Absolutely brilliant video! I've just bought 2 young apple trees with no idea about pruning but now feel confident enough to do it!! Thanks a million 😀👍
You’re welcome Eric. Pruning is the best thing you can do for fruit trees. It’s the sure fire way to ensure fruit, health and happiness! Ignore all the other guides telling you to liquid feed and babysit them. Prune once a year and job done! 🥷🌿🤘
This is the best video I have seen on pruning. Many talk about what to do, but few about how it works. The mechanics of how energy can divert to specific buds. It's an eye opener for me. Can't wait to try it on my apple trees. Thanks.
Hi Sal. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave such helpful feedback. I’ll keep up this format with the rest of my video guides! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🤘🌿
Fascinating video and you make it so easy to follow. I like the summary at the end. Can’t wait to get back in our garden and follow your guidance and advice. Mum 🥰
If only the so called " gardeners" where I live had a ha'peth of your knowledge. I'm looking forward to getting back into my garden . Snowdrops in the lawn crocus and a single Dutch Iris are tempting me. So Thank you for your smile wisdom and Barry.
Hi Valerie. Great to hear from you and thanks for the kind words I’m touched! 🥷🌿 Maybe pop a note through to your neighbours with my channel url on. 😂 Hahaha. Barry says hello. Happy gardening. Lee
@@Gardenninja If only I could influence my neighbours.!! One has an apple tree taller than a two storey house never pruned, and a Sycamore taller with 4 leads. I have no influence at all.
My neighbours have an ancient apple tree that hangs well into my garden. Seeing how to shape it properly here really makes me want to have a go at it! Happy gardening!
Hi Ben. Maybe ask them if you can do a bit of ‘maintenance’ pruning. They’d be hard pushed to say no! 😜 Then maybe they can repay you with some fruit next year! Happy pruning. Lee
Yes! Same principles. With old trees it’s worthwhile removing some of the very oldest wood to make way for fresh growth! Especially if it’s never really been pruning. Follow the same ‘shaping’ approach. Even using a wood saw to remove badly placed old thick laterals if necessary. Hope that helps. Lee
Yes!!! So many people don’t realise that young pruning for fruit and productive trees is essential. A stitch in time saves nine!! Thanks for the thumbs up. Happy gardening. Lee
Great video 👏 we've inherited a cooking apple tree thats massive and out of control, going to take some work to sort but will give it a go this winter.
This is a very good tutorial. I’ve had my apple & pear tree 11 months & it’s time for me to prune them. Watching your video has given me the confidence to prune them back. My apple tree has 2 large branches & always wondered why more branches was not coming through. Pruning is key for more branches 😀 Thanks for sharing.
I just realized what sets your tutorial apart. I've watched so many videos and never before been told to note what direction a bud is facing (because that's where a branch will grow) when deciding where to cut back to--probably because that's obvious to an experienced grower (and now that you've said it, I've done a face palm), but there are SO many things to think about; I hadn't thought of that obvious point. It's the mark of a good teacher when they remember the perspective of the beginner even though they have a lot more knowledge. (Watching again/procrastinating. My gala and dolgo are waiting.)
Thanks so much Candace for your valuable perspective. I always try and create my content from a perspective of ‘what would I want to know when I first started?’ And go from there. Horticulture and garden designs a vast subject matter so I always try and remember to start with the why. Rather than assuming anything. Can be tricky not to jump straight in with assumptions though!! Glad you’re now going to be pruning with more confidence and savour faire! Happy gardening. Lee
@@Gardenninja PS I overcame procrastination. The dolgo was easy as it was already in good form. The poor gala was the tree all the other trees felt sorry for. It is terribly asymmetrical and had a lot of downward growing branches. It looked very Tim Burton. I think it will take a couple of years to rehabilitate, but I feel more hopeful. Unfortunately there's now a cold snap forecast so I'm a little worried, but the last predicted cold didn't hit us. Fingers crossed.
Thanks Scott! I’m glad you found it useful! Make sure you checkout the rest of my video guides for more garden design hints tips and hacks. Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🌿🤘
@@Gardenninja I am facing problems with root borers. Can you please suggest a cure. I am from India and have an orchard with 2000 trees. Root borers are a menace here. They are very hard to get rid of.
Excellent instructional video on a rather intimidating garden topic. You made it look really easy, so thanks for that Lee! I have a Jane Magnolia that was damaged last year and so this will be my trouble tree to prune this season.
Thanks AJ. Great to hear from you and glad you’ve enjoyed the video. I’d prune the magnolia after it finished flowering. That way you won’t lose any flowers this year if you do it that way. Happy pruning! Lee
Hi found your channel a couple of days ago and I must say it’s the best so far.thank you keep up the good work very informative 👍 all the best for the new year
Thanks so much! Really appreciate the face it’s so helpful and informative. Make sure you check out my site too for hundreds more guides and a lovely Q&A forum! www.gardenninja.co.uk 🥷🌿🤘
Thank you, yet another great and informative video. My apple tree is in my garden in France, which we have had for just over a year. I’m relatively new to gardening and through your instructional videos I’m starting to see the link between all shrubs / trees and the goblet shape being so important. My apple tree is in pretty bad shape, it’s quite old and all I did last year was take off dead branches. I return to France in two weeks time and I can’t wait to get going and sort my apple tree out! Thanks so much x
You’re welcome Angela. Brilliant to see you making the link between plants and pruning. Your right to start tidying up your old apple tree. Always step back and assess. Sometimes even just removing all the crossing and damaged material will open up your tree. Then reducing some of the leaders will help focus the energy on fresh productive growth. Happy pruning! Lee
Hi Sean. A goblet shake still has a central leader. But with side shoots that have been pruned to off shoot from it. A tree will always try and form a central leader so it’s about pruning that to reserve and divert energy to the side shoots which creates the open goblet. More can be read here in my blog. www.gardenninja.co.uk/prune-garden-plants/ 🥷🤘🌿
Hi Lee thank you for sharing this video, it’s so helpful and gives me more confidence to prune apple trees now. You explain everything so clearly. Just one thing I’m a little confused about is that you said originally to keep one leader but then the last tree you look at had the leader removed? Do you recommend removing the leader at some point in time to get that open goblet shape? Or just leave the main leader in situ but obviously keep its height in check? TIA 😊 🙏🏻
Hi Esther. Great to hear from you and I’m glad you like my gardening content. Let me help clear up the leader query on fruit trees. You will always have a branch or shoot that becomes the leader. So when the tree is at the right height you keep nipping this out every year or so. To help keep the tree at the desired height. I’m young trees that haven’t reached their desired height you leave the leader and just keep pruning side shoots until the shape or height is reached. If you remove it by accident it won’t matter it will just bush out more before another leader takes over. It just slows it down. You can do little wrong with pruning that can’t be recovered so go for it! 🥷🤘🌳
Extremely helpful! I know i've got to do mine, but wasn't sure on how to tackle it since planting in the summer. Going to do it now as time is ticking on a bit now!
