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Apple tree pruning
Digging-it
Posts: 117
in Fruit & veg
Is it too late to trim my apple tree? I neglected to do it over its dormant period and its now in full beautiful bloom. However last year some of its boughs were laden with fruit and with the scorching weather the branches were alarmingly bent over. This year I plan to thin the fruit more, especially as I always have more than needed, to help prevent any breakages.
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
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You could also leave it till later and do a summer prune.
In general, do a winter prune to encourage growth; do a summer prune to stop further growth (beyond the point where there is sufficient number of fruiting spurs).
I have done this in the past with no adverse effects. Tradesmen damaged my trees and I had to completely reshape them, in case you were wondering why I would do such a thing.
Take photos to record how the tree responds to the pruning as compared previous years.