DULUTH, Minn.– With the weather turning warmer, it was perfect timing for people to learn everything about pruning apple trees. Around 20 community members got their hands dirty while learning how to ...

Regularly trimming away damaged and unsightly branches is key to maintaining a healthy tree with an aesthetically pleasing ...

Increasing daylength and warmer days tells us spring is not far off. While certainly too early for any outdoor planting or ...

Extensive pruning is best done over a period of two to three years to lessen shock to the tree, with no more than one-third ...

Knowing how and when to prune apple trees will help you harvest more fruit. Plus, regular pruning produces sweeter, more flavorful apples. When pruning an apple tree, a little effort goes a long way.

Join Kelly Rae Kirkpatrick and other UMN Extension Master Gardeners for an outdoor, hands-on class on pruning apple trees. Sign up during the event to participate in upcoming planning to create the ...

Prune a tree to have well-spaced branches and a balanced appearance, while eliminating broken, diseased or dead branches. For larger limbs, start the cut from the underside of the limb to avoid ...

Pruning trees ensures they remain healthy, safe, and beautiful. An important part of maintaining trees is trimming them at ...

Prune all broken, dead and damaged limbs and branches first. Prune all limbs and branches that are crossing over each other, ...

Last week’s column offered a February “To-do” list. Pruning fruit trees and berry bushes topped the list and while we often think of pruning and training young apple trees, mature trees benefit from ...