Hi Shadowside. Now is the perfect time to get your apple trees into shape for this year! I did mine last week so there is still time. Happy pruning! 🥷🌿🍎🍏
@@Gardenninja Did it last night :D I have to tackle the Crab tree however. Going to buy a new saw as it's an older mature tree and appears out of control. It produced so much fruit last year.
Another great guide. A few questions. I've taken over my Mum's garden. She passed away last month. She has some young trees planted very close and I'd like to move them. Could I do that now and is it usually successful? Also we have a great cordon but wasn't pruned for ten years, it's about 50 years old. Any simple tips? Can I remove larger branches to regain shape?
Thanks Harrow. So sorry for your loss. That’s really tough. Yes. You could move youngish apple trees now. Ie a free you could happily lift and shift without a digger. You’re going to need to dig a broad hole around the tree. Maybe use a fork first to loosen it. The roots will be at least as broad as the trees widest canopy usually. Water it well after moving and don’t feed it. As for the cordon. Keep it simple. Apply what you know. Clear out the damaged or rubbing material first. Then take back to healthy well placed growth. Any laterals in the wrong place on a cordon take it all the way back to the main trunk. Hope that helps and all my best wishes in this difficult time. Happy gardening. Lee
@@Gardenninja thank you so much. Mum was a wonderful gardener but had dementia for about a decade. She couldn't cope with tasks around the garden. I'll try moving the trees in a few weeks after the cold weather and let you know. Many thanks for your reply. Simon
@@Gardenninja I'm actually running a competition with the local council to get people thinking about nature in their gardens and how to improve biodiversity. So that should keep me busy this spring.
Thank you great advice .is now the best time to re situe an apple tree .they dont look as young as yours, they are a bit thicker at the trunk . And a bit taller but they need pruning as well. They have been planted very close together. I inherited them on my allotment.
Awesome video......please tell me how to prune older apple tree. I want to know how do you prune older apple tree. Yes I also prune apple tree but I want to analyze your technic. Thank you 🙏
Hi Pankaj. Great to hear from you! Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you like my content. Check this winter pruning guide out and videos. That should help you! Happy www.gardenninja.co.uk/winter-vs-summer-pruning-whats-the-difference/
Hi M Kats, Yes you can but you need to wait until early Spring for Cherrys and Plums. My article has lots more information on why this is and some diagrams. Hope that helps! Happy Pruning! Lee www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-prune-an-apple-tree-ultimate-beginners-guide/
Hi Sean. Great to hear from you. You still follow the main principles but you may need to use my winter hard pruning guide to get the trees back into that open goblet shape. Involving removing some of the older wood/branches way back to the trunk. Here’s an example of an old pear tree I pruned back a few years ago. Happy pruning! ruclips.net/video/Fkh47o_764g/видео.html
@@Gardenninja ohhh thanks, I recently discovered your channel while revising for my horticulture apprenticeship. Its been a great help, please keep up with the great content!
Thanks Sean. Fantastic to hear! I’ll keep providing guides to help people really get to grips with their green spaces! To boost the army of garden ninjas out there!! Happy studying. Lee
Great video, thank you. Like another commenter, I've inherited a few trees from parents who aged out of gardening so the trees are neglected. I'm only just learning that pruning should be done in winter. Where I am right now the sap has started flowing, but the buds aren't out. Is it too late? Should I wait until next winter, or can I do it now without killing the trees? Thanks!
Hi Alice. You won’t kill the trees if you prune now. You may lose a few fruits but you could in theory prune now. Or wait until Sept and prune for formation. Summer pruning prohibits growth and winter pruning encourages it. So just hate that in mind. Checkout my Blog guide to winter vs summer pruning for more. Just Google that title with Garden Ninja and that should help. Happy pruning!!🥷🌿🙌🌲
I just found your channel and immediately subscribed because this is a fantastic video! We purchased a home recently with 4 apple trees on the property that look several years old. Since we didn't plant them, we're not sure what kind of apples they are, and only 1 tree produced fruit this past summer (very small red apples). One of the problems is that the previous owner did not keep up with pruning, so we will need to head out this winter and prune them all up. My question for you is about leaders. These trees are relatively tall (11 feet or so) and since they haven't been pruned, there are 2 or 3 leaders to a tree. Since they're so established, will removing all but 1 leader harm the tree? I understand (from your video) that pruning should be somewhat aggressive, but I don't want to harm these trees that have obviously been here for several years. Thanks!!
Thanks so much Jen and welcome to the garden ninja community! Where no question is to silly or gardening drama too complex! The quick answer is you can be super brutal with most fruit trees. If I were you I’d remove all but one leader and then shorten that leader by half. Go through the trees and really thin them out. Open goblet shape in mind. Someone once told me that a well pruned apple tree should allow a flat cap to be thrown through it! Checkout my winter hard prune guide here from a few years back which may also help. ruclips.net/video/Fkh47o_764g/видео.html You can also use the Garden Ninja Forum to ask questions and post photos on my popular blog here. www.gardenninja.co.uk/forum/ 🥷🤘🌳
Hi BTK. Pears tend to have a more vigorous verticals growing habit. So check out this video to help with that. ruclips.net/video/abE5LlAkFB8/видео.html 🥷🌿🤘
Hi Lee ! What about senior apple & pear trees that haven't been touched in years and years ? Do you have a video on how to get them under control and better fruit baring?
