by Greg Alder | Mar 29, 2019 | Avocados |
I think of my Hass avocado tree as small even though it is far bigger than the newly planted trees above. As I looked at my Hass last week, it stood 17 feet tall. It was time to prune. I prune it every year in order to keep it down to 15 feet. This post is about...
by Greg Alder | Jan 25, 2019 | Fruit |
What do you think about when you’re pruning your nectarine tree? I think about sunshine. Myriad smaller thoughts also go through my mind, but my overarching thought is about imagining rays of sun hitting the tree’s canopy and working their way down and in. The reason...
by Greg Alder | Mar 9, 2018 | Fruit |
The first time I pruned a plum tree, I climbed into it and started snipping off stubby branches that looked good for nothing. They were kind of in my way too, snagging on my shirt. Hmm, the plum tree didn’t flower much that year. It set only six plums in total....
by Greg Alder | Jan 26, 2018 | Avocados |
I call this tree the Japanese Fuerte. I’d seen many pruned avocado trees, I’d pruned many avocado trees, and I’d read much about others’ pruning of avocado trees, but I’d never encountered an old tree that had been so consistently and artfully molded to a shape and...
by Greg Alder | Feb 2, 2017 | Fruit |
Opinions on how to prune deciduous fruit trees are innumerable. I have just one: Keep your tree small. I believe it’s the single best thing you can do if you want your tree to produce fruit and you want to pick and eat that fruit. A small tree’s fruit is...
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