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Pruning Times

Categories: Fruit Growing

What is the best time to prune the French prune and most other trees? In

Santa Clara volley they prune as soon as leaves are off; in the

mountains they prune later, say in February and March, and finish after

bloom is started and of course when sap is up. Which is right?



You can prune French prunes and other deciduous trees at any time during

the winter that is most convenient to you. It does not make any

particular difference to the tree, nor does it injure the tree at all if

you should continue pruning after the bloom has started. In fact, it is

better to make large cuts late in the winter, because they heal over

more readily at the beginning of the growing period than at the

beginning of the resting season. It is believed that early pruning may

cause the tree or vine to start growth somewhat sooner and this may be

undesirable in very frosty places.



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