{"id":2086,"date":"2024-02-17T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2024-02-23T11:59:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:59:55","slug":"fruit-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/?p=2086","title":{"rendered":"Fruit Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since we bought the land I have wanted to sort and prune the fruit trees which have not been tended to for some years. I never got around to it at the last house but was determined to do it here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They need reducing in height and thinning out to give new shoots the space to grow and produce fruit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started with the smaller cherry tree. Here are the before and after pictures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I then attacked the apple tree that was growing at an angle due to some previous trauma. I had already cut it back last year to reduce the stress on the trunk. I now have new, vertical branches rising from the tree base to select from. This should eventually provide a new main trunk to better balance it in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next I attacked the mirabel plum tree that was growing into the large cherry tree. I cut back some cherry branches to separate them then severely trimmed the plum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally, I pruned the pear tree, reducing its height significantly. I was not able to cut the main trunk with my small hand saw so will have to come back to it next week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After with the main trunk still in place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All that remains now are the large cherry and the large apple tree that is growing into a shared space with the cedar. I need to get it finished this week as the trees are budding and I do not want to cut them if they progress too far. They are both large so I will have to trim them over a two year cycle to reduce the shock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UPDATE Monday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First thing I finished cutting the pear tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looks a bit sorry for itself but once the leaves arrive, it should be fine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since we bought the land I have wanted to sort and prune the fruit trees which have not been tended to for some years. I never got around to it at the last house but was determined to do it here. They need reducing in height and thinning out to give new shoots the space […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garden","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2107,"href":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions\/2107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/15rsb.xsxtc.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}