Hans Quistorff wrote:That is a bad break. You could let the top grow this season to strengthen the tree then cut it back next winter and develop that lower branch into anew leader. Observe how well it forms a callas ring of new bark around the break. The better that potential the better the expected outcome.
Hans Quistorff wrote:My impression is that it will be weak to resist wind and weight of any fruit for a few years but as new wood covers the break it should get stronger and when mature not much of a problem unless there is an opening through the bark allowing rot or larva to enter.
Lorinne Anderson wrote:Diane: this can be done much more simply and cheaply with zap straps, on any kind of fence using any sort of branch/pole/bamboo some string, and flagging tape.
Yes, it is effective - with deer you need only have a "visual barrier" and/or something that moves. To be clear, the flags must be placed, at minimum, every two feet (at one point they say every 20 ft...I suspect that is a typo) and can be done with multiple layers of string/flags to a minimum height of 8 ft. If you are in a snow zone, or on a slope you will need to be higher.
Joseph Lofthouse wrote:
The great project of my life, is creating landrace tomatoes. Neither genetic-diversity, nor promiscuous pollination were available in domestic tomatoes, so I ended up making inter-species hybrids between domestic tomatoes and wild tomatoes.