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 | Jan 19, 2018 | Fruit |
Whether or not you should prune a bare-root fruit tree depends on two things: One, what the tree looks like when you buy it. And two, what you want the tree to look like when it’s all grown up. This being mid-January, heart of bare-root season in Southern...
by Greg Alder | Apr 17, 2017 | Citrus, Fruit |
My impression is that most of us think that, as a general rule, all fruit trees need to be pruned. It’s simply not true, especially regarding citrus. In contrast to this mistaken notion I’d say that, as a general rule, citrus should not be pruned. I can...
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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