Many people feel that fruit tree pruning is too complex a task to be done by amateurs, but when we amateurs learn a few basic concepts, we can keep our fruit trees healthy, well-shaped and bearing ...

Thinking about proper tree pruning reveals interesting presuppositions on our part about what’s natural and what is not. It’s important to know some basics about pruning — in particular what not to do ...

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Q. When should I prune my persimmon tree? A. The short answer is now, but here are some fruit tree pruning basics: Bethallyn Black is director of the Contra Costa Master Gardeners, a program ...

People will sometimes cut off a lot of the inner branches of a tree, thinking it looks better and so must be good for the tree, said Peter Girardi, a certified arborist.

Minnetrista’s horticulturists are always busy. One of our winter tasks is pruning the apple trees scattered across our campus. I want to discuss the basics of pruning apple trees and hopefully show ...

Pruning is an essential garden chore for healthy trees, and you may assume that fruit and shade trees have the same pruning ...

Certified arborist Rick Wheeler stands beneath a persimmon tree in a Torrance backyard and surveys the bare branches. Then he raises his shears and carefully starts snipping. He spots a crossing ...