The old saying goes, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." While apples can't cure all ailments, they are a good source of vitamin C and fiber. Growing an apple tree in your backyard gets you ...

Pruning apple trees encourages growth and prevents reduces the risk of disease. A thriving apple tree is a wonderful addition ...

I sat down with Russell Norton a horticulture and agriculture educator with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and started by asking him: why do we prune?

Under this strategy, standard or semidwarf apples would be pruned first, followed by dwarf or other intensive apple plantings. This can be followed by any pear or stone fruit pruning that needs to be ...

Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be pruned in late August or early September. When pruning it's essential to keep your secateurs sharp. Blunt tools can cause ...

Avoid hard pruning while the tree is young (up to 3 years) and limit nitrogen fertilizers, both of which cause excessive growth. Wildlife Small mammals might discover your newly planted apple trees in ...

Pruning suggestions in this section deal with the two most ... An ideal semi-dwarf or spur-type apple tree trained and pruned to the central-leader system has the following characteristics: One main ...

This is the ideal month to prune fruit trees, and we are loading up on local favorites here at the garden center. Fruit Tree ...

If they must be pruned in summer, avoid rainy or humid weather conditions. Prune apple trees, including flowering crabapples, mountain ash, hawthorns and shrub cotoneasters in late winter ...

The general effect of thinning-out pruning is a more open, rangy type of growth (Figure N17). The various fruit trees differ in the manner in which they produce fruits. In order to intelligently prune ...

By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension Many people believe my job slows down during winter, thinking I have a “break.” In reality, winter can serve as a precursor to what is to come in ...

Unlike annual crops such as vegetables or field crops, the perennial nature of apple trees requires that their nutrient needs be maintained in a holistic and long-term manner. Practices such as ...