posted 7 years ago
I've been reading up about pruning fruit trees and have been trying to revive some very neglected plum and apple trees etc but am new to this metier. When I picked up 10 bare root trees last Sunday at an heirloom nursery I was told to be sure to prune/trim the roots quite a bit before planting. That was news to me. These are free hanging bare roots, not a bundled rootb ball or container-bound roots. Does anyone have knowledge about pruning/shortening roots?? These trees are 2 years old, one year after graft though a couple are "franc" -- or "seedling."
Another quandry: central leader or open vase pruning? My young trees are apple, cherry, plum and apricot. Some apples and a cherry have standard rootstock or franc, the rest are all semi-standard (M111) or dwarf (colt)
Thanks so much for any ideas or advice.