Detective Dendro – The Case of the Lonely, Lashing Leader
This Detective Dendro story was about diagnosis, but the solution relied on standard tree care, like regenerative (retrenchment) pruning:
“Retrenchment pruning lessens lever-arm length and fruit loading, while interior laterals develop. But most of the current growth is at the ends, so reduction of each leader must be carefully specified… reducing lengths from 3 to 9 feet, with cuts 2 inches or less…”