The profusion of tangled branches on an unpruned apple tree can look confusing to a beginner. Get started by making six basic ...

Pruning young apple trees is different than older established ... and diseased limbs by cutting back to the healthiest bud. Choose buds that are pointed outward, away from the central leader.

Pruning apple trees encourages growth and prevents reduces ... Cut right above the spur or bud, about a 1/4-inch away from it ...

Make the cut ¼ inch above an outward-facing bud ... dwarf apple trees. Open center form: There is no central leader; instead, the tree has an open, vase-like form. This type of pruning works ...

and he favors delaying apple tree pruning until the time when the flower buds start swelling and through the start of leaf emergence. As Walla indicates, the risk of black rot canker fungus ...

With Spring around the corner, plants, trees and shrubs will soon be bursting into bloom. Now’s the time to get your pruning ...

To prune a tree, I have followed the Al Gore method, who as vice president helped reduce the federal workforce and ...

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

A couple of my gardening friends told me I should do some pruning and then bring the branches inside to force them into ...

ROCKPORT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Knox and Lincoln counties is hosting a spring workshop for home gardeners and commercial producers on how to prune mature apple trees ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will be holding a hands-on workshop to teach proper pruning techniques for fruit ...