We were told to prune them in the winter or spring before they start growing. We've only been here two seasons and are still learning about our fruit trees as well.lorihadams said:
Hi jojo,jojo54 said:We were told to prune them in the winter or spring before they start growing. We've only been here two seasons and are still learning about our fruit trees as well.
The first year we had a neat old guy from Portugal prune ours. He used to live here and when he retired he moved back home to Portugal but came back every spring and stayed for about a month or so and pruned many of the trees in the area. My husband spent 2 days following him around our yard watching, listening and trying to learn pruning. We were lucky to have him as a teacher and inspiration. That was the last year he came back as he decided he was getting too old for it. He was amazing!! He was up and down the ladder so many times in a day. No one could keep up to him - I want to be like him when I grow up!
I'm Portuguese myself and know how great they are at taking care of their gardens so well, pruning trees as well. They know a lot about pruning, they seem like pro's at it. I have some portuguese people in my family that love to garden as much as i do, and have amazing fruit trees and such. I have a cousin who lives in North Carolina, and I get to visit their gardens every now and then and every time i go, i get motivated and inspired and want to have gardens like them one day. They really do know their gardens and are great at doing it. I'm happy to have them in the family, when i get a chance to visit them, we always seem to discuss gardening and learning some things from each other. It really does help to know someone who gardens, they can have a lot of useful information to offer.
How true you are. Its better to learn from someone who has done rather than read from a book. That is another reason I love this forum. People help each other with what they know.Greenthumb18 said:Hi jojo,jojo54 said:We were told to prune them in the winter or spring before they start growing. We've only been here two seasons and are still learning about our fruit trees as well.
The first year we had a neat old guy from Portugal prune ours. He used to live here and when he retired he moved back home to Portugal but came back every spring and stayed for about a month or so and pruned many of the trees in the area. My husband spent 2 days following him around our yard watching, listening and trying to learn pruning. We were lucky to have him as a teacher and inspiration. That was the last year he came back as he decided he was getting too old for it. He was amazing!! He was up and down the ladder so many times in a day. No one could keep up to him - I want to be like him when I grow up!
