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Training Mature Fruit Trees

Training Mature Fruit Trees. MSU Fruit Team Michigan State University Extension Educators for Horticultural & Marketing. Tree Fruit Pruning - Renovation. Maintenance pruning. upright. Upright: generally too vigorous. lateral. hanging. Hanging: generally shaded, poor quality

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Training Mature Fruit Trees

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  1. Training Mature Fruit Trees MSU Fruit Team Michigan State UniversityExtension Educators for Horticultural & Marketing

  2. Tree Fruit Pruning - Renovation

  3. Maintenance pruning

  4. upright Upright: generally too vigorous lateral hanging Hanging: generally shaded, poor quality fruit Pruning Bearing Fruit Trees

  5. Rejuvenate? Just enjoy it, and plant the replacement

  6. overhanging “umbrella” Poor quality shaded fruit Neglected apple

  7. Remove upright limbs but keep “boss” limbs above the cut point to control regrowth at cut point

  8. Renovating - spring year 1 -- before

  9. Renovating - spring year 1 -- after

  10. spring year 1,after cutting Keep upright limbs to control point of major cut

  11. Goal: remove excess side branches from scaffolds Spring year 2, before cutting

  12. Spring year 2, after cutting

  13. Neglected apple 1 - before cut

  14. Neglected apple 1 - after cut

  15. Neglected apple #2 - before cut

  16. Neglected apple #2 - after cut

  17. Central leader apple before cut

  18. Central leader apple after cut

  19. Espalier (e spal’ yar)

  20. Candelabra

  21. Belgium fence Horizontal Cordon Candelabra Espalier - 3 designs

  22. Heading and bending for espalier system Building espalier - source “Fine Gardening

  23. Horizontal cordon espalier

  24. Building espalier - source “Fine Gardening

  25. Building espalier continued - source “Fine Gardening

  26. Free-form espalier

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