I like to hear thoughts on pollarding fruit trees that are grafted to standard or even semi-dwarf rootstock as a means to control tree height vs. grafting to a dwarfing rootstock. I'm talking about maintaining height at around 10-12'. Had opportunity to go to the Czech Republic this summer and got to see some amazing gardens and orchards, and a lot of the trees were pollarded.
Anyone practicing this please weigh in!
Thanks
I will try to maintain all my trees (Pawpaw, Mulberry, Persimmon, Asian Pear) to around 12 feet. I was thinking it falls under backyard pruning more than pollarding. Will try to train the branches to hang low to the ground also.
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