Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...

Keep your gardening to-do list simple and stress-free, and your harvest within reach, with these pruning tips Prune to a manageable height. First and foremost, it’s highly recommended that you prune ...

Question: I read that I should prune my fruit trees every year. Mine have not been pruned for several years. Could you please explain how and when to prune fruit trees? Answer: Yes, fruit trees should ...

My fruit trees have not been pruned for three years and have gotten too tall. Could you give me some suggestions for bringing them back into control? Is now a good time to prune? It’s best to prune ...

It is bare-root season for fruit trees as well as time to prune and a reminder: before Valentine’s Day spray peaches and nectarines for peach leaf curl. The most important pruning is the pruning of ...

A famous horticulturist once said, “Of all the operations connected with horticulture, pruning, shaping and training bring the person into closest contact and sympathy with his plant.” Pruning, when ...

Brian Cox with The Davey Tree Expert Company prunes a peach tree at a client's home in Frisco. (Jason Janik/Special Contributor) The edible garden is serene and quiet in winter. Fallen leaves have ...

The apple tree is screaming to be pruned! A large, old apple tree can take hours to prune. An option is to cut it down and plant several dwarf fruit trees. (Judy Scott) Anyone who buys or inherits a ...

Most of us know that winter is a good time to prune, but Contra Costa Master Gardener Helen Erickson says summer pruning of fruit trees is more beneficial and easier to do. The biggest goal of ...

I love to prune trees and shrubs; now is the time to start. I worked this past weekend on a ginkgo at my daughter’s house that was out of control. It has two main trunks and lots of branches coming ...