Damus
Low Information Voter · 86w
You're gonna have to prune that tree back. Hard. Modern varieties aren't designed to live without humans keeping them trimmed. Too much weight of fruit without a corresponding increase in structural ...
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Thank you. In hindsight, I should have realized that, but was just so happy to see so much fruit. Should I cut one whole half of the split off? Or do you think simply trimming both sides extensively will be enough and it will self half?
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Low Information Voter · 86w
Tough call! My gramps would totally have known what to do, I'm just a dilettante. I'm worried about the tree dying back later from the exposed cut, however you prune. I fear the correct thing to do would be to cut off both sides of the split and put a thick layer of bitumen over the cut area. Leavi...