Goats cannot be trusted in an orchard due to their mischievous nature and the fact.

Jan 23, How to Prune an Apple Tree is a question I often get this time of year. In today's video I will be going through how to prune the apple trees in your garden.

Mar 10, Sally Nex gives some helpful tips on pruning your apple trees. May 05, Learn how to prune an apple tree to a modified central leader system in three steps. Demonstrated by experts Jerry Goodspeed and JayDee Gunnell at the USU Bo.

Jan 02, Happy new year to everyone! What has your highlight in the garden been so far? Mine was probably harvesting the pounds upon pounds of beans, it was a great y. Share your videos with friends, family, and the world. Pruning Tip #1 - Start pruning after the New Year (YouTube video with Jon Clements) Pruning Tip #2 -- It's all about light (YouTube video with Jon Clements) Apple Tree Pruning. MassAggie presentation (PDF) by Elizabeth Garofalo, Jon Clements, and Wesley Autio.

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Pruning Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard (C). William J. Lord and James F. Pruning Apple Trees: Basic Concepts WSU Extension, videos (English and Spanish).

Horticultural systems and practices to facilitate mechanization in apples and pears, S. Musacchi (WSU-TFREC), presentation, WSHA annual meeting, Why Prune? Fruit trees need pruning for two primary purposes: to establish the basic structure, and to provide light channels throughout the tree so that all the fruit can mature well.

These include watersprouts.

A well pruned tree is easier to maintain and to harvest, and adds esthetic value to the home garden as well, but the primary reason for pruning is to ensure good access to sunlight.

Prune apple trees, including flowering crabapples, mountain ash, hawthorns and shrub cotoneasters in late winter (February-early April). Spring or summer pruning increases the chances for infection and spread of the bacterial disease fireblight.

Autumn or early winter pruning is more likely to result in drying and die-back at pruning sites.