Experienced gardeners often disagree on the question of "when and how to trim trees correctly?"Nevertheless, all of them are unanimous in that this procedure is extremely important for the proper growth of fruit trees, the optimal formation of their crown and trunk, increasing the ability of fruiting and the quality of the crop, as well as the rejuvenation of garden plants. Important, is also the removal of deformed, broken, dried or diseased branches.
Contents
- Pruning trees
- When is it better to trim trees?
- A little bit about the tools and their correct use
Pruning
trees When solving the problem when cropping fruit trees, it's important to know that the first pruning is done during the planting of one-two-year-old seedlings on a permanent growth site. The planted specimen cuts about thirty to fifty percent of its crown. Formed slices should be covered with garden varnish, and then wrapped with electrical tape. Instead of a garden fume, oil paint can be used as a putty.
Within the next three years, the forming pruning is made, allowing to create a proportional and reliable crown of the fruit tree. On our site there is a video about how to trim trees in this period, so that later the tree was properly formed crown, and its skeletal branches grew thick, did not interfere with each other. Also, the trimming procedure should provide an obtuse angle of growth of the tree branches relative to its trunk.
If there is a question, when to cut trees in the garden and how often to do it, the answer to it is the following: young trees require an annual pruning trim. During this procedure, it is recommended to cut up to a third of the length of absolutely all strong shoots growing on skeletal branches and trunk. It is advisable to leave three or four shoots on the branches of a young tree. The rest is required to be removed.
The problem, pruning old garden trees, is also quite solvable. Their pruning is carried out as necessary. Uniquely remove old and diseased branches, as well as branches subjected to breakdowns and deformations. Also, periodic thinning of the crown is recommended.
When is it better to trim the trees?
Questions: "Is it possible to trim trees in winter or summer?"- Beginners gardeners are asked quite often. It is important to understand that at different times of the year it is necessary to produce differently important procedures for trimming trees. The main pruning is usually performed after the cessation of severe frost during the fruit tree tranquility. It is desirable that it be produced before the onset of the spring vegetation period. In warm regions it is performed until the end of February. In the absence of proper experience, or doubting how to cut trees in the spring, because of fear of cutting off healthy branches, having confused them with the damaged ones, you can postpone the procedure of cutting until May, when the kidneys begin to unfold. Forming pruning is also performed at the beginning of summer, at the same time, pruning trees in autumn is mainly done for rejuvenating the tree, calling for the growth of new shoots.
A little bit about tools and their correct use
Annual young shoots are cut with either a pruner or a garden knife. The location of the cut is directly above the kidney.
Thinning the crown, the branches are cut slightly higher than the influx of their base. The cut must be made parallel to the flow. The stump is not left to the wound to overgrow more quickly.
