[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick Gross]

I have a 30 year old Naval not so afflicted but I do not hesitate to prune suckers from the root stock of any variety or any other part of the tree any time of the year. I have never observed any ill-effects from the practice. Just be sure that you make a clean cut, Tom, at the very outer edge of the shoulder to prevent more suckering at the wound. If the sucker or badly located branch is larger than about a half inch, make two cuts to insure that you don't strip away a section of bark from the main branch as the limb yields to the force of gravity. 

If any reader has a different opinion, clarification would be welcome, I'm sure.

Dick Gross, MGV MCCE

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> Tom Slaybaugh
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> I have a navel orange tree that has a few branches of sour oranges from the bud stock. When can I cut these branches off from the main trunk and save the good stock  that produces excellent navel oranges? Thank you for your help.
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