| Hello there to all I'm writing a short article here on | | | | should have very good productive fruit wood for |
| peach, cherry, prune, and nectarine pruning. There | | | | the new year coming. You always want to have |
| are many people that have fruit trees in their | | | | all the branches facing outwards and nothing going |
| back yards and I would like to explain how to | | | | inwards. As well sometime you get small twigs in |
| prune the trees the right way. If you just plant a | | | | between the rest of the branches and you can |
| peach tree you want to prune that tree right | | | | take them out by hand. So for every branch you |
| from the beginning. | | | | do the same look for best pencil wood and leave |
| If you just plant a peach tree you want to prune | | | | four to five sticks depending on the size of the |
| that tree right from the beginning. Well if you | | | | branch and keep every thing spaced well. |
| have cut the tree down to 3ft tall and leave 4 | | | | Nectarines are pruned in similar way as peaches. |
| main limbs and cut the limbs to 50% of the length | | | | Cherry tree pruning is some what different |
| then you have a good start there. With cherry | | | | depending on what style of tree pruning you want |
| trees when first time planting do the same and | | | | most common style is open center. The trick to |
| count tree too 3 ft tall. The cherry trees when | | | | growing a good cherry tree is to let the tree |
| planted push out new limbs in the year to come | | | | grow center leader for about 4 years that way |
| then the fallowing year you prune in 4 limbs. | | | | you get some excellent limbs. As you get more |
| Prunes are the same way and nectarines are | | | | limbs you cut the outside branches back to first |
| similar to peach pruning. As the tree gets into the | | | | twig growing out wards that way the training of |
| second and forth years you want to start | | | | the branch begins always going outwards and do |
| opening up the center if the the style you want | | | | the same for the rest of the limbs always looking |
| some like center leader tree; that's just one main | | | | for a flat kinda look. You want 4 main branches |
| branch going straight up and you prune that tree | | | | on the trunk of the tree to keep that in mind. |
| to look like a Christmas tree. With an open center | | | | After four years you should cut out the center |
| the tree looking like a up side down umbrella | | | | main leader to get you open center style unless |
| which by far is the best way to prune peach | | | | you want to let the tree grow center leader. The |
| trees as well you get best sun exposure and | | | | width of the tree depends on your tree row |
| more air flow. | | | | spacing. |
| Well to start off one you have the inside of the | | | | Pruning of prune trees is similar to pruning cherries |
| tree pruned out then you move out to the | | | | the only thing is you don't grow them center |
| branches you look for the best wood that | | | | leader just open center. Depending on what |
| quarter inch and better I call that pencil wood | | | | variety you plant. Some trees have different |
| because its the same size as a pencil. One you | | | | styles of growing so just keep the cherry pruning |
| have the good wood ready to be pruned you cut | | | | style and you get a very nice tree. |
| the branch back to 6 to 10 inch long and then you | | | | |