I need to radicaly prune my apple tree.any web sites that show what it should look like.?

Answer 1

I have pruned twice yearly for decades and now the experts are starting to catch up. You can do the cut and slash where you take out the middle, anthingg rubbing, anything too closse together (neds to be space for the apples) and lop the rest back by a third or you can go the technical way of removing the centre and leaders, cutting back new wood to 3 buds. The more lateral the tree grows the more fruit it will have so if its young you can tie the branches into a more horizontal position similar to an espalier.
These links may help:
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s984425.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s894156.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/southwestwa/stories/s966638.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1415297.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s972747.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1069757.htm

Answer 2

I'm not sure of any websites. But the main idea is to do several things:

1. Get light down into the tree
2. Get rid of branches that are rubbing into another branch
3. Get rid of sucker branches along the main branches and base.

Actually it's best to keep your apple trees really small, almost so you can reach most all of the apples by hand or with just a small 6 foot ladder. Some orchard cut theirs about to the point where the apple trees are almost grown like grape vines.

Answer 3

You haven'y stated where you live,but it is spring already you need to prune the trees in late fall or very early spring if they already budded it's to late.make sure you spray your trees every 2 weeks you can get fruit tree sprays at any hardwear stores. remember this when you see branches growing straight up from any branches they are calles sucklings cut them off any time of the year they will take away from the rest of the tree but do this in early spring or late fall and just type in pruning my apple trees and you will find info Note if you have alot of cedar trees growning around your apple trees thats a bad sign since cedar hurts apples trees you can also call up ayour loc agricultral dept and they will even come out to help you with any trees

Answer 4

I looked up this site for you. I think it will help you a great deal. Good luck!

Answer 5

type in search....pruning fruit trees....it should come up for you...