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Hi everyone. What are your top tips for successfully pruning fruit trees?
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Sharp tools.
Milton wipes or bucket of water with ***** for cleaning tools between cuts. (depends on how much cut)
First thing in the day before sap is in full flow (may be myth but it is what I do)
Dry day with no rain forecast.
Dispose of cut material asap.
Cut stone fruit Aug/Sept after fruit has been harvested (to avoid silver leaf disease).
Apples/ pears in winter/ spring whilst dormant.
Remove dead, diseased, damaged first.
Remove no more than a third in one go to avoid shocking the tree.
Sprinkle with blood, fish, bone after pruning to give a bit of a boost.
Mulch and weed if needs be to further boost tree. (If the tree is very vigorous then competition is fine)
May be wrong but that is my routine.Last edited by Norfolkgrey; 31-08-2017, 05:05 PM.
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