Let’s talk about pruning fruit trees! There are three different methods when pruning fruit trees: 1) central leader, 2) modified central leader, and 3) open vase. In all cases, you’ll make two types of cuts: 1) thinning and 2) heading. | Wyse Guide

Fruit Tree Pruning Basics! 🌳Pruning your fruit trees is essential in keeping them healthy and manageable. 🍏Heading and Thinning Cuts are the cuts you need to practice and learn well. 🍎A Heading cut is one that is made somewhere along the branch or limb that reduces its size. 🌳This is especially helpful in managing the size of a dwarf fruit tree, they won’t stay small unless you prune them! 🍐It is best to make a heading cut above an outward facing bud to take advantage of the hormonal change

How to Prune Fruit Trees