Pruning apple trees encourages growth and prevents reduces the risk of disease.

If your apple tree is producing more fruit than expected, you mind find that the branches are being weighed down. Here's how you can protect it.

Knowing how and when to prune apple trees will help you harvest more fruit. Plus, regular pruning produces sweeter, more flavorful apples.

Why you need to prune your apple trees 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 ...

SEATTLE — "Do you love apples? Well if you don't prune your apple tree, you aren't gonna get many apples, so you need to get out there and prune your fruit tree!" said gardening expert Ciscoe ...

Pruning fruit trees is performed to regulate growth, improve fruit size and quality, control tree size and reduce production costs; ideally during winter's dormant season before spring's active ...

The answer is found in how woody plants grow. Trees and shrubs sense the shortening days of autumn, which triggers them to begin shutting down growth in preparation for winter’s arrival.

As you start to think of Spring time weather, you may begin looking around the yard making a to-do list to accomplish. One of those looming tasks may be finally “attacking” that old apple tree. Late ...

Dave has been releasing and pruning apple trees on State owned land as well as his own property for many years. Even though the apples provide an autumn benefit, the best time to prune the trees ...

Apple trees tolerate many different pruning methods, so you can choose a shape for your tree that suits the area where it's growing, says Weekend Gardener Monthly's web magazine for March 2014.

Pruning apple trees encourages growth and prevents reduces the risk of disease.