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Old 12-21-2004, 04:04 PM
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Dan O.
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Default RE: Fertilizing Crab apple trees??

Criggster; we prune our fruit trees when they're dormant and then spread the first fertilizer just after the snow melt has ocurred. You're definitely correct about the amount to prune. If you take off too much wood the sucker growth is much greater. A good rule of thumb is never to take off more than 10% of the fruiting wood in one year. You can break this rule when removing diseased or very badly placed branches but it's better to spread major reshaping over several years.

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