Yes!!! Have you seen my winter fruit pruning guide for dealing with old gnarled specimens? You can read and watch it here. www.gardenninja.co.uk/winter-vs-summer-pruning-whats-the-difference/ Happy pruning! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
Thank you, Lee, my one year old crabapple trees will benefit from all the pruning information you gave in this video tremendously. Otherwise I would have let them grow. Now my 60 year old appletree asks for your help. Is there a way to remain it vigorous and in managable hight but without these damn water sprouts? I´ve tried for the last 4 years with restricted cut, summer cut, no cut, but these things are all over the tree every year. Your help is much needed and highly appreciated. Thanks. Hanni
Hi Hanni. It sounds like your renovation has seen a surge in water sprouts which happens on older trees. The best way to to cut them all off back to their source now. Once the trees in a solid shape which is sounds like it is after your renovation it should settle down a bit. If you’re free is still congested a good idea is to aim for 6-8 main branches that everything terminates off. Remove anything over this to open up the tree into that goblet shape. I had a pear tree that did the same for a few years but has chilled it’s beans now!!! It was in a right mess it still doesn’t look pretty but better than it was. I got 3 pears last year. But better than zero the last 3 years!!! Good luck and please don’t give up! All the best. Lee
Great advice, We have two apple trees in our back garden the are both advanced in years we know virtually nothing about gardening we have only lived here for two years, the trees are not the free standing type, they have been trained to grow along the fence, one of them has produced a really small crop this past summer, however the one has produced no fruit at all in either of the two years we have been here, at ,or just before the first frost I have pruned both of them quite severely, can expect better results this summer? I would love for you to make a video on the subject!
Do you have any tips for pruning a much older apple tree? I’ve got one in my garden which is about 3-3.5m high and very old. Produces fruit every year but want to start improving its shape and fruit. Thanks
Hi Peter. For a really old apple tree I’d summer prune it which helps restrict growth. So once it’s fruited follow the advice to remove any congestion. Even taking entire branches out back to the main trunk. Then leave it a year before winter pruning each year after that. Apples are super resilient so that should help. Happy pruning! Lee 🥷🌿🙌
Thanks for all the good info, more detail then seen in other vids on what to do and why. Question: What is difference between reducing leader to what I have heard as Topping Leader - which I think is process where tree is at height you want so you stop leader growing taller? Also at end of vid you had tree you took out leader to create open vase,, but why not leave leader? Sorry 1 more, how do i know difference to a bud that will create fruiting spur vs one that will become lateral. You noted to trim down to them, but how do i know which one is which? Again thanks for all the help. Glad I found you from the Middle Size Gardner recommendation
Hi Pippa. Good to hear from you. Removing the leader doesn’t stop a new leader forming just helps bush out the tree below no removed that leader as someone had tried to poorly espalier the tree one side had twice as many laterals so I ‘topped the leader’ to then start to restructure it. Remembering that cutting it out focuses energy on buds below. Trimming the top growth just helps focus energy on the buds below which could in turn create laterals for fruit. If you leave them they tend to get too long and whippy. The difference between buds only becomes apparent after they have grown. However fruiting buds usually* grow along laterals. So in my demonstration we are pruning for structure from which the fruiting buds or spurs can grow off. Some fruit trees are tip bearing but not many. But if you focus on the laterals and open palm shape then during the summer you’ll notice the Spurs form off the laterals (or tip on tip bearing) end then you’ll know for next year how these form. You can further prune spurs as well but that a different guide for more mature trees! Hope that helps. Happy pruning. Lee
I see your video was made in February, is this the best month to prune ? My tree must be 20 years old, and it needs sorting as not been looked after for years by the look of it. Most of the apples are brown under the skin and most of them fall off , it is a cooking apple tree. Many thanks .
Hi Rachel. Good to hear from you. Yes. Late winter is best for encouraging growth. Summer pruning for formative and structure. Have a look here at my detailed blog guide to explain the difference. www.gardenninja.co.uk/winter-vs-summer-pruning-whats-the-difference/ 🥷🌿🥰
Hi Gina. I’m afraid I don’t have any espalier trees myself but if I design with any ill provide a guide as to how to prune them. The main thing you need with espalier is creating and keeping the frame work. All cuts are made to promote this shape and restricting their growth to this shape once establishing. Hope that’s some help. Lee
Lovely video. Very informative .I have only recently subscribed to your channel. I dont have an apple tree in my garden but still enjoyed watching. Is it the same principle for other plants. Any tips how to prune a spotted laurel which I cannot tackle. Barry seemed to be enjoying himself.
Hi Stephen. Many thanks. It’s a similar principle for most bush forming plants or standard shaped trees. Ie main trunk and then round canopy. For evergreen shrubs prune early spring instead. This is when they’re more likely to recover quickly. Follow the same pruning cuts and shaping. Happy pruning! Lee
Ideally prune early to mid spring though I’m sure now is fine. Follow usually methods of removing crossing branches and cut back to the next bud or lateral further down. Give your lemon tree a good feed though as they are hungry plants and a autumn mulch. Protect from frost too!! Happy pruning. Lee 🥷🌿
Hi Lee, this is very timely, I planted a bare root Apple Jonagold only yesterday 🍎 so I know what to do this time next year now! I believe that I should cut off any fruit that grows this first year, so the tree can focus on the root development. Is that right? Great video!
Thanks so much!! To be honest with a brand new 1-2 year old apple tree you’re unlikely to get any real fruit. Enjoy it I say if so. I doubt there’s huge amounts of benefit in removing any fruit. By the time they’ve formed the energy’s been used. Like I said it’s unlikely. The best thing you can do with a new fruit tree is ensure it’s adequately watered and prune it for the frost 3-5 years whilst you establish its shape. Happy fruit growing! Lee
Thank you for this video, very informative - I better get a move on to sort my conference pear tree. My pear tree is about 5 years old 10ft! has lots a flowers which in turn, turns to fruit, the problem is that's it - it all disappears by September/October. Every year.bar 1 year when we had a bag full of beautiful fruit. Can you suggest anything please?
@@Gardenninja I don't remember seeing the small fruit dropped on the ground. Something must be eating it perhaps or just doesn't grow. Just disappears.
Thanks for all your videos, they are great, especially for beginners Is the pruning the same for other fruit trees such as cherry trees? And what about older/fully grown apple trees? Thank you
I have4 apple trees, year on year they supplied fruit. Except for the last 3 years nothing.. what could be wrong. I'm tempted to cut them down. Would you have any suggestions please
Hi Phillip. No! Don’t cut them down have you pruned them each winter? To stimulate new vigorous growth and then fruit. If not please follow my winter fruit tree pruning guide next Jan and you’ll be amazed!! Happy pruning. Lee 🥷🌿🤘
I also have a magnolia tree that has beautiful purple flowers, about 5 years old and 8ft. Can it be pruned the same way as fruit trees? Can I did it up and move it?
