Younger trees tend to grow quicker than old ones, which means they are more likely to need more frequent pruning. There are ...

Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be pruned in late August or early September. When pruning it's essential ... about six buds. Old, neglected trees are often ...

The only thing you can do catastrophically wrong is to remove all the 2-year-old wood on apples, pears, and European plums.

For January, this includes pruning apple and pear trees to encourage regrowth ... large or very small pruning cuts. "Even with very old trees, resist the temptation to prune off large limbs ...

This is the ideal month to prune fruit trees, and we are loading up on local favorites here at the garden center. Fruit Tree Timeline is a chart I put ...

While pruning is not essential for apple, pear and cherry trees to bear edible fruit, annual dormant season pruning manages the trees' stored energy for maximizing fruit production in the spring ...