Many people feel that fruit tree pruning is too complex a task to be done by amateurs, but when we amateurs learn a few basic concepts, we can keep our fruit trees healthy, well-shaped and bearing ...

The fruit-tree pruning schedule for the coming months is now available at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Orchard in North Las Vegas. This Saturday I will teach the ...

The size of the branch you are cutting should reflect the tool used to cut it. Here are a few tree trimming tools that make sense to have in your arsenal before you start pruning your tree: The trunk, ...

Pruning can help keep your shrubs and trees looking good and increase the production of flowers and fruit if done properly. However, poor pruning techniques can irreversibly damage your plants. Here ...

Found yourself with a garden full of overgrown trees and shrubs? It’s time to give them a haircut through pruning. Pruning helps trees and plants stay healthy, improve growth, and even produce more ...

Tree trimming improves the health and appearance of trees and is important for the safety of the property and residents. Tree trimming costs range from $215 to $730 per tree. Many factors influence ...

Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 25, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE ON SUMMER PRUNING OF WOODY FRUIT SPECIES (2011), pp. 129-142 (14 pages) Crop yield and fruit quality performance determine the economic ...

Certified arborist Rick Wheeler stands beneath a persimmon tree in a Torrance backyard and surveys the bare branches. Then he raises his shears and carefully starts snipping. He spots a crossing ...

Thinking about proper tree pruning reveals interesting presuppositions on our part about what’s natural and what is not. It’s important to know some basics about pruning — in particular what not to do ...

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People will sometimes cut off a lot of the inner branches of a tree, thinking it looks better and so must be good for the tree, said Peter Girardi, a certified arborist.