This will insure greater fruit production in future years.

1. Prune fruit trees when the leaves are off (dormant). It’s easier to see what you are doing and removal of dormant buds (growing points) invigorates the remaining buds. Summer pruning removes leaves (food manufacturer), slows fruit ripening, and exposes fruit to sunburn.

Summer pruning can be used, however, to slow down overly vigorous trees or trees that are too shrubmulching.bar Size: 53KB. trees with fruit growth and development.

Summer pruning is usually done from June through August, though the greatest benefits are achieved when summer pruning is completed in early summer, when fruit are still small.

Pruning Unbranched Trees or Whips The trunk and branches of a new fruit tree may require pruning immediately after planting. tree pruning are: – Develop strong tree structure.

This should begin when trees are planted and jungle trees not dropping saplings each year thereafter.

– Provide for light penetration. Good light quality throughout the tree increases fruit bud development for following years and increases the quality of the current crop. – Control tree size.

Most fruit trees require pruning to controlFile Size: KB. Open center peach tree annually pruned to create 1 year old wood. Typically remove 70% of the branches followed by thinning of 90% of the young fruit with in.

spacing. Peach. Decadent backyard peach with very little 1 year wood. Over pruned to encourage new shoots and. Space laterals 5 to 6 inches apart. Leave viable older fruit wood (small old-looking branches). Cut new whips back 2/3. Prune again after fruit is picked to promote fruitwood growth vs vigorous canes. BLACKBERRIES Fruit is produced on 2nd year stems. Remove these after fruit is picked. FIGS Prune to a vase (open center) shape. desired shape and form. Training young fruit trees is es-sential for proper tree development.

It is more efficient to direct tree growth with training than to correct it with pruning. Pruning is most often accomplished during the win-ter, commonly referred to as dormant pruning. Training includes summer training and summer pruning as well as dormant pruning. The goal of tree training is to direct.