Content
- The educational cut provides the apple tree for vitality and yield
- Lead the young tree in the right direction
- Light and air for the treetop
- The correct cut at the educational cut
- Tips & Tricks
The educational cut provides the apple tree for vitality and yield
An apple tree seems to many garden owners as an easy-care variant for a vitamin-rich and delicious fruit yield from their own garden. However, many apple varieties also require some care around the year.
Lead the young tree in the right direction
You should not start cutting your apple tree when it finally grows over your head based on its size and height. Rather, a targeted cut in winter, summer and fall can help to give stability and vitality to a young apple tree. After all, an ideal pruning tree ensures:
Light and air for the treetop
A light and well wind-swept treetop is advantageous for several reasons. Through the light-lit leaves enough energy can be generated to produce ripe and sweet fruits on the tree. The wind can dry the leaves in a light treetop better, which provides better protection against mildew even in low-resistant apple varieties. Last but not least, a treetop with a loose branch system also makes it easier to harvest in late summer and autumn.
The correct cut at the educational cut
Generally, cuts should be made to the apple tree so that no cut surface remains in a horizontal orientation. This would otherwise accumulate water, which in the winter, the outer layer of the tree blows and favors infiltration of diseases. Branches should attach to the branches at a not too narrow angle, otherwise they will be better removed. Leave the branches, which have a loose branching and a stable carrying capacity for the expected apples.
Tips & Tricks
If you do not want to dare to train your apple tree, maybe a neighbor or friend can help you with that. Maybe as a worker, you can agree to participate in the crop after the cut.