Having apple tree in my field means easy access to such deliciousness but when it comes to mentainance, uptake of fruit tree a great hard work is required.
Pruning is one of them.
Pruning a fruit tree means cutting young shoots, buds and removing of selected parts of a fruit tree.
Like all trees apple tree every year put on new growth means new shoot develops and grow. When it comes to pruning spotting new growth becomes important.
WHY YOU NEED TO PRUNE:
- It removes dead branches
- Improve air circulation so that the incidence of pest and disease can be lessened
- Open canopy provide larger and healthier friut.
- To much shading is bad for the tree.
WHEN TO PRUNE YOUR APPLE TREE?
Best time to prune your apple tree is between late winter or early spring while the tree is dormant , before active growth.
PRUNING TOOLS:
Garden scissors
Loppers
Saw
Safety glasses
Gloves
WHAT TO DO WITH PRUNED BRANCHES?
You have to collect them and put them away from your apple tree and keep them in an open space in your field.
And the best way is to burn them so that your no disease can spread from the death branches to healthy tree
WHAT TO DO AFTER PRUNING?
You need to spray your apple tree with insecticides and pesticides.
Apply paste on the large cuts in your tree so that the apple tree remain healthy and recover fast.
That's all for today. I hope you find this blog interesting and informative.
Thank you for your time and support.
See you soon 🤗
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Now I can safely say that I know how, why, when to prune Apple trees😁.
Thanks for sharing, I will give more attention toh those trees when I visit Himachal the next time.
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Thank you for your post! We have 50 fruit trees and I am still learning to prune. I didn’t know to burn away from trees for disease. Great pics and information.
Thank you so much @earthpurse
You just gave me an idea for pruning, it will be of great help to my gardening. Greetings from the Philippines!
Thank you so much @afterglow
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REally informative - thanks for sharing. I'm not very good at pruning my fruit trees so would love to learn more.
Thank you @riverflows