I planted a few peaches and nectarines from seeds of varieties I really liked. They are approx 1’ tall now and have many branches growing from them. I want them to grow more vertical and branch higher up so I wasn’t sure if it is more beneficial to remove the branches now so it can put its energy into growing more vertically or will leaving the branching be better for now to have the extra vegetation for energy overall.
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I grew some too. I trimmed the branches off to encourage vertical growth
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You could tip them and have some extra leaves to hopefully get it to put on height/thicken the trunk.
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I brought in some peach seedling that I grew from pits, sowed fall of 2023. I will use them as rootstocks for apricots.
They started breaking bud today.
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Those branches will help the trunk thicken faster, making it stronger. Removing them too soon will force all of its growth into the central growing point which will very likely grow too fast and flop over.
A better method is to simply shorten the side branches so they stay thin, and then gradually remove them from the lowest working up as the trees grow larger.
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Thank you!!
Thank you!!