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Posted by nballen on October 24, 2006 at 10:48:57 from (198.246.171.252):
In Reply to: Re: another wild hair idea posted by David Mikkelson on October 24, 2006 at 10:10:10:
Not sure where to find one, or exactly what they are called, but somebody has already done "the hedge thing". I'll probably ruffle some feathers with this, but the "lazy man's way" to prune / top an orchard is a device with rotating blades that "mows" all the branches off at a certain height. This is NOT a good pruning practice, but is quick and (at least in terms of manpower required) cheap. The "mower" is a bad idea because it indiscriminately chops all the branches, leaving many stubs and stobs of dead wood (disease haven) in the tree. These stobs also will damage future fruit (especially soft fruit). If you are serious about producing good fruit, take the time and prune the trees properly. Nathaniel
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