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OK, just how do you coax a climber up a tree?

sherryocala
14 years ago

I have R Fortuniana in the ground since 3/08. I've been trying to get him to climb up into an oak tree that's limbed up pretty high - maybe to 12'. I've tied him to the trunk (first with a bungee cord LOL) and at this point would need a ladder to tie him even higher up. He's sending out side shoots that fountain out from the tree but the canes aren't stiff enough to go straight up and aren't long enough to reach the limbs. The arching canes might reach if they went straight up but they don't. So far I've been tying the canes to the tree vertically for the most part rather than wrapping them. Is this right or wrong? I have a Purezza that I want to send into the trees, too, but haven't started yet so I need some instruction. Please help.

It's cloudy & rainy here so the photos are kinda dim, and since the canes are so thin they're hard to see, but hopefully, you 'get the picture'.

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Sherry

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