery has minor to majorly conflicting advice. Wack it good, don't to let it fruit, only purne incorrect growth, etc....
Anybody see something well written or video taped? Any input on adivce for these 3 styles? Rootstocks are all Antonovka. These were the roostocks that got girdled from rabbits in the winter of 2022 / early 2023. All kerr's are 3.5 tall or so.
Was going to do with with M111 rootstock grown to adult size. However, they say m111 by itself is suspectible to cedar pple rust. Still letting one go to adult size just to see what happens.
Seems there's little well documented story's on pruning. Like see the same tree every year. Almost every online nursery has minor to majorly conflicting advice. Wack it good, don't to let it fruit, only purne incorrect growth, etc....
Anybody see something well written or video taped? Any input on adivce for these 3 styles? Rootstocks are all Antonovka. These were the roostocks that got girdled from rabbits in the winter of 2022 / early 2023. All kerr's are 3.5 tall or so.
Was going to do with with M111 rootstock grown to adult size. However, they say m111 by itself is suspectible to cedar pple rust. Still letting one go to adult size just to see what happens.