Pruning your fruit trees keeps them looking tidy and promotes vigorous growth and a healthy harvest. However, if you get pruning timing wrong, it can do more damage than good. Our guide walks you ...
Free-standing fruit trees or bush trees, such as those grown in an orchard should be pruned when they're dormant, in winter. Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be ...
Prune to an outward-facing bud to create an open and spreading canopy. Pruning for fruit production: If your apple tree is established and you want to encourage fruit production, consider spurring.
Most deciduous trees are best pruned when dormant, in late autumn or winter. Don't prune in early spring, as many trees bleed sap if cut at this time of year. The exceptions to the 'deciduous tree ...