All about winter pruning of deciduous fruit trees in Southern California

We’re having nice weather for some fruit-tree pruning, wouldn’t you say? I have pruned some grapes but not much else yet this winter. I’ll be getting started on apricots, peaches, plums, pluots, and cherries this weekend.

How to do this?

I’ve written a number of posts on various aspects of winter pruning of deciduous trees, and I’ve listed them all below:

Why prune fruit trees in winter in Southern California? (And why not?)

Don’t cut off the fruiting wood: Pruning lesson number one

My best advice on pruning deciduous fruit trees: keep them small

Where to cut a branch on a deciduous fruit tree

Tools for pruning fruit trees

Rejuvenation pruning of stone fruit trees

Think about sunshine when pruning deciduous fruit trees

Pruning a door into your fruit tree

What to do with fruit tree prunings?

Don’t prune apricots, cherries, and grapes in winter in Southern California?

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