The first pruning of trees planted in autumn should be made in the spring of the following year, while trees planted in spring are pruned immediately after planting. This cut restores the disturbed balance between the root system, reduced during the excavation of trees, and not a diminished crown. If this is not done, the tree's growth will be stunted, and it may not even catch on. Annuals, unbranched trees are most often pruned at a height of 60…80 cm. The height of the trim depends on it, how tall a tree is to have a trunk. Many people mistakenly call low-growing trees (having a low trunk) dwarfs, while dwarf trees are these, which grow on dwarf rootstocks, while the tree's foreshortening always depends on the amount of pruning in the first year after planting, i.e.. from the height, on which the crown is formed.
Trees with nursery crowns should have all shoots shortened by half, and even Fr. 2/3 length. A weaker cut can be used with trees with a strong root system or with regular watering. Shoots should be pruned above the eye facing the outside of the crown, making the tree more branchy. Shoots competing with the guide (growing at an acute angle – forked branches) removes completely.
In the following years, shoot growth should be skillfully managed, leading to the correct formation of the crown. The first condition is that the tree has quite large angles (close to a right angle) between the branches and the guide. Tissues of shoots grown at too sharp angles are more susceptible to freezing. Also, the fusion of such shoots with the guide is much weaker, which in the years of abundant harvest leads to the detachment of branches.
The first pruning of trees planted in autumn should be made in the spring of the following year, while trees planted in spring are pruned immediately after planting. This cut restores the disturbed balance between the root system, reduced during the excavation of trees, and not a diminished crown. If this is not done, the tree's growth will be stunted, and it may not even catch on. Annuals, unbranched trees are most often pruned at a height of 60…80 cm. The height of the trim depends on it, how tall a tree is to have a trunk. Many people mistakenly call low-growing trees (having a low trunk) dwarfs, while dwarf trees are these, which grow on dwarf rootstocks, while the tree's foreshortening always depends on the amount of pruning in the first year after planting, i.e.. from the height, on which the crown is formed.
