The Tatura Trellis celebrated its 40th birthday recently, having been born under extra-ordinary circumstances in July 1973.
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- By Bas van den Ende
Effects of bending: Hormones - Bending changes the hormonal makeup of the shoot or branch, and this can sometimes create a desirable effect, but can also cause problems.
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A trend is developing in the Goulburn Valley, Victoria, in the training of young apple trees that does not make horticultural sense—and is contrary to the basic principles and practices of training and pruning apple trees on the Tatura systems.
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In an apple or pear orchard, one can readily observe a great variation in spur quality: from strong, healthy spurs to weak, non-productive ones.
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The aim of maintenance pruning is to ensure that apple and pear trees have the right amount of vigour to produce an abundance of good quality fruiting wood every year. This simplistic statement really goes a lot further.
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The proper angle of shoots or branches is an aspect of tree training which encourages formation of flower buds and fruit, allows for sunlight to penetrate into the canopy, gives structural strength to the tree, and directs growth within the young apple tree.
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