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Pruning apple tree
AllotmentMax
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in Fruit & veg
I have a very large' Bramley Seedling' cooking apple tree. It's still producing loads of apples. I just need advice on when it is best to give it a really good prune. It's so large I can't reach half the apples anymore.
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RHS advice.
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/AdviceSearch/profile.aspx?PID=90
Renovating old trees should be done over a number of years. If you cut too much off at once, it will send up a lot of non fruiting watershoots.
Thanks fidget bones
I have pruned my bramley but a lot of long thin shoots have grown what do i do with them, cut them off, or cut them back??