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Espalier pear in first year
Andy Leeds
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I planted a pear maiden bare rooted last winter, pruned back as instructed but out of the three shoots I need (vertical, left and right), only the vertical and one horizontal is growing. The other horizontal has a few leaves but no sign of a growing stem.
Is this normal, nothing to worry about and the other horizontal will grow soon (hopefully!)?
Can see the vertical and left hand side shoots growing here:
No growth stem for the right hand side;
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Bumping in case anyone has any suggestions? I still don't have any growth on the right hand side so just have one lateral growing ?.
Try making a little notch in the bark an inch above that potential lateral and taking a sliver of bark out. There may be U-tube videos online showing how.
Im on my phone or I'd try to find one for you. Sorry.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.