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Betula nigra - river birch
... feet tall but is often seen 40 to 50 feet. It normally grows with a central leader and small-diameter, dark-colored lateral branches. It has a narrow, oval to pyramidal crown ... papery curls providing interest all year round. River birch can be easily trained with one central leader or as a multi-stemmed tree. Some nurseries plant two or three trees together to ...
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Willow Leaf Fig
... which means the side branches have to be kept in check to avoid weakening the central leader. Propagation: Cuttings. Repotting: Ficus salicifolia is best repotted in the warm weather. Its roots grow ...
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Tree Row Volume Spraying - Pest Control
... ft, 34%), 3-wire trellis non-spur (10 ft, 7 ft, 12 ft, 45%), and central leader semi-dwarf non-spur (11 ft, 12.5 ft, 20 ft, 52%). The Lincoln canopy ... percent of full rates in 1990 to four of the five planting systems listed above (central leader semi-dwarf non-spur system was not included). Pesticides were applied with an FMC Economist ...
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Fighting Fire blight
... below the last visible symptoms. If a spur or shoot on the central leader shows signs of blight, immediately remove the central leader down to 8-12 inches below the last visible symptom. Immediate ... away from the central leader. Small cankers that form on these stubs can then be removed during winter pruning whereas a canker that forms at a flush cut on the central leader will be ...
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Fire Blight Symptoms
... in Spring and Summer Oozing Cankers A close-up of the central leader of an infected 10-year-old 'Gala' tree. This view shows ... close-up of the fire blight canker margin moving down the central leader of a young tree. New shoots are growing out of seemly ... the grower wanted confirmation that the trees had rootstock blight. The central leader of this tree had been killed by fire blight and there ...
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PISTACHIO Fruit Facts
... best adapted to the hot, drier regions of California and the Southwest, especially California's central valley and southern California inland areas. Pistachio trees are not particularly suitable as container plants ... , but less so for the home orchardist. The trees should be trained to a modified central leader with 4 or 5 main scaffold limbs branching about 4 ft. from the ground. After ...
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Get Growing Gardening Tips 63- Espalier and fan-trained trees
... WHIP, can be trained quite readily. After planting one should prune the leader back to a bud just above your lowest horizontal wire. The following summer train the uppermost shoot vertically to form a new leader. As the two lateral branches develop below, tie each to a ... about 15 cm above the first tier, then cut back the central leader to the bud above these. Shorten each first tier arm by ...
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ECSONG: The Nuttery: 13(2) 1994
... 1984. The trees follow the characteristics of the heartnut tree-- tending to multistem, without a central leader; lateral scaffold branching is dominant and the limbs are well-socketed and wind- firm. However ... to the Baxter Conservation Area makes an excellent excursion. At the nut grove, a large central interpretive sign locates all the trees and the RVCA is planning more interpretation this year ...
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Colorado State Cooperative Extension Garden Publications Online
... Decay PDF 7.821 Pruning Cuts PDF 7.822 Structural Training of Trees with a Central Leader PDF 7.823 Structural Training of Trees with Multiple Scaffold Branches PDF 7.824 Structural ...
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Tree Fruit in the Home Garden
... the growing season when wood is flexible. Fruit developing on the central leader should be removed to prevent the leader from bending. Retain all branches with wide crotch angles. Second ... and pruning Succeeding Years Continue training and pruning following the previously discussed principles of central leader dominance and proper scaffold selection and training. Scaffolds should be maintained in a ...
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