Trim the rootstock at an angle or forget it?

[sandbur]

2015 topwork. I know I need to take the suckers off. Should the rootstock be cut at an angle or just forget it?

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[aerospacefarmer]

Forget it. Nature will take care of it. Very nice topwork by the way

 

[Apple Junkie]

I wish I could top work with as much success, looks good! Like aerospace says, aside from trimming the suckers, I' let it be too.

 

[sandbur]

I wish I could top work with as much success, looks good! Like aerospace says, aside from trimming the suckers, I' let it be too.

I had two topworks of my Garden Crab (probably Columbia) on my wild swamp crab that fruited this last year. There was one other that fruited on a seedling but I lost the tag. All these were from 2015 top works. This past spring, topworks were pretty poor success. 2016 was OK, but success is going down hill. :(


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