Pruning Apple Trees During Summer - DIY Orchard Care for Water Sprouts

With nine neglected fruit trees coming with our fixer-upper, we spend a lot of our time maintaining our orchard. Join me as I prune away the water sprouts on our apple trees by giving them a light summer trim. By pruning these shoots that sprout up in the spring time, I am allowing the tree to focus its resources on fruit.
DIY yard and garden care are a great way to save money and improve the health of your trees. So grab your big lopers and some hand pruners and join me for this satisfying project with instant results.
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[@radharcanna]

That’s a neat job. What a lovely orchard.

[@amonacres438]

Thank you! I always feel like I'm two steps behind because it was so neglected when we moved it, so it's nice that it's starting to look better 😊

[@jmnaturewalker4765]

Thank you for describing how to tell which branches are water sprouts! I see so very many on my own fruit trees! I appreciate your narration and the pop-ups with cautionary comments! :)

[@amonacres438]

It was one of the first videos I tried using pop ups and I love trying new things like that! Glad you liked them! ❤️

[@camlobesvtec]

Beautiful property. Did those trees come with your property? Trying to see if cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower will grow for me. Hopefully I'm not too late in the season lol

[@amonacres438]

Those fruit trees have been here since we moved in, but they were really overgrown. We've spent the last 4 years trying to shape them into functional canopies. How exciting to get your first crops in the ground for the year. I'm always late planting my early season crops, but I still manage to get them to produce most years. Hope yours take off too!

[@camlobesvtec]

I always sew too late and sew too many lol. Its still an experiment for me but definitely something I always wanna do. Hope all your crops are taking off.