Tag: Pruning fruit trees

Properly Prune an Old Popular Tree

An illustration and guide for pruning a tree, detailing which branches to remove (indicated by dotted lines) to achieve a single trunk, develop thickness, and remove dead, broken, crossing, or inward-turning limbs. The diagram also illustrates where to make cuts (outside the branch collar) and how to avoid stubs. A small inset image shows an example of the proper three-cut pruning method for large limbs.

I once decided I was finally going to “properly” prune an old, popular tree in the yard. I had watched exactly one video online, which of course made me an expert. The guy in the video used words like structure,…

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What is Espalier

An old way of pruning fruits against a wall, fence, or other flat area was called espalier. This French word means “something to rest on”. This art was a practice in Mt. Vernon and other spots in early colonial days.…

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Prune Fruit Trees

This is now the time to prune fruit trees. Many people think this process is technical, however, there are 8 basic rules you can follow to make this process simpler. Remove any suckers growing around the base of the tree.…

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