Are you keeping up to date with Stephen Hayes’ Fruitwise apple tree pruning Videos?
This latest one is all about summer pruning.
Summer pruning is a discretionary activity for orchard keepers, so you have to decide if it’s needed or not. Where a tree puts on a lot of new growth, then it’s worth thinning it out a bit but this will vary from season to season and from tree to tree. The best time is July or August, before the apples ripen to reduce apple scab damage and increase the light levels.
Only the smaller manageable trees can be pruned in this way, not the giants.
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