Hi S Jay. I wouldn’t advise digging up an established magnolia of that size. They’re very slow to grow and also slow to recover from trauma. In terms of pruning I’d go with a lighter touch. Just relive the crossing branches or damaged wood. Then take back 1/5 of any overly long or ‘leggy’ growth. Other than that. Just enjoy it! Happy snipping. Lee
@garden.ninga My apple tree is about four years old. Started from a plant about 2 ft tall. The main branches look like they are drying out however there is new growth and branches sprouting from the base. Do I prune the old growth and let the new ones grow? Or do I prune the new growth. First apple tree and I would like to save it but I was thinking of giving up and start over with a new one.
Hi Rose. You want to prune off the suckers from the base of the tree as these will be below the graft and not true to the apple tree. Nearly all apples are grafted you see onto root stock to control their growth. It maybe best if you can use the garden ninja forum where you can post some photos and me and the Ninjas can advise specifically there. Especially to see what you mean with drying out? Here you go! Happy gardening. Lee www.gardenninja.co.uk/forum/
Hi Tony. Yes! This applies to all fruits apart from plums and cherry trees which I prune early spring. They can get infected if not. Here’s my full guide on my blog. www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-prune-an-apple-tree-ultimate-beginners-guide/ Happy pruning! Lee
Hj Errol. It maybe fungus from another tree. Known as tar spot. Tar spot is a leaf spot disease caused by the fungus Rhytisma acerinum which attacks Acers. If there’s maples near by it may have moved into your tree. Good hygiene and removing damaged leaves is best. It won’t kill the tree but will weaken it. 🥷🌿🪴
Hi John. I wouldn’t feed an apple tree. They don’t need it when young. If anything give them a mulch around the base of peat free compost in autumn and that’s it! 🥷🤘🌿
My parents have an apple tree thats severely neglected. IT bring massive amounts off fruit but they dont cut it enough its seriously looks like a bush. And they are always scared to cut it. The quality of the apple sucks due to they grow into each other a branches everywhere they dont get that sun ripeness. And its to many apples so they get sour and not sweet. But they are like "Oh they are so good".
Hey Ale189251. You raise a good point about prolific fruit trees that don’t get pruned. They may have lots of fruit but often at the expense of taste. Thinning fruit and pruning helps keep things healthy and tasty. Maybe pass them this link this Xmas?! www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-prune-an-apple-tree-ultimate-beginners-guide/ 😉🥷🌿
I’ve got an Apple tree that just isn’t growing at all. It produces lovely leaves and flowers, but just doesn’t grow at all. It’s 2 years old now, anything I can do?
Hi Chris. Do you know what root stock it is on? If it’s a super dwarf variety it may only have enough roots to sustain a small 1-2m tall tree. If it’s growing leaves and flowers then it has the potential to fruit. If it’s not fruiting it may need a pollination partner as it may not be self fertile variety. Have a look at my article here which explains in more detail. Hope that helps! Lee www.gardenninja.co.uk/tree-grafting-fruit-trees-beginners-guide/
The principle is easier for beginners on younger trees but if you’re dead set on seeing an old tree watch my winter pruning of a 20 year old pear tree. Here you go. ruclips.net/video/Fkh47o_764g/видео.htmlsi=SZsDmlOwiIEpSp6C
Absolutely brilliant video! I've just bought 2 young apple trees with no idea about pruning but now feel confident enough to do it!! Thanks a million 😀👍
You’re welcome Eric. Pruning is the best thing you can do for fruit trees. It’s the sure fire way to ensure fruit, health and happiness! Ignore all the other guides telling you to liquid feed and babysit them. Prune once a year and job done! 🥷🌿🤘
This is the best video I have seen on pruning. Many talk about what to do, but few about how it works. The mechanics of how energy can divert to specific buds. It's an eye opener for me. Can't wait to try it on my apple trees. Thanks.
Thanks so much! I’m really glad my guides are helping you. Tell your gardening friends! 🥷🌿 Lee
From all the videos I’ve seen, this was the most helpful one.
Thanks so much!! I’m glad that my gardening video guides are so easy to follow!! 🥷🌿🙌 Happy gardening! Lee
Oohh I’ve grown me own apple tree from seed an never pruned it ... into its 3rd yr ... this is helpful thanks ninja 🥷👍🏻💖🙏
Thanks for good info 👍 🌱
Looked at maybe 10 videos today by far this was the best explanation. Thank you!
Thanks so much! I’m glad the guides been helpful. Make sure you subscribe for even more how to gardening guides! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🌿🤘
Really good video. Clearly explained and really helpful that you also say why each step is carried out. Thanks also for the recap at the end.
Hi Sal. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave such helpful feedback. I’ll keep up this format with the rest of my video guides! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🤘🌿
Fascinating video and you make it so easy to follow. I like the summary at the end. Can’t wait to get back in our garden and follow your guidance and advice. Mum 🥰
Thanks Mum. You can always come help prune my apple trees for practice!!! All ten of em! 😂😂😂🥷🥰 xxx
Best comment. Best sign off.
Thanks Lee for the great video, please continue sharing your knowledge to us
Thanks, will do! 🥷🌿🤘
Thank you.🍏🍏🍏
Glad it was helpful! Make sure you subscribe for more gardening hints and tips. Lee 🥷🤘🌿
If only the so called " gardeners" where I live had a ha'peth of your knowledge. I'm looking forward to getting back into my garden . Snowdrops in the lawn crocus and a single Dutch Iris are tempting me. So Thank you for your smile wisdom and Barry.
Hi Valerie. Great to hear from you and thanks for the kind words I’m touched! 🥷🌿 Maybe pop a note through to your neighbours with my channel url on. 😂 Hahaha. Barry says hello. Happy gardening. Lee
@@Gardenninja If only I could influence my neighbours.!! One has an apple tree taller than a two storey house never pruned, and a Sycamore taller with 4 leads. I have no influence at all.
Oh well. Better than an ugly brick wall I suppose in your eye line. Happy gardening. Lee
@@Gardenninja Of course.
My neighbours have an ancient apple tree that hangs well into my garden. Seeing how to shape it properly here really makes me want to have a go at it! Happy gardening!
Hi Ben. Maybe ask them if you can do a bit of ‘maintenance’ pruning. They’d be hard pushed to say no! 😜 Then maybe they can repay you with some fruit next year! Happy pruning. Lee
@@Gardenninja so can one use these same principles on an old crab apple tree?
