To prune dwarf fruit trees, trim back about one-third of the growth each year during the dormant period and make angled cuts 2 inches out from the trunk to avoid damage or rotting. Keep a dwarf fruit tree properly pruned to encourage fruit production with instructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening.
Categories: Pruning Videos
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- February 19, 2009 – 10:16 am
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- By ehowgarden
Further advice on apple tree winter pruning from Fruitwise Heritage Apples. Inevitably there is some repetition and overlap between these tutorials, no matter. I also apologise for having a sniffly nose-sorry, but it is cold! Here I look at thinning overcrowded fruit spurs, more of a problem on some varieties than others.
Categories: Pruning Videos
Tagged: also-apologise, between-these, flowers, fruit, fruit-spurs, pruning, thinned-out, transplanting
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- January 4, 2008 – 9:26 am
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- By stephenhayesuk