Should I cut off these trees?
James Kim
2 years ago
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Comments (8)I would prune away all dead wood on your tree. you don't want beetles boring away at the dead wood and laying eggs. as for the suckers, pick one, two, or three that look good and seem to being growing vertical. prune away the rest and concentrate on getting your choice suckers to grow. they will grow fast because you have an established root system pushing them. I prune away the bottom leaves up to about sixteen inches as the sucker grows and do it carefully. allow the sucker to grow to about a foot before pruning any leaves. I normally leave three suckers to grow up and after a couple of months I either train the tree to be a single trunk tree by pruning off the other two or let all three grow and make a bushy tree. I stake them and prune the leaves from the bottom up to as high as two feet so I can cut the grass close to the trunk and keep the future branches from getting too close to the ground. this is a perfect opportunity to shape and train your tree to the way you may have always wanted it. don't be scared to over prune because fig trees are hard to kill by pruning. if your choice sucker dies, another will come along shortly to replace it....See MoreShould I cut off all Baily fruit ?..I explain...
Comments (5)Okay, first off, I have to admit that I don't have years of experience like most of the mango growers here. However, if your not seeing any good vegatative growths since you have had these fruits develop, in my opinion, I would say that you should remove them. I have seen fruits form on my small mango trees before, and even though they say that the tree will only hold what it can, the growth did slow down so I removed the fruit. My thoughts were, if the tree is allowed to grow and get larger, than when it does fruit again, maybe I can allow more than fruit to hold. I know from experience how hard it can be to remove those little fruits, especially when you have NEVER had fruits growing on a mango tree. Good luck! Andrew...See MoreShould I cut the dead branches off this Red Leaf Maple tree?
Comments (3)how do you plan to get up there ... hire someone with a bucket truck NEVER leave dead stuff hanging .. IF you can get to it ... ken...See MoreIs this normal on the Shiranui fruits? Should I cut it off?
Comments (2)Hard to tell from the photos, it could just be sun scald, ie cosmetic. If you could post a better picture we could probably help more. In any case, I think that your tree is too small to let the fruits mature. Pinch them off to allow the tree to focus on growing the first year. Just a recommendation....See MoreJames Kim
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