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5 postsWhy cherry, apricot, and mirabelle are pruned in summer, which wood they fruit on, and how you avoid gummosis and silver leaf.
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.
On an espalier apple and pear bear in the smallest space. How to get the spot, the wire frame and the summer pruning right so a narrow wall becomes a fruit surface.
Why the winter cut drives growth and the summer cut slows it, how to get rid of water sprouts and bring light to the fruit, and why cherries are a special case.
In early July, CW 27, the late sweet cherries are ripe, and right after the last picking comes the best moment for summer pruning. Why stone fruit is pruned now and not in winter, how to harvest gently and prune step by step.
