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Apple tree drastic pruning
My plot used to have many fruit trees, but only 2 apples are in good condition. This other one has had a hard time of it, but I’d like to have a go at rejuvenating it.
it’s maybe not really clear from the pic, but it has 3 branches, the one on the right, it’s not dead, but has very few leaves. The other 2 just have leaves on the sunny side.
it’s maybe not really clear from the pic, but it has 3 branches, the one on the right, it’s not dead, but has very few leaves. The other 2 just have leaves on the sunny side.
I was thinking of cutting the branches quite low, so maybe twice the length of the trunk, all to the same height so it looks balanced.
Does that seem ok? It’s a bit shocking in terms of the height of the tree, but it’s suffered so much the leaves are really only right at the top on 2 of the branches.
Timing….October/November?
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it’s maybe not really clear from the pic, but it has 3 branches, the one on the right, it’s not dead, but has very few leaves. The other 2 just have leaves on the sunny side.
I did drastic pruning on one of my apples and ended up with a thicket of water shoots that made the tree look awful, produced very few flowers and hardly any apples. I'm still thinning them out 3 years later.
Some helpful info here from the RHS may give some guidance-
https://www.rhs.org.uk/fruit/apples/renovating-old-trees
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I’m not concerned about yield at all, but I want it to look good, and recover from its hard life.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.