Winter Pruning: Training a ‘Bramley’s Seedling’ on M9 Rootstock
Training a tip-bearing apple tree is a tricky task at the best of times, but when it’s a vigorous Bramley, is it even feasible?
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Winter Pruning Apple Trees? Watch This.
Before you start in on this year’s winter pruning, check out this sound advice from a 30+ year expert orchardist.
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Winter Pruning Cordon Apple Trees, ‘Short Spur’ Method
I’ve been winter pruning my cordon apple trees; here’s the general method I used and details of how I pruned each tree.
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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.
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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.
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Winter Pruning to Control Apple Canker
Sometimes a drastic tree health problem like apple canker requires a fairly drastic pruning remedy.
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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.
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Gallery: Winter in the Orchard at Quarry Bank
A few chilly images of the Apprentice House orchard at Quarry Bank Mill in Styal.
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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.
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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.
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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.
