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Jan 04, Stephen Hayes of Fruitwise Heritage Apples offers a series of video tutorials on pruning of apple trees. I do not claim to be an 'expert', I have learned abo. Mar 31, Plums should be pruned in full spring-late April to mid May. Don’t prune them in winter as this increased he risk of serious microbial disease.

Renewal pruning of stephen hays apple tree pruning established apple tree, variety Sunset, a 20 year old tree on MM rootstock. Jul 22, Stephen Hayes of Fruitwise Heritage Apples offers a series of video tutorials on pruning of apple trees.

I do not claim to be an 'expert', I have learned about pruning from reading every book I could find and studying the trees themselves.

See my web site on bushmulching.barise for more about our orchard and apples. Aug 27, Each year an apple tree should produce three things: new growth, fruit buds on last year's and older growth, and fruit on those fruit buds formed in previous years. In order to keep an apple tree in balance and fruiting, one must prune. However, pruning is too often done poorly. In this, the second installment of his series on practical apple tree pruning, Stephen Hayes of Fruitwise Heritage Apples looks goes over what to look for in a good secateurs, or pruning Author: Robin Mansur.

"Summer Apple Tree Pruning" by Gardening Michigan"Summer Pruning Apples" by Cloud Mountain Farm Center; 8. If you have old apple trees that you want to rehabilitate, take a look at these:"Pruning an Old Apple Tree" by Jim McSweeney"restoring old apple trees part 1" by Stephen Hayes (if you liked that one he has a part 2, part 3, etc.

Pruning apple trees should be done in the winter, encouraging the plant to grow more during the growing season. The first level of branches should begin between twenty-four to thirty-six inches above the surface of the soil. Bringing the tree down to chest height in the winter then keeping the tree pruned afterward to a manageable height for him would net him the dwarf size trees that he envisions, while saving these old trees and saving him much growing time.

Pruning Apple Trees 3 When to Prune If you have a small orchard, delay pruning until it’s nearly spring. Allow for rain and bad weather, but plan to be finished pruning by May 1 or in time to begin spraying.

In many larger orchards, the pruning begins soon after harvest and continues through to spring. Old trees are pruned first and young trees are left until March and.