Fruit Tree Pruning Basics! 🌳Pruning your fruit trees is essential in keeping them healthy and manageable. 🍏Heading and Thinning Cuts are the cuts you need to practice and learn well. 🍎A Heading cut is one that is made somewhere along the branch or limb that reduces its size. 🌳This is especially helpful in managing the size of a dwarf fruit tree, they won’t stay small unless you prune them! 🍐It is best to make a heading cut above an outward facing bud to take advantage of the hormonal change

Are you training your fruit tree branches? 🌳💪Getting those scaffold branches to sit at that sweet spot of 45-60° from the trunk isn’t always natural. But, I’ve got 3 DIY hacks to help you shape your fruit trees like a pro! 🤓✨1️⃣ Water Bottle Method: Wrap wire around a water bottle and attach it to the branch to guide it downward. 💧 If it’s too heavy, just pour out some water!2️⃣ Brick & Strap Method: Tie bricks with twine & straps to pull down heavier branches. 📏 Make sure your strap is wid