Pruning Fruit Trees: A Beginner’s Guide
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Pruning Fruit Trees: A Beginners Guide is here to unbundle the complicated world of pruning and provide step-by-step instructions to beginners. Concise and to the point, there’s no complicated waffle here. Just a clear set of instructions + helpful sketches.
Written by Kath Irvine
$30.00
7 in stock (can be backordered)
Calm trees is the overall aim. A less-is-more approach to cutting with a focus on training as well as pruning. This doesn’t mean wild, woolly things that need ladders – compact and productive are our guiding lights. The goal of this guide is to school you in the basics and bring an understanding of the seasonal rhythm of fruit trees. A strong start to your pruning journey!
You’ll learn
- Pruning goals and a few important tips
- Choosing a shape for your tree
- Training and pruning deciduous fruit trees from just planted to old and neglected
- Tree trickery: cunning ways to get the best out of your trees
- The art of espalier
- How To thin fruit
- How to prune avocados, citrus, feijoas, grapes, figs, currants + berries
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