Post by meakinsl on Jan 18, 2011 17:46:16 GMT
Hello,
New to forum and new to gardening - have put two posts up on different
subjects (both to do with trees).
Have recently bought house with a large apple tree in back photo below :
Should i get it pruned back - seems pretty big to me - had a tree surgeon
round and he said either to cut it at end of summer/autumn and then will have
bit of a chance to recover before next spring and will get average crop
of apples the next year or to get it cut in spring and accept that year will
no get many apples. This seems to go against the advice I have read on the
internet that says best time to get it cut would be end of winter - Feb time.
Wandered what peoples views were - any advice greatly appreciated. Also
would people go for a full crop it seems been cut back before and was tempted
to get it cut back to roughly where it has been before - the ends are quite
thin for about a metre before going back into a thicker bit.
Many thanks
Lawrence
New to forum and new to gardening - have put two posts up on different
subjects (both to do with trees).
Have recently bought house with a large apple tree in back photo below :
Should i get it pruned back - seems pretty big to me - had a tree surgeon
round and he said either to cut it at end of summer/autumn and then will have
bit of a chance to recover before next spring and will get average crop
of apples the next year or to get it cut in spring and accept that year will
no get many apples. This seems to go against the advice I have read on the
internet that says best time to get it cut would be end of winter - Feb time.
Wandered what peoples views were - any advice greatly appreciated. Also
would people go for a full crop it seems been cut back before and was tempted
to get it cut back to roughly where it has been before - the ends are quite
thin for about a metre before going back into a thicker bit.
Many thanks
Lawrence
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