Yes! Same principles. With old trees it’s worthwhile removing some of the very oldest wood to make way for fresh growth! Especially if it’s never really been pruning. Follow the same ‘shaping’ approach. Even using a wood saw to remove badly placed old thick laterals if necessary. Hope that helps. Lee
You do a great job and clearly explain things - thank you Ninja
Thanks Peter for the feedback. Glad my gardening guides are proving so useful to people all over the world! 🥷🌿🤘
This is interesting and informative. I didn’t realise trees could be pruned so young. Thanks.👍
Yes!!! So many people don’t realise that young pruning for fruit and productive trees is essential. A stitch in time saves nine!! Thanks for the thumbs up. Happy gardening. Lee
Great video 👏 we've inherited a cooking apple tree thats massive and out of control, going to take some work to sort but will give it a go this winter.
You can do it! They're super tough so don't fear the pruning! Happy snipping. Lee
Thanks for this info Lee. I bought a mixture of 10 fruit trees about 5ft high. I now know to leave the cherry and plum trees until spring to prune 👍
Ooohhh 10 fruit trees!!! How exciting. I’m jealous! Well now you can prune with confidence for delicious fruit!! Happy pruning. Lee
Fantastic explanation! I finally understand! Thanks so much!!
You’re welcome new ninja! 🥷🌿🤘
Thanks, Lee 😎 will tackle ours next week when we are due for 4'c and a few drier days 💪
Hi Donna. Yes the weathers been naff hasn’t it? Here’s to better days for pruning and tidying. Happy gardening. Lee
This is a very good tutorial. I’ve had my apple & pear tree 11 months & it’s time for me to prune them. Watching your video has given me the confidence to prune them back. My apple tree has 2 large branches & always wondered why more branches was not coming through.
Pruning is key for more branches 😀
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much! I’m glad you’re finding my guides helpful. Pruning is key for a decent healthy fruit tree structure! Happy pruning. Lee 🥷🌿
I just realized what sets your tutorial apart. I've watched so many videos and never before been told to note what direction a bud is facing (because that's where a branch will grow) when deciding where to cut back to--probably because that's obvious to an experienced grower (and now that you've said it, I've done a face palm), but there are SO many things to think about; I hadn't thought of that obvious point. It's the mark of a good teacher when they remember the perspective of the beginner even though they have a lot more knowledge. (Watching again/procrastinating. My gala and dolgo are waiting.)
Thanks so much Candace for your valuable perspective. I always try and create my content from a perspective of ‘what would I want to know when I first started?’ And go from there. Horticulture and garden designs a vast subject matter so I always try and remember to start with the why. Rather than assuming anything. Can be tricky not to jump straight in with assumptions though!! Glad you’re now going to be pruning with more confidence and savour faire! Happy gardening. Lee
@@Gardenninja PS I overcame procrastination. The dolgo was easy as it was already in good form. The poor gala was the tree all the other trees felt sorry for. It is terribly asymmetrical and had a lot of downward growing branches. It looked very Tim Burton. I think it will take a couple of years to rehabilitate, but I feel more hopeful. Unfortunately there's now a cold snap forecast so I'm a little worried, but the last predicted cold didn't hit us. Fingers crossed.
Great explanation and demonstration! A wonderful tutorial for any gardener planning on pruning.
Thanks Scott! I’m glad you found it useful! Make sure you checkout the rest of my video guides for more garden design hints tips and hacks. Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🌿🤘
Great video very informative, definitely more confident on pruning my apple tree now 👍
Fantastic news James. I always aim to inspire more confidence in gardeners by showing the ‘why’ of gardening! Happy pruning. Lee 🥷🌿👌
Very informative as with all your other videos. You should be on tele!
Ahh thanks so much Ash. Well watch this space!! 🎬 You never know!!! 🥷😜🌿 Happy gardening. Lee
Thanks for the tutorial. I know what I'm doing tomorrow afternoon!!
Glad to help Candace. One less drama to be thinking about!! Now go forth and prune with the ease of a Ninja!! 🥷😂🌿🤘
@@Gardenninja I will be dressed in black... :)
nice!
Thank you for such a simple and precise explanation. Your video helped me a lot. God bless you. 🙏🙏
You’re welcome! Glad to have helped! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🌿🤘
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I am facing problems with root borers. Can you please suggest a cure. I am from India and have an orchard with 2000 trees. Root borers are a menace here. They are very hard to get rid of.
Excellent instructional video on a rather intimidating garden topic. You made it look really easy, so thanks for that Lee! I have a Jane Magnolia that was damaged last year and so this will be my trouble tree to prune this season.
Thanks AJ. Great to hear from you and glad you’ve enjoyed the video. I’d prune the magnolia after it finished flowering. That way you won’t lose any flowers this year if you do it that way. Happy pruning! Lee
@@Gardenninja thanks so much Lee😎
Great stuff, very informative. Love winter fruit tree pruning, one of our favourite jobs. Soon be Spring 👍🌞
Thanks Parker’s. Glad you like the guide. Here’s to a year full of blooms and fruits!!! Happy gardening. Lee
Hi found your channel a couple of days ago and I must say it’s the best so far.thank you keep up the good work very informative 👍 all the best for the new year
Thanks so much! Really appreciate the face it’s so helpful and informative. Make sure you check out my site too for hundreds more guides and a lovely Q&A forum! www.gardenninja.co.uk 🥷🌿🤘
Thank you, yet another great and informative video. My apple tree is in my garden in France, which we have had for just over a year. I’m relatively new to gardening and through your instructional videos I’m starting to see the link between all shrubs / trees and the goblet shape being so important. My apple tree is in pretty bad shape, it’s quite old and all I did last year was take off dead branches. I return to France in two weeks time and I can’t wait to get going and sort my apple tree out! Thanks so much x
You’re welcome Angela. Brilliant to see you making the link between plants and pruning. Your right to start tidying up your old apple tree. Always step back and assess. Sometimes even just removing all the crossing and damaged material will open up your tree. Then reducing some of the leaders will help focus the energy on fresh productive growth. Happy pruning! Lee
Very helpful thanks! 🇨🇦
You’re welcome Jan! Glad it’s been helpful. Happy gardening! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
Greetings from Dublin in Rep of Ireland.great video with good sound advice.Can you demonstrate how to
prune on mature apple tree's please.
