How to rejuvenate an old apple tree

In order to avoid mistakes and properly prune the old apple tree, we recommend some tips for beginners. Rejuvenating an old tree means improving its condition.

The rejuvenation of the old apple tree is carried out gradually, over three seasons. The tree will ache less and will gradually recover.

The best time frame for this procedure is after winter. It is best to do this even before the moment the sap moves in the trunk, as well as the dormant period of the fertile tree. In the spring, the cuts on the table are more likely to heal and the dead branches are clearly visible. In autumn, pruning is carried out after harvesting the fruits. In addition, it is better to take advantage of the moment when the apple tree will be without leaves until the frost itself.

It is necessary to inspect the main trunk of the apple tree and make sure that the tree has not begun to dry out. If the process has begun, then it is quite difficult to stop it, so it is easier to plant a young tree in this place.

1. Reusable apple pruning

When pruning dry and unnecessary branches and twigs of a fertile tree, you need to be patient and wait three years. The main thing here is to gradually remove the so-called extra branches and twigs from the tree. So, in the first year, the tops and part of the trunk are completely cut off.

In the second year, we remove several non-fruiting thick branches, and also clean the dense crown from intertwined thin branches. For the third year, the left branches are made shorter for the formation of shoots.

2. Half pruning

At first, the crown of the apple tree is shortened to three meters in height and two meters in width from the southern half of the crown, and a year later we similarly cut the northern part of the apple tree.

3. One-time pruning

We shorten the tree to the required height. To do this, it is worth cutting off the very top and completely cutting off the old dry branches. At the end of the procedure, namely after pruning the old apple tree with garden pitch, process the cuts and cuts.

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