Pruning Notes: Restoration of a Mature, Overgrown, Apple Tree
Loppers, secateurs and saw at the ready, as an old colleague and I apply a bit of much-needed effort to an over-crowded canopy.
Loppers, secateurs and saw at the ready, as an old colleague and I apply a bit of much-needed effort to an over-crowded canopy.
I’ve pruned two very different crab apples this year – here’s how I approached each one, and the results of the work.
A grey but dry and hugely enjoyable Sunday afternoon was well spent on helping to finish off this year’s winter pruning work.
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.
Improving the branch structure of an overgrown and crowded plum tree on our allotment plot.
A day of pruning tuition and practice at Platt Fields community orchard with the Orchard Project.