Hi Joseph. Checkout my winter fruit tree heavy pruning guide here! ruclips.net/video/Fkh47o_764g/видео.html 🥷🤘🌿
Very informative. How do you decide between giving a tree a central leader shape as opposed to a goblet shape?
Hi Sean. A goblet shake still has a central leader. But with side shoots that have been pruned to off shoot from it. A tree will always try and form a central leader so it’s about pruning that to reserve and divert energy to the side shoots which creates the open goblet. More can be read here in my blog. www.gardenninja.co.uk/prune-garden-plants/ 🥷🤘🌿
Thanks lee will try that have 2 apple trees when you say winter what month would be best. Keep up the great work ❤
Hi Lee thank you for sharing this video, it’s so helpful and gives me more confidence to prune apple trees now. You explain everything so clearly. Just one thing I’m a little confused about is that you said originally to keep one leader but then the last tree you look at had the leader removed? Do you recommend removing the leader at some point in time to get that open goblet shape? Or just leave the main leader in situ but obviously keep its height in check? TIA 😊 🙏🏻
Hi Esther. Great to hear from you and I’m glad you like my gardening content. Let me help clear up the leader query on fruit trees. You will always have a branch or shoot that becomes the leader. So when the tree is at the right height you keep nipping this out every year or so. To help keep the tree at the desired height. I’m young trees that haven’t reached their desired height you leave the leader and just keep pruning side shoots until the shape or height is reached. If you remove it by accident it won’t matter it will just bush out more before another leader takes over. It just slows it down. You can do little wrong with pruning that can’t be recovered so go for it! 🥷🤘🌳
Extremely helpful! I know i've got to do mine, but wasn't sure on how to tackle it since planting in the summer. Going to do it now as time is ticking on a bit now!
Hi Shadowside. Now is the perfect time to get your apple trees into shape for this year! I did mine last week so there is still time. Happy pruning! 🥷🌿🍎🍏
@@Gardenninja Did it last night :D
I have to tackle the Crab tree however. Going to buy a new saw as it's an older mature tree and appears out of control. It produced so much fruit last year.
Another great guide. A few questions. I've taken over my Mum's garden. She passed away last month. She has some young trees planted very close and I'd like to move them. Could I do that now and is it usually successful? Also we have a great cordon but wasn't pruned for ten years, it's about 50 years old. Any simple tips? Can I remove larger branches to regain shape?
Thanks Harrow. So sorry for your loss. That’s really tough. Yes. You could move youngish apple trees now. Ie a free you could happily lift and shift without a digger. You’re going to need to dig a broad hole around the tree. Maybe use a fork first to loosen it. The roots will be at least as broad as the trees widest canopy usually. Water it well after moving and don’t feed it. As for the cordon. Keep it simple. Apply what you know. Clear out the damaged or rubbing material first. Then take back to healthy well placed growth. Any laterals in the wrong place on a cordon take it all the way back to the main trunk. Hope that helps and all my best wishes in this difficult time. Happy gardening. Lee
@@Gardenninja thank you so much. Mum was a wonderful gardener but had dementia for about a decade. She couldn't cope with tasks around the garden. I'll try moving the trees in a few weeks after the cold weather and let you know. Many thanks for your reply. Simon
@@Gardenninja I'm actually running a competition with the local council to get people thinking about nature in their gardens and how to improve biodiversity. So that should keep me busy this spring.
What a great idea! I really hope you manage to spread the word and convert some non gardeners! I’m sure you will! Happy gardening. Lee
Thank you great advice .is now the best time to re situe an apple tree .they dont look as young as yours, they are a bit thicker at the trunk . And a bit taller but they need pruning as well. They have been planted very close together. I inherited them on my allotment.
love it, thank you!
Thanks so much! Happy gardening. 🥷🌿🙌 Lee
Awesome video......please tell me how to prune older apple tree. I want to know how do you prune older apple tree. Yes I also prune apple tree but I want to analyze your technic. Thank you 🙏
Hi Pankaj. Great to hear from you! Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you like my content. Check this winter pruning guide out and videos. That should help you! Happy www.gardenninja.co.uk/winter-vs-summer-pruning-whats-the-difference/
Thanks! This was a very handy video. I have a dwarf cherry tree of 4 years old. Can i prune it in the same way?
Hi M Kats, Yes you can but you need to wait until early Spring for Cherrys and Plums. My article has lots more information on why this is and some diagrams. Hope that helps! Happy Pruning! Lee www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-prune-an-apple-tree-ultimate-beginners-guide/
What about 50 year old apple trees that are out of shape? I would love a video on that as I have 3 in my garden.
Hi Sean. Great to hear from you. You still follow the main principles but you may need to use my winter hard pruning guide to get the trees back into that open goblet shape. Involving removing some of the older wood/branches way back to the trunk. Here’s an example of an old pear tree I pruned back a few years ago. Happy pruning! ruclips.net/video/Fkh47o_764g/видео.html
@@Gardenninja ohhh thanks, I recently discovered your channel while revising for my horticulture apprenticeship. Its been a great help, please keep up with the great content!
Thanks Sean. Fantastic to hear! I’ll keep providing guides to help people really get to grips with their green spaces! To boost the army of garden ninjas out there!! Happy studying. Lee
Great video, thank you. Like another commenter, I've inherited a few trees from parents who aged out of gardening so the trees are neglected. I'm only just learning that pruning should be done in winter. Where I am right now the sap has started flowing, but the buds aren't out. Is it too late? Should I wait until next winter, or can I do it now without killing the trees? Thanks!
Hi Alice. You won’t kill the trees if you prune now. You may lose a few fruits but you could in theory prune now. Or wait until Sept and prune for formation. Summer pruning prohibits growth and winter pruning encourages it. So just hate that in mind. Checkout my
Blog guide to winter vs summer pruning for more. Just Google that title with Garden Ninja and that should help. Happy pruning!!🥷🌿🙌🌲
I just found your channel and immediately subscribed because this is a fantastic video! We purchased a home recently with 4 apple trees on the property that look several years old. Since we didn't plant them, we're not sure what kind of apples they are, and only 1 tree produced fruit this past summer (very small red apples). One of the problems is that the previous owner did not keep up with pruning, so we will need to head out this winter and prune them all up. My question for you is about leaders. These trees are relatively tall (11 feet or so) and since they haven't been pruned, there are 2 or 3 leaders to a tree. Since they're so established, will removing all but 1 leader harm the tree? I understand (from your video) that pruning should be somewhat aggressive, but I don't want to harm these trees that have obviously been here for several years. Thanks!!
