An expert has urged gardeners to prune their cherry, apricot, peach and plum trees this month to help protect them from ...

PRUNING plum trees is essential to maintain a fruitful crop each year and timing it right is the key to keeping a steady harvest - but as the harvest season comes to an end, when should you be ...

Fruit trees can be one of the most productive parts of a garden, providing gardeners with delicious pickings every year. Knowing how to prune fruit trees for a better harvest will ensure you're ...

Plum trees It is important to get the timing right when you prune fruit trees . Some want to be pruned in winter, like apples and pears, while stone fruits are best pruned during their growing season.

PRUNING plum trees in summer rather than winter helps to keep them disease-free and sets them up to produce another great crop next year. By Deborah Stone 18:52, Tue, Aug 5, 2014 ...

Q: When is the best time to prune a 20-year-old plum tree?I get conflicting information. Early spring or between November and February? This tree has not produced fruit for many years. Does it ...

Question: It’s October and the peach and plum trees have started to bloom. Should we do needed pruning now or wait until the normal time during winter? Answer: October flowering could mean an… ...

If left to their own devices, most apple trees grow into large, globe-shaped trees, with the best fruit forming on the tree’s outer perimeter, high above convenient apple-picking height.

Overgrown plum trees can be rejuvenated in stages over several years. Lop one or two branches a year, making sure that the cuts are not in the crown of the tree. Lots of new growth will appear.

Hopefully the worst of the winter has passed so it’s safe to winter prune your fruit trees. Apple and pear trees can be tackled now, although pruning should only be done in clement weather ...

Mirror.co.uk. 00:00, 16 Oct 2011; Updated 18:40, 7 Feb 2012; Is it possible to prune plum trees now or is it too late? Mine is getting too tall to harvest easily. - Jean Taylor, ...

There is something about gigantic stuffed turkeys, Christmas puddings and endless mince pies that makes the humble prune seem suddenly very attractive. Stay up to date with notifications from The ...