On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:55:58 +0100, thescullster
wrote:


There is a gnarled old stem to the left which appears dead and has white
licheny sort of stuff stuck to it.

It does look dead but just to make sure try cutting it down by half at
a time (sort of binary pruning). If you ever see live wood stop. If
you reach the graft point first it's had it.

Steve

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