I’ve been winter pruning my cordon apple trees; here’s the general method I used and details of how I pruned each tree.
Category: Top Fruit Pruning
Stepover Apple Trees: Winter Pruning, Year Three
I’ve been shunning the standard advice and only winter pruning trained apple trees for three years now. Here’s how it’s going.
A Tale of Two Crab Apple Trees
I’ve pruned two very different crab apples this year – here’s how I approached each one, and the results of the work.
Winter Pruning to Control Apple Canker
Sometimes a drastic tree health problem like apple canker requires a fairly drastic pruning remedy.
Stepover Apple Trees: Winter Pruning, Year Two
A follow-up to last year’s stepover winter pruning post, with details of re-growth and this year’s pruning.
Another Holly Mount Pruning Session, Feb 2020
A grey but dry and hugely enjoyable Sunday afternoon was well spent on helping to finish off this year’s winter pruning work.
Mature Apple Tree: Restoration Pruning
Here’s how I went about the first phase of restorative pruning on a mature apple three that has been sadly neglected for a few years.
Stepover Apple Trees: Winter Pruning Year One
Here’s how I pruned three stepover trees on our allotment plot, leaving them until January rather than pruning in late summer as usually advised.
Pruning Session: Holly Mount Orchard, January 2020
On a grey and drizzly afternoon I spent a happy few hours helping to winter prune a few of the trees in Holly Mount community orchard.
Restoration Pruning of an Overgrown Plum Tree
Improving the branch structure of an overgrown and crowded plum tree on our allotment plot.