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Sat, Dec 20, 14 at 16:39
| My dad unfortunately passed away and his trees have been neglected for about 3 years during his illness. My sister lives in the house and we're going to get the yard back in order this spring. So what about this little plumb tree? She thinks a bear ripped it up (the way I remember it he took a huge branch off the Stanley plumb which is also lopsided but not this badly). Is there anything we can do to even it back out? Is it worth keeping? It was a good producer when it had limbs lol. We know nothing about fruit trees because they were our dad's project so any advice would be appreciated. I think this tree is about 25 years old if that helps. |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Sat, Dec 20, 14 at 19:36
| Looks like it has still some branches...I wouldn't worry, let it do it's own thing a couple of years and see. The nob sticking out, you can cut it on a angle even with the trunk..helps not getting water trapped in there. It can't have much grows toward the house anyway,..it might need a stake. I'm sorry for your loss. |
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- Posted by pinkiemarie 5 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 20, 14 at 23:29
| Yep it does have some branches but it's so lopsided and sad looking! I'm glad you think it might fill in some. That's good news. We'll leave it be for now :) |
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- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 21, 14 at 8:19
| You could mulch about a 6' ring around the trunk and give the tree a few handfulls of high nitrogen fertilizer in the spring to get some more vigor out of the tree. If the tree responds you may be able to gradually straighten it somewhat by pushing the top towards the house with a very sturdy and fairly tall crutch, perhaps made from a sapling tree or constructed out of a 2X4. If the tree cannot be coaxed out of sluggish growth, it may not be worth saving, even with the connection to Dad. A tree not growing with reasonable vigor is a dying tree. |
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- Posted by pinkiemarie 5 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 21, 14 at 10:15
| I hadn't thought about trying to straighten it so thanks for the idea. It was so great before the bear which was just over a year ago, so maybe it can be saved. Luckily we have another plumb and about 6 apple trees as well :) |
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