2006-09-04 22:03:51 · 17 answers · asked by alisonkaychapman 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Winter after the fruit is picked.
2006-09-04 22:05:47 · answer #1 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always pruned my own apple tree after the leaves have fallen off and has gone to sleep for the winter, after cutting the branches or surplus wood I would coat the cuts with a sealer to stop disease from entering the cut part. But I worked on an estate where the owner prefer ed a spring cut so the rising sap sealed the cut end and kept out decease. But I still go for the Autumn trim for my tree which is the Discovery apple .Winefly
2006-09-06 03:03:37 · answer #2 · answered by alex winefly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the fall. Remove the vertically growing limbs, long stringy limbs with few buds and only trim off 1/3 of it's current size max. Leave the limbs with buds, and trim away from the larger branches to let in more light and air.
Sometimes this might take three years for neglected trees, but the result is a continuously bountiful crop.
2006-09-04 23:28:25 · answer #3 · answered by Sgt Squid 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as quickly through fact the leaves fall and in the previous they start to boost interior the spring. in case you prune the timber in leaf it is going to eliminate potential from the tree. The rotting apples won't harm the tree. while you're growing to be the apples to devour in simple terms spray them with a fungicide next 365 days.
2016-11-24 22:26:22 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dead wood casn be pruned any time. Shaping should be done in late fall (after the leaves fall), or in early winter (before the sap flows). Remember to leave the spurs, this is where the apples will grow.
2006-09-04 22:11:33 · answer #5 · answered by doggiebike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you may be confused, it's either a prune tree or an apple tree!!!!!
2006-09-05 02:18:39 · answer #6 · answered by Bluebird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Late winter...around February-March. You want to try and time it so the trees are still dormant just a few weeks before thier ready to come ti life again and begin blooming and budding.
2006-09-06 00:50:15 · answer #7 · answered by Ron B. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After the autumn harvest. Apple trees are one of the last fruits to harvest so you have to wait later than other fruits.
November would be good.
2006-09-04 22:24:00 · answer #8 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Late Autumn
2006-09-08 02:00:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aftewr the trees go dormant in late fall or winter.
2006-09-05 00:13:45 · answer #10 · answered by mluxia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After you have harvested the tree and the cold weather has set in. This will do the least harm to the tree and it will not "bleed" in the cold weather.
2006-09-04 22:11:36 · answer #11 · answered by London Girl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