Pruning in the dormant season is absolutely necessary for trees that form fruit on new wood. Nectarines and peaches are two ...

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 ...

When pruning it's essential to keep ... lateral branches leaving about six buds. Old, neglected trees are often vigorous and very large, with the fruit out of reach. Rejuvenate them over two ...

The problem is that generations overlap, so a plant will have one-year-old canes bearing fruit, mixed with the next season's stems making their early growth. To prune the plants, cut out the ...

In order to keep its blooms healthy and beautiful, Johnsen recommends pruning shrubby cinquefoil ( Potentilla fruticosa) in ...

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

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?

Measurements of leaves, trees and fruits, and weighings of the fruit, led to the conclusions that heavy thinning of the fruit is of no advantage; hard pruning is unprofitable; summer pruning is ...

If you grow a quince tree, pruning is a key maintenance task to get right. It is not difficult or rigorous to prune quince, but trimming is important to keep the fruit tree healthy and fertile ...

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 ...