What Fruit Trees Must Be Pruned By Spring If You Want To Get A Good Harvest

I prune fruit trees every year. Sometimes it can be done by choice - in the fall or spring. And sometimes - always at the beginning of a new season. Because for a number of crops, this is one of the surest ways to ensure the amicable ripening of a rich, tasty harvest.

As soon as sap flow begins in the slender, handsome trees, I prune and decisively remove all branches:

• frostbitten, because they cannot be cured, but they will deplete the plant;

· Obviously sick, moreover, I process the cut sites with pitch from the store, and I burn the cuttings so that nothing spreads.

When the leaves appear on the trees, I examine them again and if I notice that the very tops with their greenery prevent sunlight from entering the crown, I also cut them.

As for which trees need to be pruned, I empirically made the following list:

1. Apple tree. It is an amazingly resistant tree that can endure any botanical experimentation. I cut it before others, so that by the time of flowering, it has time to absolutely recover.

I can advise - for an apple tree, it is in the spring from autumn that it is better to postpone the pruning of unsuitable skeletal branches (that is, those that are located at an angle sharper than 45-55 °). After pruning, be sure to water the apple tree frequently and generously.

2. Pear. If the tree is young, that is, it was planted literally last year, then I will definitely remove the maximum possible from the pear.

Because then the plant strives to actively grow and even, according to botanists, its root system powerfully develops over the summer.

3. Cherry. Definitely prone to overgrowth and tangling of branches into a kind of ball, so a haircut is a necessary way protect the plant from harming itself (in particular, because of this, they are formed in small quantities and fall off ovary).

It seems to me that spring pruning of cherries is the best way to rejuvenate a tree.

4. Peach. Sometimes it seems to me that spring pruning is for him the worst event in plant life. If you make a mistake even a little, you can not count on lush flowering.

Therefore, I cut it at a minimum, but I definitely remove the old dry bark, which can be a refuge for parasites.

So that the peach regains its strength faster, I got used to making a portion of spring fertilizers on time as close as possible to its pruning.