The profusion of tangled branches on an unpruned apple tree can look confusing to a beginner. Get started by making six basic pruning cuts.

Pruning apple trees encourages growth and prevents reduces the risk of disease. A thriving apple tree is a wonderful addition ...

There's plenty of old farming folklore about fruit trees, because growing fruit trees is, historically speaking, such an ...

Pruning also improves air circulation and allows more sunlight to reach the tree’s canopy, which helps reduce disease and insect pressure. In apple trees, diseases such as apple scab and powdery ...