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10 postsAn overgrown fruit tree can be saved, but not in a single day. The three-winter plan for old apple, pear, and cherry trees.
The walnut bleeds in spring and is only pruned in late summer, while the sweet chestnut is tough and forgiving. Training, deadwood, and timing for all three nut trees.
Why cherry, apricot, and mirabelle are pruned in summer, which wood they fruit on, and how you avoid gummosis and silver leaf.
The pear grows steep and ages fast, the quince blooms at the tips of new shoots. Here's how to read their fruiting wood and prune both right.
Apple in February, cherry after harvest, walnut in late summer: why every fruit tree has its own pruning time, and which wood it bears on.
Bypass secateurs, geared loppers, a pull saw and a pole pruner: what pruning really needs, where the cut belongs on the branch collar, how heavy limbs come down in three cuts, and why the wound sealant stays on the shelf.
An airy crown is the best prevention against brown rot. How to plant and prune Zwetschge and plum correctly, without risking gummosis.
Peach and nectarine bear only on the one-year-old shoot. Why you prune boldly, how the replacement spur works and when the best pruning time is.
Winter pruning scares many, yet the basics fit on a beer mat. Thin out, deflect, head back, and the rule: steep grows, flat bears.
