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| Hi everyone,
Yes, all 45 fruit trees in their holes - mulched, manured and watered! Three years in the making - a weekend to plant!! Next weekend is pruning time, and so to my question: when pruning do you use a fruit tree sealer? If yes, what do you use or what brand if you buy it?? This is all very new to me and hubby, so any tips would be greatly appreciated (once again!) Cheers
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| Well done Lyn. I just planted out 23 grape vines - all different varieties and about 12mths in the making. Not quite as good as you though, but I am feeling it today. Re pruning: We don't use any sealer when pruning, provided it's pruning done with secateurs. I assume your trees will only have small branches to prune. If you have to use a saw there are arguments for using sealant. I will leave that up to others to advise on. Once again, well done |
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- Posted by living_simple Tasmania (My Page) on Sun, Jul 24, 05 at 21:20
| Thanks Pepino! Congrats on your grape vines - they will be wonderful!! It's amazing how much effort it does take to do this gardening thing! My back is not my friend today!!! Yes, the fruit trees are quite small, so secateurs are going to be the tool! Do i have to worry about transferring 'sap' or disease if pruning apples, and then pears, and then plums, etc, etc?? Thanks again Pepino, and good luck with the grapes (can't wait to plant them, too - ahhh to dream!!!) Cheers |
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| If you're concerned about transfer of disease, (and you are right to be concerned) you can make a mix of bleach and water and dip the secateur blades into it between each plant. A cupful that you can carry around would be a worthy precaution. |
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| Congrats to lyn and pepino for getting that many plants in a weekend. I thought 10 hazelnuts in a day was a strain. Hopefully, you didnt have to clear the area of blackberry, etc like we had to... Back to pruning, I use alcohol to clean my secateurs from the sap... lyn I got my pear from the local nursery, a beauty just waiting for me to take it home...it was a doyenne de commice. Now I'm looking for other heritage pears and quinces! Helen |
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| Thanks Helen Actually the ground was already prepared and all I had to do was dig the hole in already rotary hoed soil. I wouldn't be able to dig too many holes in virgin ground here in one day. Hard-as-rock clay. Dad's 14hp rotary hoe does most of the work. |
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