Susan Butler.

Jun 20, Pruning a pear tree begins in late winter before the buds begin to swell. Earlier pruning may encourage excessive vegetative growth and suckering in spring and summer. It also increases the chances of winter injury to the pruning sites.

Make a clean, slanted cut right up against the larger branch.

Limit spring and summer pruning to light thinning and try to avoid trimming pear trees after midsummer. Pruning bearing trees is critical to maintain healthy fruiting wood. Remove weak, “shaded-out” wood, diseased or dead wood, watersprouts and root suckers. Control tree height by cutting back the top portion of the tree to weak lateral branches.

For flower buds to develop well, all branches of the tree should be exposed to adequate sunlight. Jul 22, Pruning pear trees. In general, the same pruning and training principles used for apple should be followed for pears. However, pear trees do not require as much pruning.

Apple trees should have a vaguely Christmas tree shape with the lowest scaffold branches having the widest spread image above.

Wide crotch angles are not essential, because pear trees have tougher wood that is less apt to split. Nevertheless, spreaders encourage flowering and fruiting in young trees.

Dec 13, In this episode we will be showing you how to prune an overgrown pear tre that needs some love and care in order to keep it in check and producing well. Chec. Mar 19, Generally, it is not recommended to heavily prune pear trees. The more you prune, the greater the chance that fire blight will develop (the leaves and branches will look as if they have been burned by fire), and it delays fruit production. It is generally best to prune pear trees late in the summer.

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