There are three main reasons for pruning fruit trees, in addition to stimulating fruit production: For pest and disease prevention: For example, a basic rule of pruning is called "the 3 D's ...

Pruning To Encourage More Blooming An annual late winter prune will help your roses bush out and produce more blooms. 'Knock Out' also tends to produce a lot of fruit, called "rose hips," that inhibit ...

If you don’t prune it, it will grow branches and may even overgrow the lemon tree. As a result, you will not get the desired fruit. You have to prune all the suckers from under the junction to the ...

ATLANTA — PrairiErth Farm near Atlanta is hosting a fruit tree pruning workshop early next month. The workshop, led by food systems and small farms educator Nick Frillman, is scheduled for 1-3 p ...

Every winter I prune my fruit trees and as I do I think, 'uuhhh I don’t really know what I’m doing.' So this year I decided to reach out and get some help. I sat down with Russell Norton a ...

Pruning is a crucial task for maintaining fruit trees and shrubs. While it may not be as essential for other landscape plants, homeowners often prune to enhance blooms or remove diseased limbs.

Restricting the growth on trained trees lets light and air into the tree, which helps fruit to ripen. It also helps to ripen the wood and produce good buds for next year's crop. All cherry pruning ...

While raspberries and blackberries have different habits, once they bear fruit on canes grown in the previous years, then pruning is a sure thing you have to do on both. The two biggest benefits of ...

Note: Do not prune more than 20% of your tree in a single year. This could put it into shock. If you over prune, your tree will dedicate its energy to growing new leaves instead of fruit.