A pruning saw makes it easier for you to remove bigger branches.

Use your larger saws for larger branches but I prefer the Stihl T for reachable branch pruning. It has a narrow chain and can be held by top or side. Mine is 10 years. Pruning Apple Trees 3 When to Prune If you have a small orchard, delay pruning until it’s nearly spring. Allow for rain and bad weather, but plan to be finished pruning by May 1 or in time to begin spraying. In many larger orchards, the pruning begins soon after harvest and continues through to.

Aug 03, Here are the best pruning saws for cutting branches: 1. Silky Zubat Hand Saw. The Silky Zubat Hand Saw is a professional quality, Japanese pruning saw with a inch curved, hard chromium 2. Samurai Ichiban GCLH. 3. Corona RS RazorTOOTH. 4. Bahco LAP Laplander.

5. Missing: apple trees. Apr 10, Corona RS Razor Tooth Folding Saw – the best for the blades! The Corona Razor Tooth saw would do as it was supposed to do – to slash. It performs best when cutting the chest of your body, but it still does an outstanding job when picked over your head or under the abdomen (which is where the curved blades shine).5/5(25). Oct 07, Make the heading cuts above growth buds that are facing outwards, so that new branches can develop away from the tree.

Heading cuts are very practical to shape young apple trees. For example, a heading cut made on the central leader branch will produce a new horizontal branch.