In a message dated 5/13/05 12:12:23 AM, Tiziano writes:
I have done 2 years ago on a deshojo
* excellent result even if I started in november
* The best moment is right now if you have long spindly useful* branches
.. if you have not ,leave one grow very ling all the* active season
until the winther and** do thread grafting* in spring ..

If you start now* in 2005, after you have done ( you need* to know how
to doit* exactly) leave the outgoing branch grow one whole year , it
will grow 3 times thicker than the back part ..do not allow any* bud
open on the* old part

2006 leave the branch grow* as she wish* until september
* * and* just trim very* little** after fall..

2007* next spring ( 2 years* later after you started ) cut the* back
part* shaved to the runk and seal* the entrance with sealing wax
* it takes 2 springs* to* work
* next autumn I can cat the btranch short* leaving 4 buds and will start
forming into a branch the following spring 2008

Thanks. It only took one year on my crabapple, but that is unusual.
Iris

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