These notes are to go with my tree pruning workshops and are for revision purposes for those who have attended these. I hope that they will also help newcomers to pruning. What we want is a calm, long-lived healthy tree with plump ripe fruit. What it wants to do is be an unruly skyward reaching […]
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IMPORTANT : Prune apples and pears (pips) after leaf fall and before bud burst (Nov-Mar). Remove new water-shoots in Summer. Prune plums, cherries etc. (stones) after bud burst and before damp Autumn conditions arise (May-August). Maintenance. Look around the tree, taking note of its general structure and the space between the branches. Remove dead, diseased […]
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IMPORTANT : Prune apples and pears (pips) after leaf fall and before bud burst (Nov-mar). Remove new water-shoots in Summer. Prune plums, cherries etc. (stones) after bud burst and before damp Autumn conditions arise (May-August). 1year old trees (maidens), Choose where you want the main branches to develop, they will remain at the height chosen […]
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When the ground has warmed up and the soil is moist it is a good time to mulch fruit trees. Mulching of young trees is important if they are to thrive well and it is particularly important for those trees on smaller rootstocks. Grass roots are dense and compete for space, water and nutrients but […]
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Orchards (3). Pruning two year olds. After all the bitterly cold weather it was good to be out for a day of pruning and learning as I helped Bob Lever prune the two year old apple trees in East of England Apple and Orchard Project’s orchard. Their orchard has two of each East Anglian variety […]
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BSc (Hons). Environmental Biology
HNC Microbiology
L3 Award in Education and Training
Certificate in Distance Tutoring
