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These fruit trees need a pruning in August

2021-08-03T12:39:44.211Z


In the summer, there is some gardening work to be done again, including the care of the fruit trees. Many of them need a cut, especially in August.


In the summer, there is some gardening work to be done again, including the care of the fruit trees.

Many of them need a cut, especially in August.

When caring for fruit trees, winter and summer pruning play a major role.

The winter pruning stimulates growth, while the summer pruning is intended to slow down the vigor.

This promotes a rich set of flowers and fruits.

The summer pruning is only carried out on trees that have received a winter pruning between November and April.

So it's a complementary cut.

It usually takes place in July and August of each year.

When exactly does the summer pruning of fruit trees take place?

If you do the summer pruning too early, you run the risk of the tree sprouting again.

However, the late shoots fail to ripen again before winter, which makes them susceptible to disease.

But how do you know if a tree is ready for summer pruning?

It's very simple: by

the end of July

, most fruit trees have finished growing their shoots.

This can be seen from the fact that the new

shoots have formed

end

knobs

.

From then on it is possible to do the summer pruning.

As soon as the leaves begin to color, the end of the period for the summer pruning of fruit trees has come.

It should be completed by mid-September at the latest so that the wounds on the tree can still heal before winter.

Which fruit trees need a summer pruning - and how is it done?

Sweet and sour cherries

as well as

apple

and pear trees

are particularly in need of care in summer

.

Sweet cherries are pruned every year after the upbringing phase has been completed, either directly after the harvest or in late summer, as the online portal

My beautiful garden

informs.

Steep shoots, competing shoots on the central shoot and branches that grow into the crown are shortened at the base.

In the case of sour cherries, the harvested shoots are cut directly above the first lateral branch.

In the case of strongly growing apple and pear trees, you should also remove all long shoots that are too close or that grow inward in summer, as soon as the terminal buds are present.

Also interesting

: watch out: you should cut these trees in July.

That is why a summer pruning on fruit trees is beneficial

During the summer pruning, only annual, steeply standing or inward-growing shoots are usually removed, which would have come between the secateurs anyway during the next winter pruning.

By shortening the shoots earlier,

however

, the

fruits

receive

more sun, so that they

ripen faster and

acquire

a more intense taste

.

Furthermore, the summer

pruning

promotes the

new fruit branches

and their fresh flower buds, as they have to do with less competition.

A light crown also helps in autumn that rain dries off better and that

fungal infections

are

less common

comes.

In addition, cuts heal better in summer than in winter due to the warmth.

But be careful: it should only be thinned moderately so that the tree can compensate for the loss of leaves.

(fk)

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Source: merkur

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