Plan to prune your peach trees every year during their dormant season.

Sep 21, Provide annual pruning of a dwarf peach tree to keep the tree healthy and attractive.

One thing the gardener needs to pay attention to is when to prune a dwarf peach tree.

Because of the smaller height of dwarf peach trees, you can access all areas of the trees easily without a ladder. Prune a dwarf peach tree in the spring to keep it healthy and productive. Spread the tarp beneath the fruit tree to catch the branches you cut. You can prune dwarf peach trees heavily for the first three years to encourage greater growth.

This will sacrifice fruit production, but the you'll be rewarded later with a stronger, healthier tree.

It increases fruit size and yields by limiting the demands on the tree's nutritional resources.

Apr 25, The goal when pruning peach trees is to remove old, slow growing, non-fruitful shoots and leave 1-year-old, 18 to 24 inch ( cm.) red bearing shoots. About 40% of the tree should be pruned out annually. The first step is to remove all rootstock suckers and water sprouts from the lower three feet of the tree.

Second dormant season: Prune away fast-growing new shoots but leave twig growth, which will be the fruit-bearing wood (on most peach trees). Choose and encourage additional scaffolds, if needed.

Third dormant season: Prune off any broken limbs or crossing branches, but don’t do any more major pruning until the tree has produced a good-sized crop.