Fruit Tree Pruning Basics! 🌳Pruning your fruit trees is essential in keeping them healthy and manageable. 🍏Heading and Thinning Cuts are the cuts you need to practice and learn well. 🍎A Heading cut is one that is made somewhere along the branch or limb that reduces its size. 🌳This is especially helpful in managing the size of a dwarf fruit tree, they won’t stay small unless you prune them! 🍐It is best to make a heading cut above an outward facing bud to take advantage of the hormonal change

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This is the best time to prune fruit trees! Timing is crucial! It’s best to prune a tree while it is still dormant, before it goes into growth stages. This way there is time for the tree to heal and redirect its hormones through the tree and cause new and better growth. Want more pruning videos? Let me know what you want to see in the comments! #pruning #pruningseason #fruittree #backyardorchard #backyardgarden #backyardhomestead | Earth, Nails & Tails

🌳💧 Think it’s always a good time to prune? Think again! There are 3 times you should absolutely NOT prune your fruit trees 👇🍎 1️⃣ Before it rains – those open cuts are just asking for disease. 2️⃣ In the fall – you’ll trigger tender new growth that can die in winter. 3️⃣ When it’s below freezing – those fresh wounds can freeze and cause damage. Patience = healthy trees 🌿✨ Got pruning questions? Drop them in the comments! 💬👇 #fruittrees #gardeningtips #orchardlife #gardener #growyourownfoo