This is Yellow transparent on G.202. I received it this spring with two branches - left was as it is now, right was like 3-4 times longer. I pruned it to balance with the left one. Left one is soft, I am going to tie it it down. But the right one is very stiff, I can’t even move it by hand without chance of breaking. And the angle is just a bit more then 45 degrees. When I pruned it I cut above downward bud, which is waking up now. Should I just wait for new shoot from that bud and position it as I want, or that 45 degree angle is potential problem and I have just prune whole branch to start over?
I think that the angle of the branch is OK as it is. As new growth develops you can train it downwards a bit. Your branch angle is not so acute as to cause a problem with bark inclusion.
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Thanks!
I might notch the bud above the heavy branch to get that bud to form a branch.
Need more info on it. You mean the bud on the left on main trunk, or next one up, that still look dormant? I thought the one that on the left will produce the branch on it’s on. What do you mean [quote=“Chikn, post:4, topic:10831”]
notch the bud
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From the camera angle looks like the next bud up the main trunk. To notch a bud, with a sharp knife, cut through the bark just above the bud. Next, cut an arching cut from start to end of the first cut and remove that piece of bark leaving the notch. The cut will look like a half moon. This will stimulate that bud to produce a branch.
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thanks!
I edited the response.
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Is it safe to do to more then one bud on such a small tree?
I will do 3-4 depending on bud placement and branches needed
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The notching technique is a good one and I’ve used it to encourage sluggish grafts too.
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