The proportion of spur growth and flowering sites to terminal long shoot.

Oct 25, Pruning is meant to determine how and when the tree will fruit. Therefore, training and pruning are two different aspects of modifying naturally occurring growth patterns.

Training involves tree development and form, whereas pruning involves tree function and size. Training takes place in the first years of the tree's bushmulching.barted Reading Time: 11 mins.

If you prize your shrubs or trees for their fruit, then you should prune them after the fruit drops or wildlife eats it. Although these plants may flower early in the season, you should allow the fruit to develop. Prune only after the fruit has lost its appeal. Examples of plants in File Size: 1MB. Whether to prune a fruiting, flowering or ornamental tree or not is largely a matter of choice.

Fruit trees which have never been pruned can still produce fruit annually. Unpruned fruit trees will provide enough crop of adequate size for the needs of the average household. However, pruning File Size: KB. 1. Clean Out: Remove branches which are dead, diseased, broken, crossing (rubbing on each other) or out of character with the rest of the tree.

2. Selectively Thin: Open up light and air circulation. Make the interior more transparent but not stripped clean. Balance the branch density around the tree.

3. Shrubs or trees that are prized for their fruit should be pruned after the fruit drops or is eaten by wildlife.

Fruit growers manipulate tree canopies to maximize fruit production by pruning to remove limbs or shoots or by bending limbs or shoots in specific orientations.

Although they may flower early in the season, the fruit should be allowed to develop. After the fruit has lost its appeal, then prune. Examples of plants in this group are certain viburnums and bushmulching.bar Size: KB.