WHY you ask? Well, don't you want a highly productive fruit tree? 'Cos that's what pruning does!!! It stimulated new growth, controls disease, and opens up the plant to more sunshine, which is so vital to flower and fruit production.
Where I live in the Bay Area, Jan and Feb are the months to prune most fruit trees.
In addition to producing vigorous new growth, winter pruning is so much easier since you can see the shape and structure of the tree.
Each tree is a bit different so definitely research how the particular type needs to be pruned. I made the newbie mistake of just hacking my grapevines down the first time I did it, and I did not get fruit that year! So, ya, read up and watch some videos by experts. And then, go prune those fruit trees!
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22 авг 2024
