two stems growing from cutting - do i cut one?

20 years ago

hi,

i planted several cuttings this year from a neighbors tree.

one of the cuttings appears to have 2 separate stems growing from under the soil. should i cut the smaller one so that all the energy will go to one stem?

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gorgi
20 years ago
I would not, unless I lived in the deep south and wanted
it to grow into a standard tree shape (one main stem).
gorgi
20 years ago
What I meant by the standard-tree/south-thing,
is that over there,
fig tree winter-kills is not an issue...
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User
20 years ago
You can cut it out next Spring ,not now.
When you do ,pot the cutting to grow a new tree.This is done in ,on end of April,before leaf growth.Right now that branche is feeding the root to get stronger.Regards
pitangadiego
20 years ago
NO. Let it grow. The important thing right now to to encourage growth and get the tree bigger. You can always prune for shape later. Doing so now might possibly shock the tree, or allow disease into the open wound, and will gain nothing. The second shoot, since it below the soil line, will probably develop roots, if left alone, and will be easy to start a new tree from is removed next spring. If you want a bush shape tree, then just leave it as is.