The correct cutting contributes to the normal development of any garden tree or bush. Also the apple-tree is not exception. How it is correct to cut off it during the spring period?
With approach of warm days it is possible to start cutting of apple-tree. Before it it is necessary to survey attentively trees on lack of potential damages during the winter period. If no defects are found, it is possible to start cutting.
First of all cut off adult trees. It occurs because fruit kidneys are dismissed much earlier, than sheet. It is necessary to start cutting at least in 2-3 weeks prior to vegetation.
That to do it, it is necessary to learn to carry out the correct cuts. Any branch is cut out on ring. It is small flow at the basis of branches which promotes fast healing of wounds. And still, it is not necessary to leave stumps. They dry up and prevent wounds to grow. The one-year gain is cut off only on well developed kidney sent to the necessary party for forming of the correct krone.
Any cutting directly depends on age of apple-tree and its state.
During the first cutting of young tree leave one central conductor which will serve further as the main trunk and also several branches departing from it. These are so-called skeletal branches. They have to grow in different directions at distance on height from each other not less than 10 cm. The branches located below half a meter from the earth delete completely. All cuts process the garden thief. At the same time the central stipitate has to be above skeletal branches on 15-20 cm.
If in case of oversight on tree two central strong branches are formed at once, then surely delete one of them.
As for the adult fructifying trees, their cutting needs to be begun with shortening of the central conductor. Also cut out the large infilling branches from the middle of apple-tree. And other branches shorten on the first tier. The lowermost branches hanging down delete completely.
At any cutting cut out the dry, sick or gushing-over among themselves branches in the spring. Such cutting promotes improvement of quality of fruits, simplification of care for apple-tree and comfortable harvesting.
Several councils for spring cutting of apple-tree
1. During cutting of branch hold with free hand in order to avoid their breakage.
2. Strongly thickened trees cut off consistently within several years.
3. Do not do too big cuts. They long grow.
4. For cutting of apple-tree it is possible to use secateurs, the delimber or file with small tooth.