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Apple tree pruning
Tom Goffe
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in Fruit & veg
Hello all, I've recently pruned a very old apple tree in my garden and having looked on the internet I may have been a bit heavy handed. I have taken it right back to the branches I think it's called coat rack pruning. I was just wondering how bad this will be for the tree.
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Hi Tom, I suspect "water shoots" will be your main problem. As long as you deal with those and the tree doesn't succumb to a bad disease it will probably be OK - they are tough things. Have a look at this RHS link for how to deal with the water shoots and which diseases to watch for:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/AdviceSearch/profile.aspx?PID=279
If you keep on top of those things for the next 3 years it should be OK.