How Do You Prune Ornamental Fruit Trees?
When you learn how to prune ornamental fruit trees, you eradicate overgrowth that may zap the flora’s strength. At the same time, proper pruning gets rid of accidentally broken branches, diseased tree limbs, and of course growth that unhealthily encroaches on other tree limbs. As a result, you are rewarded with ornamental fruit trees sufficiently healthy to provide a showy crop during the next growing season. Plan on pruning your ornamental fruit trees regardless of their ages. Even if they are very young, pruning is necessary. The sooner you begin with this practice, the less work you need to do over the years. Set a late spring date for pruning your ornamental fruit trees. These trees commonly produce flowers in the early part of spring, and you do well to prune soon after they are done flowering, but before the production of their fruit begins. Pay close attention to insect and mold infested branches. Cut these first, and thoroughly clean your pruning tools to avoid spread of these
