More Fruit, Faster Growth: Why You MUST Prune Your Trees EVERY YEAR!

In this video, I share why you must prune your trees every year! Pruning trees is critical for health, vigor, performance and productivity. This is true of all trees, but especially flowering trees and fruit trees. Pruning fruit trees and pruning flowering trees is mandatory to maximize fruit production and blooming. This will stimulate more fruit and faster growth!

Many people fail to prune trees annually, because they believe pruning a tree harms the tree. The exact opposite is true. Pruning trees, especially fruiting and flowering trees, stimulates the growth of new, vigorous, flowering and fruit-bearing wood, resulting in a stronger, healthier tree in a smaller form factor. Failing to prune trees results in trees accumulating dead wood susceptible to pests, allows inward growth that stifles airflow and promotes diseases, and reduces a tree's lifespan. Pruning a tree is the most important thing you can do to support that tree's health and productivity while controlling its growth.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction
0:39 Reason To Prune #1
5:33 How To Prune A Tree: Tree Pruning Tips
6:33 Reason To Prune #2
9:51 These Huge Harvests Are Proof!
11:08 Reason To Prune #3
13:48 Pruning Potted Trees
16:19 Adventures With Dale

If you have any questions about how to prune trees correctly, have questions about growing fruit trees or want to know about the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!

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[TheMillennialGardener]

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0:00 Introduction
0:39 Reason To Prune #1
5:33 How To Prune A Tree: Tree Pruning Tips
6:33 Reason To Prune #2
9:51 These Huge Harvests Are Proof!
11:08 Reason To Prune #3
13:48 Pruning Potted Trees
16:19 Adventures With Dale

[gioknows]

I have 14 fruit trees back home in Canada and I trim them back every year and my neighbours are always surprised and shocked that my small trees out produce their huge trees every year.
I’m currently on vacation in Colombia and YOU would it here with all the amazing tropical fruit trees that grow here everywhere. Cheers from Tulua, Colombia 🇨🇴

[mystforest]

You are the Mr.Rogers of teaching others about gardening, plants and gardening. I have learned so much from you. Thank you <3

[thestockhomestead]

You always do such a great job with the "why" in everything you discuss. As one who's always looking to know more, I appreciate the work you put into explaining things. Thanks! Any time I have a gardening question, you're one of the sources I check first. :)

[juliemcgugan]

I’ve got a lemon tree that grows like a weed. After noticing a lot of mould and pests like mealy bugs and fruit fly on the fruit last year, I decided to aggressively prune and thin out the tree. I figured that it produced much more fruit than we were able to consume anyway (even juicing it and giving away bottles and bottles to friends and neighbours, ) so even if I did too much, it wouldn’t be a problem. Turns out, I could probably have done more and it is fuller than ever, this year! But the pest damage and mould on the fruit was much better, this year! I’m going to prune again, to promote healthy growth and good airflow between the branches and not worry about how much I will cut down on quantity of fruit, now that I have seen how much better the fruit quality is!

[AliciasInTheKitchen]

When I lived in Tennessee, my figs grew in more of a bush habit than tree. I cut them back to the ground every year, and by fall they were 15 feet tall. They produced so many figs!

[Userjo]

Thank you so much...I am DEFINITELY PRUNING my lemons, limes, guavas, moringgas, pomegranates and passion fruit vine. Roses, too!🎉🌱🌹🌺🌿

[nickanderson]

This is where bonsai knowledge comes from. You can actually treat and remove deadwood giving the tree the ability to heal through the wound instead of removal and restarting.

[iamdjphox]

This is the most informative i have ever seen you. Great video. So many gems.

[jlmillc]

Great video! I'm so bad about pruning but I'm trying to do better. This will help reinforce why I need to make this a priority each year for all my fruit trees. Thank you!

[TheEnglishladyskitchengarden]

I prune all my fruit trees to keep them fairly small. I planted a mini orchard a couple of years ago and the fruit is fabulous. No food miles and no nasty spraying.

[terrinegron]

Nice. We have a persimmon tree that we pruned a couple of years ago and it has so many persimmons it was amazing. I think it's time to prune again. Thank you!

[brianjohnston]

I have a fuji apple tree that seems to do well with pruning every other year. The one time I did back to back winter pruning, I didn't get any apples after the second pruning. Now I get lots of apples and the tree stays in a good shape.

[lorenstribling]

I always enjoy your videos for the information and the humor. But to be honest the star of each video is Dale. Good boy Dale!

[emkn]

I’ve watched all the old, low quality videos from Dave Wilson Nursery featuring Tom Spellman…his advice is so good. I finally am starting to get this fruit tree pruning thing. It takes time, but pruning with a purpose is where it’s at.

[wopasem]

Im at Raleigh area, usually watch u for encouragement, the weather pruned my trees, this year, 😞😞😞last year this time, my trees were all green, just used one cover but this year all my leaves fell off and hoping it comes back spring time,

[Patricia-vz]

Thank you for this valuable information. I have few fig trees and couple of citrus trees. When is the best time to prune both fig trees and citrus trees? Right now in Ga we have snow and ice. I appreciate your videos.

[ewannoelkailevi]

"I mean, look at all the lemons under there ... have you see such a thing?!" .... I literally blurted out "No! I freaking have not! ...." great vid, thanks, i'm eyeballing my New Improved Meyer Lemon bush in a planter that I bought from Costco ... I have plans now ...

[realMysta]

I knew most of this but still enjoyed watching. Be a neat video to show all your fruit trees at every age(since I’m sure you have footage of most of them at each year. ) Seeing how big the fig espalier has gotten is eye opening.

[melindaroth]

WOW AWESOME INFORMATION AND TEACHING. I'm saving this one too. Thank you so much Anthony 😊❤ Oh Dale I just Love you ❤😊