Hello! In January and February, our Green Emergency app and yearly calendar transform into an extensive guide for pruning fruit trees and shrubs. Upon entering the app, you can:
🍎Scroll down the app and sequentially explore all our content on fruit pruning, featuring over 1200 posts with videos and detailed instructions on what to do in the garden.
🍎Use the search function to find specific topics of interest, such as "blueberry pruning."
🍎Navigate to the "Cultivation Plans" tab to find your fruit tree/shrub on the list of plans and check what to do with it in January/winter and throughout the year.
🍎Visit the "Publications" tab to find the e-book "Pruning Calendar for Trees and Shrubs," providing explanations for all types of pruning, tips on how to perform them, and pruning schedules.
Now, let's delve into the topic of pruning fruit trees and shrubs.
Why do we emphasize pruning? Firstly, not pruning leads to plants becoming overgrown, more prone to diseases, and producing less tasty fruits because sunlight cannot reach every branch of the tree or shrub. So, it's worth pruning.
Start by understanding a few key points:
✂️ Perform pruning no later than mid-March.
✂️ Aim to lead trees horizontally (your back will thank you).
✂️ Apply horticultural balm to tree wounds to protect them from diseases.
✂️ Remember, it's better to prune incorrectly than not to prune at all. Don't be afraid; it will grow back!
✂️ If you have an old fruit tree in your garden, don't give up on it. You can also bring it back to shape. Check our app series "Saving Old Apple Trees," and you'll see for yourself.
✂️ You can also prune young fruit trees, even those not yet branched (cutting the main shoot by 1/3, and also the branching by 1/3). Pruning young trees will make them "take off" faster.
✂️ Pay attention to removing water sprouts; cut suckers correctly (more in the post: "How to correctly cut suckers in fruit trees?").
🌡️ The ideal temperature for pruning is from -5 to 0 degrees Celsius.
Now, thematically:
Pruning currants - watch the video "How to prune currants" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab – the currant cultivation plan is available for free for everyone!
🍒 Pruning cherries - watch the video "Basic cherry pruning" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab.
🫐 Pruning blueberries - watch the video "Pruning American blueberries" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab and find blueberries on the list.
🍐 Pruning apples and pears - watch the videos "How to prune an apple tree" and "Basics of pruning apple and pear trees" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab and find apples and pears on the list.
Pruning plums and apricots - watch the video "Pruning plum Reine Claude" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab and find plums and apricots on the list.
🍑 Pruning peaches - watch the video "How to prune a peach tree?" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab and find peaches on the list.
🍒 Pruning cherries - watch the video "Basics of cherry pruning" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab and find cherries on the list.
🍇 Pruning grapes - watch the video "Winter pruning of a small grapevine" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab and find grapes on the list.
Pruning chokeberries - watch the video "Pruning chokeberries" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab and find chokeberries on the list.
Pruning currants - watch the video "Pruning black currants" and "How to prune red currants?" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab and find currants on the list.
🌰 Pruning walnut - watch the video "How to prune a walnut tree?" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab and find walnut on the list.
Pruning hazelnuts - watch the video "How to cut hazelnuts at the stump?" or check the "Cultivation Plans" tab and find hazelnuts on the list.
🖌️ PS Remember also to whitewash fruit trees; watch our video about it: "Why should you whitewash trees in winter?"
Still have questions about fruit trees? No problem, and THERE ARE NO STUPID QUESTIONS. Ask our expert through the "Problems" tab.
Good luck!
