Time to Prune

‘Tis late winter and that means pruning season.  Whatever you are pruning, fruit trees, berry bushes, roses or any sort of bush, you can get free instructions on the web.  You can also go to the Stake Peach Orchard, they have excellent demonstrations on how to prune their trees and what you learn can be applied to what you have in your yard.  It is also my understanding that we have some amazing gardeners in our ward.  I’m too new to know who they are so I’m hoping you will respond and tell us who we might call for some more personal advice.  I am always happy to come and offer my amateur tips.

I love pruning.  It is so helpful for the plant and it is a miracle that cutting away parts of a plant actually make it stronger and more beautiful.  I also love that it’s kind of hard to mess up too bad.  Plants are usually very forgiving and you can ALWAYS learn from your mistakes and try again next year.

Don’t have the time to research?  Tip 1:  Leave space for the fruit, if you have branches too close together to let the fruit grown properly then get rid of one of the branches.  Tip 2:  Can you reach the fruit?  Unless the tree is old or already taller than you, you can cut the little branches within reaching distance.  Tip 3:  Drive the neighborhood and see what they should look like.  I love driving down 700 East between 3100 and 2700 N.  There are fruit trees and berry bushes getting pruned right now close enough to the road for all to see.