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Pruning – 5 top tips

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Jim C.

This is a good time to be pruning your apple trees. Here are the top tips from Orchard Pig on how to care for your apple trees – you can do this whether you have one or a whole orchard. Focus on the leader of your tree; height is key. Single out the leading branch to [...]

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How to prune an apple tree

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Jim C.

As a follow up to the orchard management post, I thought it would be useful to publish a 3 minute video on why, and how to prune apple trees. There is a whole art and science behind managing and maintaining that your fruit trees stay healthy all year round, however the basics here are all [...]

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