Timeline for How to prune this Apple tree
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| Aug 1, 2018 at 20:50 | comment | added | Rob | @Graham Chiu Well if you don't mind the tree dieing and simply replacing it then I would suggest you make the cuts you specified in the picture except lower them. Make the cuts closer to the collar of the tree (where new growth will occurred) and hope for the best. Be sure to use the "three cut method". | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 19:59 | comment | added | Graham Chiu | You misuderstand me. I'm not afraid of this tree dying from aggressive pruning. I just want to make sure it doesn't spend all its growth on regenerating unwanted branches. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 19:26 | comment | added | Rob | @Graham Chiu Like I said, I am no professional I only have my experience to go on, and logic. Logic tells me that the only way a tree can grow is if it has leaves and branches to absorb sunlight etc. However, I also know that tree's with healthy roots are capable of storing a lot of energy and in my experience its enough energy to regrow. That being said I am not suggesting anything. If you have emotional ties to the tree s/t you couldn't suffer it dieing on you than I think your best option would be a traditional pruning and a ladder for collecting fruit. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 0:40 | comment | added | Graham Chiu | I've read that if you heavily prune fruit trees then what happens is that they grow lots of water sprouts which you then have to keep cutting, and they don't produce fruit. | |
| Jul 31, 2018 at 17:39 | comment | added | Rob | @Graham Chiu I am not a professional arborer; however, I do have experience with cutting tree's low. In my own personal experience I have seen trees literally being cut at ground level grow back into fine healthy trees in just a few short years. | |
| Jul 31, 2018 at 4:44 | comment | added | Graham Chiu | I've read that one should not remove more than 25% of the canopy in one year. | |
| Jul 30, 2018 at 22:20 | review | Late answers | |||
| Jul 31, 2018 at 9:03 | |||||
| Jul 30, 2018 at 22:02 | history | answered | Rob | CC BY-SA 4.0 |