Many people associate fruit tree pruning with winter. It’s a task to be carried out in the cold, dark days of December when there is little else we can productively do in the garden, and is a way of preparing for the year ahead. However, there are several reasons why we should keep our secateurs handy all through the long summer months and prune a wide variety of both top and soft fruit plants, to ensure healthy trees and bigger crops to come.
It can be a little complicated – different plants need pruning at different times and for different reasons – but we’ll start by looking at some basic principles about why
