Find out how to prune fruit trees properly, plus tips for timing your pruning right. Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them ...

Late winter pruning is ideal; it encourages healthy growth without harming your trees. Learn why, how, and when to prune your ...

It's also important to have a pruning saw to cut off larger branches. A bush tree is the most common form of fruit tree, with an open arrangement of branches growing from a short trunk.

Another way to stop squirrels from climbing fruit trees is by draping wildlife-safe netting over the entire tree canopy. When ...

If you have recently planted a tree in an undesirable location, Butt recommends carefully relocating it to a more desirable area. Pruning fruit trees too much can reduce fruit production and ...

The profusion of tangled branches on an unpruned apple tree can look confusing to a beginner. Get started by making six basic ...

If you have not had the time to prune your fruit trees in winter, now is the opportune time. A little pruning now can reduce the work needed to care for your trees throughout the year. Why prune? The ...

It’s the type mummy used to make. Apples are the most common homegrown fruit in Northern regions. Most apple tree owners know they’re supposed to prune their trees, but it’s not always clear ...

Q: Many times I have read, “Never top a tree!” I have also read that we should keep fruit trees at 8 feet for easy picking. And some experts recommend keeping avocado trees at 11 feet.

These trees are so small they won't need that initial hip height cut, but next year, I'll be pruning them to keep them petite and, hopefully, in two years, I'll be harvesting fruit from them.

As the calendar turns to spring with its lengthening days of warm sunshine, flowers begin to appear on fruit trees across Yakima Valley orchards. Early apricot blossoms are emerging in the Lower ...

Pruning fruit trees and berry bushes topped the list and while we often think of pruning and training young apple trees, mature trees benefit from pruning as well.