Eric D New Member Joined Jul 7, 2017 Messages 4 Reaction score 0 Location BIRMINGHAM Sep 2, 2017 #1 What happened to this okame? This is on the main stem about 5 ft off the ground Attachments IMG_0559.JPG 1.2 MB · Views: 28
Banguts ArboristSite Member Joined Nov 21, 2016 Messages 51 Reaction score 53 Location Nevada City, CA Sep 2, 2017 #2 I'm no expert, but could have been topped?
JeffGu Antagonist/Heckler Joined Nov 16, 2014 Messages 917 Reaction score 1,538 Location Osceola, Nebraska Sep 2, 2017 #3 Yes, it's a fruit tree... it will have been topped at the nursery.
Eric D New Member Joined Jul 7, 2017 Messages 4 Reaction score 0 Location BIRMINGHAM Sep 2, 2017 #4 I'm thinking you're right. It was topped at the nursery and it has sent up a new leader. It is a Cherry tree, but it's flowering. I bears no fruit. What nursury would top a flowering tree?
I'm thinking you're right. It was topped at the nursery and it has sent up a new leader. It is a Cherry tree, but it's flowering. I bears no fruit. What nursury would top a flowering tree?
ATH Addicted to ArboristSite AS Supporting Member. Joined Nov 19, 2006 Messages 5,040 Reaction score 5,166 Location Ohio Sep 2, 2017 #5 Leader may have died? May have been really crooked and they thought the better bet was to start a new leader? Or...sometimes I scratch my head about nursery practices.
Leader may have died? May have been really crooked and they thought the better bet was to start a new leader? Or...sometimes I scratch my head about nursery practices.
JeffGu Antagonist/Heckler Joined Nov 16, 2014 Messages 917 Reaction score 1,538 Location Osceola, Nebraska Sep 2, 2017 #6 They do it to all kinds of ornamental fruit trees to give them a more "oriental" or "Japanese garden" look. I've seen them do it to Redbud trees, too.
They do it to all kinds of ornamental fruit trees to give them a more "oriental" or "Japanese garden" look. I've seen them do it to Redbud trees, too.
Jason Douglas ArboristSite Guru Joined Oct 23, 2016 Messages 549 Reaction score 348 Location Columbus Sep 2, 2017 #7 Nursery growers have no concept of structural pruning. Topping cuts = fast reactive growth = bigger tree faster = $$$$.
Nursery growers have no concept of structural pruning. Topping cuts = fast reactive growth = bigger tree faster = $$$$.
JeffGu Antagonist/Heckler Joined Nov 16, 2014 Messages 917 Reaction score 1,538 Location Osceola, Nebraska Sep 3, 2017 #8 Bastards would top a Bald Cypress seedling and try to sell it as a Japanese Maple.