Is it possible to prune apple trees in November: don't rush to close the summer cottage season
There are many tips on pruning fruit trees. Many people, out of habit, leave pruning until spring if they haven't managed to do it before the cold weather sets in.
But as for the apple tree, nothing prevents you from performing the necessary procedure even in November. Summer residents assure that the harvest will be guaranteed in the new season.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti" - a scientist, agronomist, landscape designer, explained why you shouldn't be afraid to prune apple trees in November.
Many experts agree that autumn is the best time to carry out sanitary pruning.
You need to think about this even more if late varieties of apple trees are planted on the site.
That is, you can safely plan to trim those trees from which the harvest was collected at the end of October.
Then everything is standard. The gardener needs to remove all old, damaged, dry and diseased branches.
In this case, pruning is carried out to healthy wood.
Don't forget to treat the cuts with garden pitch, and if signs of infection are detected, treat the tree with a solution of ferrous sulfate.
As for formative pruning, experts advise postponing it until spring.
