Many people feel that fruit tree pruning is too complex a task to be done by amateurs, but when we amateurs learn a few basic concepts, we can keep our fruit trees healthy, well-shaped and bearing ...
The fruit-tree pruning schedule for the coming months is now available at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Orchard in North Las Vegas. This Saturday I will teach the ...
Participants will learn basic tree anatomy and how it relates to proper tree structure, weight management and fruitwood ...
Pruning can help keep your shrubs and trees looking good and increase the production of flowers and fruit if done properly. However, poor pruning techniques can irreversibly damage your plants. Here ...
Certified arborist Rick Wheeler stands beneath a persimmon tree in a Torrance backyard and surveys the bare branches. Then he raises his shears and carefully starts snipping. He spots a crossing ...
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Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 25, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE ON SUMMER PRUNING OF WOODY FRUIT SPECIES (2011), pp. 129-142 (14 pages) Crop yield and fruit quality performance determine the economic ...
Over my many years in the tree care industry, I have seen (and heard reports of) many serious injuries and deaths caused by inexperienced persons trying to do their own tree pruning. In the majority ...
People will sometimes cut off a lot of the inner branches of a tree, thinking it looks better and so must be good for the tree, said Peter Girardi, a certified arborist. "It does look clean, it does ...