Akane is an excellent apple with a good "Jonathan" flavor, bears well, every year. Unfortunately, I had let my Akane apple tree grow taller than I wanted. I could have cut back the top, allowing new, lower branches to grow. That would have meant no crop this year.
So I cut notches at points below buds where I want new branches to grow. In a year or two, I can cut the bigger branches as the new lower branches fill in.
Now I'm thinking I should notch above those additional buds, for more branching.
I never did this before. Looks like it works just fine.
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