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What to do with fruit tree prunings?

What to do with fruit tree prunings?

by | Feb 5, 2021 | Fruit | 16 comments

Last weekend, I visited my mom and returned home with the bed of my truck filled with fruit tree prunings. What to do with this stuff? Over the years, I’ve done four things with it. Most likely, one of these four ways of dealing with fruit tree prunings will suit your...
Summer pruning deciduous fruit trees

Summer pruning deciduous fruit trees

by | Jul 5, 2019 | Fruit | 21 comments

Summer pruning is monkey work. I love its simplicity. There is joyously little thought or skill involved. But it is necessary monkey work. If you want to keep a deciduous fruit tree small and you skip a summer pruning, you start to lose hold on the size and...
Pinch to shape young fruit trees

Pinch to shape young fruit trees

by | May 17, 2019 | Fruit | 17 comments

Spring is for pinching. Nothing to do with Saint Patrick’s Day, this is using your fingers to prune. In the spring, trees are growing new branches that are succulent and easily snapped off by hand: no tools required. But why pinch? And what and where to pinch?...
Where to cut a branch on a deciduous fruit tree

Where to cut a branch on a deciduous fruit tree

by | Jan 11, 2019 | Fruit | 6 comments

While family was visiting for Christmas I invited my niece to prune a fruit tree with me. Is pruning your fruit trees intimidating? What to cut? Where to cut? (You can’t reverse it after you’ve cut.) This post is narrowly focused: Let’s only talk about where to...
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