Home. Home / RHS Gardening. HGIC 1351 Pruning & Training Apple & Pear Trees : Extension. Prepared by Bob Polomski Extension Consumer Horticulturist, Clemson University. (New 01/00.) Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Training and pruning are essential for growing fruit successfully. Fruit size, quality and pest management are influenced by training and pruning. Untrained and unpruned trees become entangled masses of shoots and branches that produce little or no fruit and harbor insects and diseases.
Consider the following tips when training and pruning fruit crops: Before training or pruning a plant, visualize the results of the action. Training begins at planting and may be required for several years. Light pruning can be performed throughout the growing season to remove broken, injured or diseased branches and to improve air circulation to control foliar diseases. Suggested Pruning Cuts A. Initial Training & Pruning The day apple trees are planted is the day to begin to train and prune for future production. Apple trees are trained to a modified leader system. Summer Pruning. Blomsterlandet.se. Gardening Know How - Gardening Is Easy! Let us Show You How. Flower and Garden Tips for Enthusiastic Gardeners Everywhere. Gardening. Odla.nu. Buy Flower Seeds,Vegetable Seeds,Garden Seeds - Secure Online Seed Store - Plant World Seeds. Trädgård & växter - Trädgårdsdags - Trädgårdsdags.