By pruning an overgrown apple tree into a vase cut, the top branches are thinned out to make room for more fruit production. Trim out the lighter-colored branches to properly maintain an apple tree with instructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening.
Categories: Pruning Videos
Tagged: apple, flowers, gardening, gardens, harvesting, herbs, howto & style, make-room, overgrown-apple, plant, thinned-out, transplanting, video-on-gardening
- Published:
- 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
- Published:
- January 4, 2008 – 9:26 am
- Author:
- By stephenhayesuk