Posted by Roger Tonkin on November 28, 2011, 11:46 am
Off to see daughter on Wednesday. Last night she calmly request that I
bring my lopers and prune her apple and pear trees! She moved in during
the summer and has had a good crop, but wants them controlled a little
bit.
Never having pruned fruit trees before, any guidance as to how to go
about it, things to avoid etc. Or shall I just follow my instincts!
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Roger T
700 ft up in Mid-Wales
Posted by Dave Hill on November 28, 2011, 11:55 am
> Off to see daughter on Wednesday. Last night she calmly request that I
> bring my lopers and prune her apple and pear trees! She moved in during
> the summer and has had a good crop, but wants them controlled a little
> bit.
> Never having pruned fruit trees before, any guidance as to how to go
> about it, things to avoid etc. Or shall I just follow my instincts!
> --
> Roger T
> 700 ft up in Mid-Wales
It depends so much on age and size. Just remember 1/3 off to promote
fruiting growtrh. 2/3 to get growth.
Try looking up on google,several short fils on pruning.
Posted by Jake on November 28, 2011, 1:17 pm
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:46:09 -0000, Roger Tonkin
>Off to see daughter on Wednesday. Last night she calmly request that I
>bring my lopers and prune her apple and pear trees! She moved in during
>the summer and has had a good crop, but wants them controlled a little
>bit.
>Never having pruned fruit trees before, any guidance as to how to go
>about it, things to avoid etc. Or shall I just follow my instincts!
For apples, have a look at
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-prune-apple-trees-between-autumn-and-spring
which'll demonstrate how to do it.
The RHS site has a page on pruning both at
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID
This will be my first year for pruning a pear so I'll be interested in
any advice others offer. All I know is that pears are treated
differently from apples as they bear fruit nearer to the main stems so
you need to allow more stems to develop. But you'll presumably be
pruning established trees so for you the issues will be different.
Hope this helps a bit.
Cheers, Jake
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URGling in between collecting leaves at
the dryer (east) end of Swansea Bay.
Posted by Chris J Dixon on December 7, 2011, 6:55 am
Jake wrote:
>For apples, have a look at
>http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-prune-apple-trees-between-autumn-and-spring
>which'll demonstrate how to do it.
>The RHS site has a page on pruning both at
>http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID
My pruning task is rather smaller.
Last November I bought a 2-year bare-root family apple tree from
Blackmoor. On M26 stock I have Discovery, James Grieve and
Sunset.
After planting I cut back the branches by about 1/3.
It is healthy, but has not put on a great deal of new growth, and
I am unsure exactly if, and when to prune again.
Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
chris@cdixon.me.uk
Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
Posted by Chris J Dixon on December 12, 2011, 8:01 am
Last November I bought a 2-year bare-root family apple tree from
Blackmoor. On M26 stock I have Discovery, James Grieve and
Sunset.
After planting I cut back the branches by about 1/3.
It is healthy, but has not put on a great deal of new growth, and
I am unsure exactly when and how to prune again.
Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
chris@cdixon.me.uk
Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.
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> bring my lopers and prune her apple and pear trees! She moved in during
> the summer and has had a good crop, but wants them controlled a little
> bit.
> Never having pruned fruit trees before, any guidance as to how to go
> about it, things to avoid etc. Or shall I just follow my instincts!
> --
> Roger T
> 700 ft up in Mid-Wales