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Hi, the house we moved into this year is a huge project and part if the fun for me is the garden. It has an established couple of fruit trespass, afraid ing cherry, an apple and what seems to be a large non fruiting fig 
As I'm not in a physical state to do big tree work (6 months pregnant!!!) a friend has offered to come and help out but I need to advice him what to do.
Where to start!!!? I think the fig tree needs the most attention, only because it see,s to throw up suckers(?) and spread like mad!!! How do we cut back a fig? I know you cut the suckers off low down. What about the bulk of the tree? It must be about 15ft high and about 6-10 ft wide!! It would be great if it bore fruit but the main aim with the fig is just to manage the size and shape. I could take photos at the weekend if that he's you clever people??!
The cherry is also about 12ft high (I'm guessing completely, all higher than our 6ft fence!!). It had lots of fruit but mainly too high to reach and the birds got it all before us it's shape is pretty bad, lots of crossing over branches etc.
The apple bore some good fruit too, although it was rubbish to store, no idea what type of apple but eaters I think rather than cookers. A similar height but again branches not in a good structure. I read somewhere that you want branches to be bearing horizontal for fruiting but this one has branches reaching apply high for the sunshine!!
So where do I start!!!? Sorry for long post!
As I'm not in a physical state to do big tree work (6 months pregnant!!!) a friend has offered to come and help out but I need to advice him what to do.
Where to start!!!? I think the fig tree needs the most attention, only because it see,s to throw up suckers(?) and spread like mad!!! How do we cut back a fig? I know you cut the suckers off low down. What about the bulk of the tree? It must be about 15ft high and about 6-10 ft wide!! It would be great if it bore fruit but the main aim with the fig is just to manage the size and shape. I could take photos at the weekend if that he's you clever people??!
The cherry is also about 12ft high (I'm guessing completely, all higher than our 6ft fence!!). It had lots of fruit but mainly too high to reach and the birds got it all before us
it's shape is pretty bad, lots of crossing over branches etc. The apple bore some good fruit too, although it was rubbish to store, no idea what type of apple but eaters I think rather than cookers. A similar height but again branches not in a good structure. I read somewhere that you want branches to be bearing horizontal for fruiting but this one has branches reaching apply high for the sunshine!!
So where do I start!!!? Sorry for long post!
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