Wiring very young shoots can save time

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Wiring very young shoots can save time

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Ive all ways wire shoots as soon as i can i hate to wait :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: it can be tricky an at first you may snap the odd one :palm: . But when you get to know different trees you soon know what you can get away with :shifty: :shifty: below is a picture of a shoot i wired yesterday its about 10 days old an growing fast the other picture is another i started 35 days ago :tu: .
Another good thing with wiring young is the branch will hold its shape in 1-2 weeks you could save a heap of time ill be starting ramification of the branch soon will update work on this new shoot every week :tu:
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a quick update this shoot has grown about 6cm so re-wired it to prevent wire marks it held its shape an side shoots starting to develop well another update next week :D
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Olivecrazy wrote:a quick update this shoot has grown about 6cm so re-wired it to prevent wire marks it held its shape an side shoots starting to develop well another update next week :D
What are you feeding your trees down there mate? my olives have put on about 6 cm's growth since i got them from you months ago and the dynamic lifter has had no immediate effect.
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Andrew F wrote:
Olivecrazy wrote:a quick update this shoot has grown about 6cm so re-wired it to prevent wire marks it held its shape an side shoots starting to develop well another update next week :D
What are you feeding your trees down there mate? my olives have put on about 6 cm's growth since i got them from you months ago and the dynamic lifter has had no immediate effect.
I use 2caps of powerfeed per 9ltr of water every 2 weeks some do drag there feet tho have one that gets the same as the rest but just takes its time :palm:
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Might post some pics tomorrow to update my thread, these ones are just lagging lol I have to check their pulse regularly.
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