Fruit Tree Pruning, Introduction - Page 2
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Timing of Pruning
- If a fruit tree is pruned in the spring, all the effort which the tree has put into bud production is wasted. If it is pruned in the summer or autumn, the tree will regrow several new shoots in the spot where a branch is cut off, counteracting the purpose of the pruning.
Fruit trees definitely have to be pruned during their dormant period. That means between the time when the leaves fall off in autumn and the time when the buds pop in spring. Here in Manitoba, that season lasts six months, giving me plenty of time to prune all my fruit trees properly. You will have to determine the proper time for your part of the world by watching the trees.
Continuation of this Article
- Fruit Tree Pruning, Instructions
- Step by step instructions on how to prune fruit trees of the rose family.
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- Grow Succulent Apples
- Growing apples the natural way, from soil preparation to harvesting. Written by Geoffrey Ian Miller, former editor of this column. He lives down under where the weather is considerably warmer than it is in Manitoba.
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