<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>My gut feeling, not based on any science I know of, just a few years of kicking dirt around, is too leave them until dormant, so that they can help with photo timing in the fall and the senescence will put back some nutrients. Just sayin'....<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jul 6, 2018, at 11:43 AM, Jon Clements <<a href="mailto:jmcextman@gmail.com">jmcextman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Anybody have an opinion (or expertise?) on when is the best time to remove nurse (limbs) on top-worked trees? Obviously want to push the grafts, so do the nurse limbs take away energy? I guess I want to say they should/could be removed during the upcoming dormant season, but what about cutting them off now? Most of the grafts have grown one to two feet by now now...<div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Jon<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>JMCEXTMAN (aka Jon Clements)<br>413.478.7219 Verizon</div><div>413.378.3068 Project Fi</div><div>UMass Cold Spring Orchard</div><div>393 Sabin Street</div><div>Belchertown, MA 01007</div><div><a href="http://umassfruit.com" target="_blank">http://umassfruit.com</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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