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Thank you for your input. Both trees have flowered and look healthy at the moment. I did put some beneficial nematodes on it a couple of times to see if it’ll help, but I don’t expect them to remain healthy. I’m in the process of balancing the agronomy of the area and also applying photomag to all my fruit trees. Not sure it’ll be…

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Hi Barney

Have you had any luck connecting to any apple growers with sap tests to share?

It’s hard to know exactly where you’re at when optimim guides aren’t fully established yet, eh. I’m wanting to connect with others with more experience with sap too.

I’m not much help unfortunately but how far through a season or how many tests have you…

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On second inspection of the picture, it looks as if the truck has two leaders. Is this correct?

It’s interesting in that the borer holes look to go directly into what would be considered the weak point: where the two leaders grow together trapping bark between. This can rot out whoch creates the weak point. Eventually, the weaker leader will…

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Hi Rich.

I’m no expert.

I think peaches hate being planted deep, depending on the rootstock and height of graft union etc, so check the crown level- if it’s unhappy, perhaps this invited in unwanted organisms. I don’t know why specifically- moisture, bark breathability, increased environment for pathogenic bacteria, or similar.

As for the…

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Thanks Marek for your reply, the idea of ploughing still hurts me in some way, but I am leaning to this approach … till I will be able to sort out e better one