From what I can see,maybe a little can be taken out of the center,to promote the outer branches to grow more and for better light and air movement.bb
Thanks!
If you want to maximize growth you can pinch back everything but our permanent scaffold branches enough to assure the dominance of your chosen ones.
On a tree that young I only remove stuff which isn’t getting enough light. Maximal growth is my goal, removing mature leaves in the sun is short-changing growth.
Lots of that would get removed the next dormant season though.
Thank you! What are your thoughts on the dwarf apricot? A lot of the scaffolding branches I have chosen have more dominant ones off to the side
Maybe I’m just thinking of it wrong but do you only want one scaffolding branch or is it OK to have one that split into multiple or one or two.
Sorry it cut out. For example the branch with a little bag on it is the primary scaffolding branch that I chose in the spring. But there are two others coming off of it that are going to dominate. Should I cut the back now or wait until spring of next year? Also in the other picture you will see there is for other branches that came off the one scaffolding that I have.
So I can cut all the bottom new growth around the trunk and it wouldn’t effect the peach and mulberry tree?
We have our first few consecutive dry days in maybe 6+ weeks. I want to summer prune my trees now since I’m trying to keep everything small. But, the dry weather is coinciding with a heat wave of 100 degrees. We had a relatively cool spring and really only got hot in the last week. Thoughts on pruning container trees in the high heat? Does it stress the trees too much? OK, just water a little more?
I don’t think pruning in the heat has any negative effect. My background was commercial nursery production, and we would prune all summer long, all types of trees, but try to have as much done as possible prior to August 1, so they could progress into winter and be hardy. (Ohio)
This would apply for field stock and containers.
There are some other considerations for fruit production, but I never hold off for heat when I prune, but will hold off on my apples when its wet and rainy, or heading into a warm rainy period especially in late May and June.
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Thank you for your input.