Pruning is an essential part of fruit tree maintenance, but doing it wrong can spell trouble for your trees. Here are the key pruning mistakes to avoid.

Pruning in the dormant season is absolutely necessary for trees that form fruit on new wood. Nectarines and peaches are two trees that benefit from dormant pruning. Others, like apricot, cherry, and ...

All fruit trees benefit from both summer and winter pruning. Peaches, nectarines, plums and apricots are all members of the Prunus genus and are therefore closely related.

Avoid pruning fruit trees in late spring or early summer when disease organisms are most active. The wounds created by cutting are more likely to be infected by pathogens during these times of year.

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