In early March, you can begin pruning the garden, though I often hear from gardeners, they do not cut the trees, let supposedly grow themselves as they please. Good harvests in such an approach can only be obtained in the first few years of fruiting trees, Later in the Crohn thickened trees, branches, expanding, creates a shadow, fruit shrinking and lose flavor quality. In addition, these trees are more affected by pests and diseases. We are on their small plots can not afford it and as soon as the frost finally begin to recede pruning.
Before you begin cutting, you need to become familiar with the tree, consider the plan, to imagine how it will look after pruning the plant. When pruning, note that fruiting branches grow obliquely and growth (vegetative) - vertically, so you need to cut the tree so as to create optimal conditions for future growth and fruiting.
fertile garden
Pruning fruiting garden we strive to create the best conditions for proper illumination throughout the crown of the tree, is one of the measures for the prevention of diseases of apple. It is necessary to shorten the length of skeletal branches, which fall outside of the crown, thin out overly thickened crown carving twisted, weak and poorly lighted branches. Branches growing vertically bend to a horizontal position and shortened, thereby stimulating fruiting.
Shorten the branch must be above the bud, directed towards the best possible light, and when trimming the whole branch to do so on the ring, leaving stumps. After cutting all sections of copper sulfate to treat and paint over garden pitch.
Old garden
Special care needs old garden trees which stop growing and gradually wither skeletal branches. Such trees can be rejuvenated, extending their life and, consequently, fruiting ten years. This rejuvenating pruning should be done in stages within three - four years, otherwise too drastic pruning, you can simply destroy the tree.
The first step is to remove the center conductor and trim the largest skeletal branches, leaving them only the young shoots. The following year, after a crop has vertical shoots, so-called "tops." All weaknesses tops must be removed, leaving a few strong, shortening them and tilting in an inclined position. In these branches for the next year and will be fruiting branches.
Three years later, you can proceed to further pruning the old wood, thinning the crown, removing older smaller skeletal branches.