Thanks so much Jen and welcome to the garden ninja community! Where no question is to silly or gardening drama too complex! The quick answer is you can be super brutal with most fruit trees. If I were you I’d remove all but one leader and then shorten that leader by half. Go through the trees and really thin them out. Open goblet shape in mind. Someone once told me that a well pruned apple tree should allow a flat cap to be thrown through it! Checkout my winter hard prune guide here from a few years back which may also help. ruclips.net/video/Fkh47o_764g/видео.html You can also use the Garden Ninja Forum to ask questions and post photos on my popular blog here. www.gardenninja.co.uk/forum/ 🥷🤘🌳
Great content Lee.
Any pointers for pear trees?
I have a conference pear tree.
Hi BTK. Pears tend to have a more vigorous verticals growing habit. So check out this video to help with that. ruclips.net/video/abE5LlAkFB8/видео.html 🥷🌿🤘
Hi Lee ! What about senior apple & pear trees that haven't been touched in years and years ? Do you have a video on how to get them under control and better fruit baring?
Yes!!! Have you seen my winter fruit pruning guide for dealing with old gnarled specimens? You can read and watch it here. www.gardenninja.co.uk/winter-vs-summer-pruning-whats-the-difference/ Happy pruning! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
Thank you, Lee, my one year old crabapple trees will benefit from all the pruning information you gave in this video tremendously. Otherwise I would have let them grow. Now my 60 year old appletree asks for your help. Is there a way to remain it vigorous and in managable hight but without these damn water sprouts? I´ve tried for the last 4 years with restricted cut, summer cut, no cut, but these things are all over the tree every year. Your help is much needed and highly appreciated. Thanks. Hanni
Hi Hanni. It sounds like your renovation has seen a surge in water sprouts which happens on older trees. The best way to to cut them all off back to their source now. Once the trees in a solid shape which is sounds like it is after your renovation it should settle down a bit. If you’re free is still congested a good idea is to aim for 6-8 main branches that everything terminates off. Remove anything over this to open up the tree into that goblet shape. I had a pear tree that did the same for a few years but has chilled it’s beans now!!! It was in a right mess it still doesn’t look pretty but better than it was. I got 3 pears last year. But better than zero the last 3 years!!! Good luck and please don’t give up! All the best. Lee
@@Gardenninja Thanks for your answer, I shall do so when the "flood" is over and the mud in my garden is accessible. Stay safe, Hanni.
Thanks for the video. Is it too late to prune the one year old apple tree in middle of Feb
Hi Vanessa. No there’s still time. Best to do it quick though! 🥷🤘🌿
Great advice, We have two apple trees in our back garden the are both advanced in years we know virtually nothing about gardening we have only lived here for two years, the trees are not the free standing type, they have been trained to grow along the fence, one of them has produced a really small crop this past summer, however the one has produced no fruit at all in either of the two years we have been here, at ,or just before the first frost I have pruned both of them quite severely, can expect better results this summer? I would love for you to make a video on the subject!
Do you have any tips for pruning a much older apple tree? I’ve got one in my garden which is about 3-3.5m high and very old. Produces fruit every year but want to start improving its shape and fruit. Thanks
Hi Peter. For a really old apple tree I’d summer prune it which helps restrict growth. So once it’s fruited follow the advice to remove any congestion. Even taking entire branches out back to the main trunk. Then leave it a year before winter pruning each year after that. Apples are super resilient so that should help. Happy pruning! Lee 🥷🌿🙌
Thanks for all the good info, more detail then seen in other vids on what to do and why. Question: What is difference between reducing leader to what I have heard as Topping Leader - which I think is process where tree is at height you want so you stop leader growing taller? Also at end of vid you had tree you took out leader to create open vase,, but why not leave leader? Sorry 1 more, how do i know difference to a bud that will create fruiting spur vs one that will become lateral. You noted to trim down to them, but how do i know which one is which? Again thanks for all the help. Glad I found you from the Middle Size Gardner recommendation
Hi Pippa. Good to hear from you. Removing the leader doesn’t stop a new leader forming just helps bush out the tree below no removed that leader as someone had tried to poorly espalier the tree one side had twice as many laterals so I ‘topped the leader’ to then start to restructure it. Remembering that cutting it out focuses energy on buds below. Trimming the top growth just helps focus energy on the buds below which could in turn create laterals for fruit. If you leave them they tend to get too long and whippy. The difference between buds only becomes apparent after they have grown. However fruiting buds usually* grow along laterals. So in my demonstration we are pruning for structure from which the fruiting buds or spurs can grow off. Some fruit trees are tip bearing but not many. But if you focus on the laterals and open palm shape then during the summer you’ll notice the Spurs form off the laterals (or tip on tip bearing) end then you’ll know for next year how these form. You can further prune spurs as well but that a different guide for more mature trees! Hope that helps. Happy pruning. Lee
I see your video was made in February, is this the best month to prune ? My tree must be 20 years old, and it needs sorting as not been looked after for years by the look of it. Most of the apples are brown under the skin and most of them fall off , it is a cooking apple tree. Many thanks .
Hi Rachel. Good to hear from you. Yes. Late winter is best for encouraging growth. Summer pruning for formative and structure. Have a look here at my detailed blog guide to explain the difference. www.gardenninja.co.uk/winter-vs-summer-pruning-whats-the-difference/ 🥷🌿🥰
I have a small yard. I just planted three apple trees espalier style. do you have any like this you can do a video on?
Hi Gina. I’m afraid I don’t have any espalier trees myself but if I design with any ill provide a guide as to how to prune them. The main thing you need with espalier is creating and keeping the frame work. All cuts are made to promote this shape and restricting their growth to this shape once establishing. Hope that’s some help. Lee
Lovely video. Very informative .I have only recently subscribed to your channel. I dont have an apple tree in my garden but still enjoyed watching. Is it the same principle for other plants. Any tips how to prune a spotted laurel which I cannot tackle. Barry seemed to be enjoying himself.
Hi Stephen. Many thanks. It’s a similar principle for most bush forming plants or standard shaped trees. Ie main trunk and then round canopy. For evergreen shrubs prune early spring instead. This is when they’re more likely to recover quickly. Follow the same pruning cuts and shaping. Happy pruning! Lee
Thank you so much for your advice@@Gardenninja
I forgot to mention my lemon tree is old and overgrown.
