what is the definitive time to prune apple trees - uk NW - anyone help?

"colin mclean" wrote in message
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what is the definitive time to prune apple trees - uk NW - anyone help?



Late winter / early spring time.
Try to do it when the really cold weather is over , but do not leave it too
late or the tree will have started growing

HTH
Phil

Philip wrote in message . ..

"colin mclean" wrote in message
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what is the definitive time to prune apple trees - uk NW - anyone help?



Late winter / early spring time.
Try to do it when the really cold weather is over , but do not leave it too
late or the tree will have started growing


and summertime. Summer pruning reduces vigour (leafy growth).

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Anton

and summertime. Summer pruning reduces vigour (leafy growth).
Anton

Right. I use summer pruning, preferably July, to slow an apple down, or any
other strong plant. Not just to slow it down, but to take advantage of its
ability to take whatever other pruning I may have in mind!

Then use dormant season pruning for invigoration; renewal pruning. That's in
Maine's Canadian winters. I wonder whether in Britain one should wait till
what seems to be close to the end of the dormant season there, to do renewal
pruning.

Scott L. Hadley








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Scott L. Hadley wrote in message ...
and summertime. Summer pruning reduces vigour (leafy growth).
Anton

Right. I use summer pruning, preferably July, to slow an apple down, or any
other strong plant. Not just to slow it down, but to take advantage of its
ability to take whatever other pruning I may have in mind!

Then use dormant season pruning for invigoration; renewal pruning. That's
in
Maine's Canadian winters. I wonder whether in Britain one should wait till
what seems to be close to the end of the dormant season there, to do
renewal
pruning.



For apples then anytime from when the leaves drop until
just before budburst seems OK here.

--
Anton

anton wrote:

: Philip wrote in message . ..
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: "colin mclean" wrote in message
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: what is the definitive time to prune apple trees - uk NW - anyone help?
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: Late winter / early spring time.
: Try to do it when the really cold weather is over , but do not leave it too
: late or the tree will have started growing


: and summertime. Summer pruning reduces vigour (leafy growth).

Mmmmmm...... I'd say it doesn't seem to encourage quite as much new
growth. Which is not quite the same.