Iris Cohen wrote:

Can I defoliate a crabapple (potted last year) same as a maple? If so, when is
the best time in Zone 5? Tree is leafed out already.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)


Iris:
I defoliated one of mine last year, but didn't see much in the way of leaf
reduction or ramification The tree tolerated it very well.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a

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