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Rejuvenative Pruning an Old Apple Tree
Old Apple trees can be rejuvenated & reinvigorated with a hard pruning back. This will allow you to reduce the overall size of your fruit tree while encouraging better branching & fruiting.
When to Prune
- Early Spring, avoid frosty & very cold weather
What to use
- Loppers, pruning saw & secateurs
How to prune
- The aim is to create an open canopy for your fruit trees
- Fruit trees should have their central leader or main stem removed
- This allows light into the centre of the tree
- Prune the tree to create a vase or 'V' shaped canopy
Steps
- Remove dead, dying & diseased branches
- Remove branches that are crossing over or rubbing against each other
- Remove any inward growing stems
- Remove central leader if this has not already been done
- Step back & view tree. If sufficiently small then stop pruning
- If tree is too large, reduce all stems or branches by 1/3
