{"id":4772,"date":"2019-01-11T09:46:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T17:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=4772"},"modified":"2021-02-05T14:32:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:32:52","slug":"where-to-cut-a-branch-on-a-deciduous-fruit-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/where-to-cut-a-branch-on-a-deciduous-fruit-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to cut a branch on a deciduous fruit tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u2019t reverse it after you\u2019ve cut.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post is narrowly focused: Let’s only talk about where to make a cut. Not which branches to cut, not how many, just where.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cutting a branch all the way off<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two kinds of cuts we can make. Either you cut a branch to shorten it, or you cut it all the way off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While my niece and I were doing our pruning, discussing cutting a branch all the way off, I hadn\u2019t realized that my brother was filming, but he was, and he captured this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n