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Here's when (and how) to prune fruit trees and boost your harvest

Find out how to prune fruit trees properly, plus tips for timing your pruning right.
Modern Farmer

11 Fruit Tree Pruning Secrets That Will Increase Your Yield

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

These 5 Spring Tree Pruning Mistakes Might Harm Your Trees for Years to Come, Arborists Say

Pruning trees in spring is a common garden chore, but timing and technique matter. We talked to arborists about the most ...
wacotrib

Prune ash trees in winter months to see limbs better

DEAR NEIL: We have moved into a 50-year-old house that has a mature Arizona ash. It’s too wide for where it is. I’m afraid its branches will break in a storm. When can it be pruned? Dear Reader: You ...
MyCentralJersey

Why now is the time to prune your trees | Gardener State

Recently, while chatting with an arborist friend of mine with decades of experience, he mentioned he saw a tree service working on trees around the townhouses where he lives, which had been contracted ...

Your young trees need some pruning now. Here’s how to do it right

Which branches — if any — should you be cutting off your young trees? You can't glue the wrong choices back on!