How do you care for dwarf fruit trees apple and pear?
By Wilmatosh
North Ayrshire,
Scotland
They are Malus Golden delicious and Pyrus Conference
My husband has lost the instructions.
15 Jul, 2009
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http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0202/winter_fruit_pruning.asp
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http://www.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=212
Will help, takes a few reads to understand!
But generally, dwarf plants dont get big enouhg to need a size prune, only one to build up the fruit bearing spurs. I hope these websites are helpful, more for a large tree, but similar on a small tree.
Just dont trim any of the fruiting areas off as they will be lost, its the new summer grown shoots that will produce fruiting wood.
19 Jul, 2009