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Post by Here to stay on Aug 27, 2017 14:43:49 GMT
I have a Meyer lemon that is about 20 years old. It can not be stepped up in pot size as it is already at the limit of what I can move. I did root prune it once about 5 orv6 years ago.
I have a good thing/ bad thing problem in that I have wanted to root prune it again for a couple of years but it has not had a point at which it wasn't bloomimg,setting fruit or maturing fruit. I'm wondering at what point it wouid be safest to do the root pruning to jeep the most fruit in a year.
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Post by grannyg on Aug 30, 2017 4:39:09 GMT
We have a flat peach tree...we LOVE the peaches when it produces...we are trying to root more of them, so we have a friend that has a huge farm and orchard...he told us what to do, hope it works...we wrapped wet spaghum moss around the growth ring and wrapped plastic around it, wrapped both ends....it hopefully will sprout and we will have some more to plant...have to wait and see...we have three of them on the limbs..
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Post by Here to stay on Aug 30, 2017 14:02:48 GMT
grannyg, that is one technique for rooting I have tried several times without success. I have excellent success with grafting and ground layering but not air layering. It will be interesting to see if you've been successful.
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Post by grannyg on Aug 30, 2017 18:13:22 GMT
I hope we are....they are holding up on the tree, I thought they would dry out but they are still moist...the spaghum moss worked well, but the first big bag we bought was a waste...it was ground up....which was not what we used, so had to reorder the moss off the net....they are beautiful peaches, so sweet...
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Post by spuds on Aug 30, 2017 23:27:11 GMT
How big are your peach tree's,they are in pots?
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Post by grannyg on Aug 31, 2017 2:20:29 GMT
NO...too big for pots...we had two in the front yard...the heavy rain caused one to fall over but I had hubby push it up with the tractor and tried to stabilize it...it is still growing, had a few on it this year...the hail got most of our fruit this year
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Post by bestofour on Aug 31, 2017 2:53:16 GMT
I have a Meyer lemon that is about 20 years old. It can not be stepped up in pot size as it is already at the limit of what I can move. I did root prune it once about 5 orv6 years ago. I have a good thing/ bad thing problem in that I have wanted to root prune it again for a couple of years but it has not had a point at which it wasn't bloomimg,setting fruit or maturing fruit. I'm wondering at what point it wouid be safest to do the root pruning to jeep the most fruit in a year. If it's constantly setting fruit I think you're just going to have to pick a time. If there's a period after a harvest where there isn't much fruit setting or what is setting is very small then I'd say that is the time. I have a feeling that whenever you choose to prune, since you're always in a fruiting situation, you're going to notice a difference for a while.
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