Winter is the ideal time of the year to prune many trees. The branches are bare which makes it easier to see the overall ...

Waiting until winter or early spring can reduce the chances of disease spreading to the apple tree and ensure the wounds heal before the warm summer months. You should also wait to prune apple ...

The perfect time has arrived to prune your apple and pear trees. The dormant period, lasting from November to early March ...

If you want to ensure that your garden will grow more abundant fruits and flowers after winter, a few plants need to be ...

Can I reduce the height of my apple trees so all the fruit is within reach without a ladder? Is this a good time to prune apple and other fruit trees? Fruit trees can be pruned any time from now ...

More specifically, he encouraged gardeners to prune their apple and pear trees this month. He stated: “The pruning of both apple and pear trees is best done over the colder winter months.

That is a good time for some kinds of pruning, but so is summer. My ‘Gravenstein’ apple is shedding excess fruit and the tree, an espalier on the back fence, is heavy with leaves and new shoots.

In mid-winter, prune some sideshoots back to one bud and others to two. Cut back developing main stems by half their new growth and established ones to a single, new bud. In summer, shorten non ...

ATLANTA — PrairiErth Farm near Atlanta is hosting a fruit tree pruning workshop early next month.