Thankyou
Ideally prune early to mid spring though I’m sure now is fine. Follow usually methods of removing crossing branches and cut back to the next bud or lateral further down. Give your lemon tree a good feed though as they are hungry plants and a autumn mulch. Protect from frost too!! Happy pruning. Lee 🥷🌿
Hi Lee, this is very timely, I planted a bare root Apple Jonagold only yesterday 🍎 so I know what to do this time next year now! I believe that I should cut off any fruit that grows this first year, so the tree can focus on the root development. Is that right? Great video!
Thanks so much!! To be honest with a brand new 1-2 year old apple tree you’re unlikely to get any real fruit. Enjoy it I say if so. I doubt there’s huge amounts of benefit in removing any fruit. By the time they’ve formed the energy’s been used. Like I said it’s unlikely. The best thing you can do with a new fruit tree is ensure it’s adequately watered and prune it for the frost 3-5 years whilst you establish its shape. Happy fruit growing! Lee
@@Gardenninja well thank you so much for the great advice 😍
Thank you for this video, very informative - I better get a move on to sort my conference pear tree. My pear tree is about 5 years old 10ft! has lots a flowers which in turn, turns to fruit, the problem is that's it - it all disappears by September/October. Every year.bar 1 year when we had a bag full of beautiful fruit. Can you suggest anything please?
You mean the fruit drops or gets eaten?
@@Gardenninja I don't remember seeing the small fruit dropped on the ground. Something must be eating it perhaps or just doesn't grow. Just disappears.
Thanks for all your videos, they are great, especially for beginners
Is the pruning the same for other fruit trees such as cherry trees? And what about older/fully grown apple trees? Thank you
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I have4 apple trees, year on year they supplied fruit. Except for the last 3 years nothing.. what could be wrong. I'm tempted to cut them down. Would you have any suggestions please
Hi Phillip. No! Don’t cut them down have you pruned them each winter? To stimulate new vigorous growth and then fruit. If not please follow my winter fruit tree pruning guide next Jan and you’ll be amazed!! Happy pruning. Lee 🥷🌿🤘
I also have a magnolia tree that has beautiful purple flowers, about 5 years old and 8ft. Can it be pruned the same way as fruit trees? Can I did it up and move it?
Hi S Jay. I wouldn’t advise digging up an established magnolia of that size. They’re very slow to grow and also slow to recover from trauma. In terms of pruning I’d go with a lighter touch. Just relive the crossing branches or damaged wood. Then take back 1/5 of any overly long or ‘leggy’ growth. Other than that. Just enjoy it! Happy snipping. Lee
@@Gardenninja Thank you. It's a good job I asked about relocating it
@garden.ninga My apple tree is about four years old. Started from a plant about 2 ft tall. The main branches look like they are drying out however there is new growth and branches sprouting from the base. Do I prune the old growth and let the new ones grow? Or do I prune the new growth. First apple tree and I would like to save it but I was thinking of giving up and start over with a new one.
Hi Rose. You want to prune off the suckers from the base of the tree as these will be below the graft and not true to the apple tree. Nearly all apples are grafted you see onto root stock to control their growth. It maybe best if you can use the garden ninja forum where you can post some photos and me and the Ninjas can advise specifically there. Especially to see what you mean with drying out? Here you go! Happy gardening. Lee www.gardenninja.co.uk/forum/
Hi Lee can you prune a pear tree now the same way
Hi Tony. Yes! This applies to all fruits apart from plums and cherry trees which I prune early spring. They can get infected if not. Here’s my full guide on my blog. www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-prune-an-apple-tree-ultimate-beginners-guide/ Happy pruning! Lee
Thanks Lee
My pear tree have all tarey leaves. How do I fix that?
Hj Errol. It maybe fungus from another tree. Known as tar spot. Tar spot is a leaf spot disease caused by the fungus Rhytisma acerinum which attacks Acers. If there’s maples near by it may have moved into your tree. Good hygiene and removing damaged leaves is best. It won’t kill the tree but will weaken it. 🥷🌿🪴
Hello.I just bought a 2 year old apple tree,about 7 feet tall,but the only fertilizer I have is a water soluble type.Would that be okay? Thanks.
Hi John. I wouldn’t feed an apple tree. They don’t need it when young. If anything give them a mulch around the base of peat free compost in autumn and that’s it! 🥷🤘🌿
@@Gardenninja Okay thanks. I'm willing to sacrifice fruit production in favor of vegetative growth but I'll hold off on the fert.
How does one prune a prune tree without looking like a prude ?
By simply not caring if one comes off as a prude! 🥷🌿😉
My parents have an apple tree thats severely neglected. IT bring massive amounts off fruit but they dont cut it enough its seriously looks like a bush. And they are always scared to cut it. The quality of the apple sucks due to they grow into each other a branches everywhere they dont get that sun ripeness. And its to many apples so they get sour and not sweet. But they are like "Oh they are so good".
Hey Ale189251. You raise a good point about prolific fruit trees that don’t get pruned. They may have lots of fruit but often at the expense of taste. Thinning fruit and pruning helps keep things healthy and tasty. Maybe pass them this link this Xmas?! www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-prune-an-apple-tree-ultimate-beginners-guide/ 😉🥷🌿
I’ve got an Apple tree that just isn’t growing at all. It produces lovely leaves and flowers, but just doesn’t grow at all. It’s 2 years old now, anything I can do?
Hi Chris. Do you know what root stock it is on? If it’s a super dwarf variety it may only have enough roots to sustain a small 1-2m tall tree. If it’s growing leaves and flowers then it has the potential to fruit. If it’s not fruiting it may need a pollination partner as it may not be self fertile variety. Have a look at my article here which explains in more detail. Hope that helps! Lee www.gardenninja.co.uk/tree-grafting-fruit-trees-beginners-guide/
@@Gardenninja thanks for the reply. No, I’m not sure 🤔 I’ll try and find out! Thank you, I’ll check that out.
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How do I prune a lemon tree
this is not a tree man, should demonstrate on a 10-15 years old tree
The principle is easier for beginners on younger trees but if you’re dead set on seeing an old tree watch my winter pruning of a 20 year old pear tree. Here you go. ruclips.net/video/Fkh47o_764g/видео.htmlsi=SZsDmlOwiIEpSp6C