Re: Gumming of Almonds


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Van: f. cardama <ban@mx3.redestb.es>
Aan: theryans@xtra.co.nz <theryans@xtra.co.nz>; Mediterannean Plants List
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Datum: zondag 14 november 1999 19:42
Onderwerp: RE: Gumming of Almonds


Francisco and Moira

Thanks for the advice.
In the Algarve I see the local farmers completely mollest Almond trees to
only a few big branches. They probably do this to revive an old tree. The
trees respond well with a lot of new growth.
Wim

>wim
>
>mustnīt prune the almonds in autumn.
>
>If you must prunr them, do so in spring as they are flowering or after.
>
>do it now and they may get infected by fungii or silver leaf disease.
>
>francisco
>
>ps.
>
>the practice were I live is to thin the branches in bloom to regulate the
>fruiting, lest they bear fruit year in year out.
>> > Moira
>> > The gum is  clear, so I am lucky. I will put some compost around the
>trees
>> > and will cut off the worst branches.
>>
>> Wim
>> If the gummosis is non-infectious as appears likely, I cannot see the
>> need to cut off the affected branches. Unnecesary mutilation of trees is
>> always something to avoid. Not only because it very often spoils the
>> appearence, but because, like any wounding of a living thing, it gives
>> their systems a shock and lays them open to disease. I would expect
>> anyhow that the fairly large wounds made by cutting off whole branches
>> would simply lead to bigger and better ooozes of gum!
>>
>> Moira
>>
>> --
>> Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
>> Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
>> Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
>>
>
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