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Here's when (and how) to prune fruit trees and boost your harvest

Find out how to prune fruit trees properly, plus tips for timing your pruning right.
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How to Prune a Tree for Maximum Health and Growth

The size of the branch you are cutting should reflect the tool used to cut it. Here are a few tree trimming tools that make sense to have in your arsenal before you start pruning your tree: The trunk, ...

Your young trees need some pruning now. Here’s how to do it right

Which branches — if any — should you be cutting off your young trees? You can't glue the wrong choices back on!
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Gardening with Allen: Prune shade trees for strong trunk

I need help pruning three shade trees that I planted last year that are now about 12 to 15 feet tall. They had bare trunks up to 4 feet when I planted them. Is it time to prune up to 6 feet now? A few ...