Using the saw to remove low branches. Clearing away any rubbish, vines, young trees getting in the way. Take the big branches out first before using the secateurs. Remove crossed branches, anything that’s tangled up. leaving some new , healthy looking upright facing branches. Walk around the tree and look at it from different angles. Don’t take out more than a third of the wood, and don’t cut a bit off everything all round - pudding basin haircut.
It was a pleasure to watch a simple and straight forward video presented and captured by individuals who are not gucci shoed TV personalities. I congratualte both. The “star” in most of the video here is Stephen Hayes of Fruitwise heritage Apples, but the camera operator is just as important. The only fault is with the YouTube quality and it’s low res flv streaming offered. I really enjoyed the infomative nature of these videos… they were a pleasant refresher to what my father taught me some 40 years ago.