When to start winter pruning your garden: the deadline is approaching soon

26.11.2023 11:21

An experienced gardener knows that the garden needs care at any time of the year, including winter.

Pruning allows you to direct the resources that the plant receives in the right direction.

Therefore, the removal of excess branches is carried out for many trees that will delight with fruits in the summer and autumn.

Let's pay attention to the recommendations of the expert of the online publication "Belnovosti" and scientist-agronomist Anastasia Kovrizhnykh regarding winter pruning.

When is the best time to start pruning?

It is better to do this from the second half of January to March - you need to have time to complete this task before the sap starts to move.

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For pruning, you need to choose a dry, clear and not very frosty day, when the temperature is not below -5 degrees.

Apple trees, pears, plums, cherries, summer lilacs, currants and gooseberries respond well to winter pruning.

If you have never done winter pruning in the garden, it is better to contact a professional, since this procedure has quite a lot of subtleties.

Author: Dmitry Liskovich Internet resource editor
 
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert / Belnovosti