Two ways to prune new fruit trees

摘要

Pruning is an art and a science. And with fruit trees, it is essential for health and robust harvests. Mature fruit trees are pruned annually to maintain their size and shape, to balance vegetative and reproductive (fruiting) growth, and to allow light distribution throughout the tree canopy. All the pruning you'll need to do with your full-grown fruit trees, however, is largely dictated by how you train and cut them in their first three years. If you don't get things right at the start, you'll findyourself having to take drastic pruning measures to correct the mistakes made years earlier. And if you think massive renovation pruning won't negatively affect your mature tree, you're wrong. Heavily pruned trees produce small, poorly colored fruit with low sugar levels and a limited number of flower buds the following year. Training at the start of a tree's life is, therefore, essential for the harvest of your dreams.