PRUNING FRUIT TREES | BEST SHAPES for SIZE and PRODUCTION

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Pruning young fruit trees will keep them at a manageable size, will allow a yearly crop and better fruit size and will keep your tree healthy and productive. Applying the right pruning techniques and choosing the right shape when pruning apples, pears, plums, peaches, apricots and all the other fruit trees will be determined by the fruit type and by your personal choice and will keep your home orchard productive and manageable. This video covers all the essential information you need to shape and correct young fruit trees, in the first years of development, so you end up with a balanced and productive fruit tree. Table of contents: 0:00 – Intro 1. Choosing the best shape - 0:29 2. First Pruning – Open Center - 03:50 3. First Pruning – Modified Central Leader - 06:23 4. Maintenance Pruning Steps - 07:58 You might find some of my other pruning and grafting videos interesting: Pruning Fig Trees | Best Pruning Techniques for Bigger Fruits and Bigger Crops - https://youtu.be/OFox2FSaHFQ Pruning Fruit Trees – FULL PLAYLIST - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ispF8zyr4pU&list=PLTH_-DAgLghmcfBNDjs46pHWgX7Lmh5ya 7 COMMON GRAFTING MISTAKES and HOW to AVOID THEM | Grafting Techniques TIPS - https://youtu.be/aatd7WLwDWs Grafting Fruit Trees | The 2 Best Techniques for Grafting Figs and other fruit trees - https://youtu.be/NBV9OIfQlaY Best Grafting Techniques | WHICH Grafting Technique should I CHOOSE, when grafting fruit trees? - https://youtu.be/tFWvZzMv2Io The 3 Best Grafting Techniques for SPRING - https://youtu.be/4p_DKv9lM2A The best grafting techniques for Apples, Pears and other fruit trees - https://youtu.be/3nlsAk3nnAY Summer Budding of Plums, Peaches, Apricots, Kiwis and other fruit trees - https://youtu.be/3lssseaG_Tg **************************************************************** Share the video – https://youtu.be/Y8Qg1Z-c_U4 **************************************************************** Subscribe to the channel and see more great videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/JSacadura?sub_confirmation=1 **************************************************************** Check the channel for more videos on Grafting, Pruning, Rooting and Growing Fruit Trees, like these: Rooting Fig Cuttings | A foolproof rooting method - https://youtu.be/cwPvmG9sK_Y Grafting Fruit Trees | Changing varieties in old Pear Trees | Bark Grafting - https://youtu.be/b-iyXqG10YU Pruning Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard | A step by step video guide - https://youtu.be/ispF8zyr4pU “Basic Pruning Techniques” - https://youtu.be/buziSuLiUhY - Pruning Fruit Trees | Pruning Techniques | Essential Pruning Course _____________________________________________ Subscribe, Like, Share and Comment the videos, to support the channel ___________________________________ YouTube Music Library End of Summer – The 126ers Wood – Dan Hering The Opening – Dan Lebowitz Seasonal – Silent Partner Innocence – The 126ers