When a pruning cut is made in late winter, the tree will begin the wound-healing process immediately. This process seals the wound from pathogens that can damage the inner vascular system.

Winter is the best time to prune most fruit trees, including apples, pears, and plums. Proper pruning improves fruit quality by opening up the canopy, allowing sunlight and air to reach the inner ...

Training trees can occur during active growth, but more often pruning is carried out in dormancy, just before buds form in late winter or early spring. Unless your tree blooms on old growth, this is ...

Prune summer-flowering trees and shrubs in mid- to late-winter. Remove dead growth anytime. Dan Gill is a retired consumer horticulture specialist with the LSU AgCenter.

Pruning trees back will force new branches to grow. ... But the tree form can be more sensitive to winter cold damage, so a bush form with multiple trunks is better for north Louisiana, he said.

Pruning in winter reduces the risk of infection and infestation, helping keep your trees healthy. Clear Visibility: With the leaves gone, it’s easier to see the tree’s structure.

Winter is a fine time for tree pruning for several reasons. On deciduous trees, bare branches make it easier for an arborist to inspect the tree’s overall structure and to examine it close-up.

Pruning trees back will force new branches to grow. ... But the tree form can be more sensitive to winter cold damage, so a bush form with multiple trunks is better for north Louisiana, he said.

Prune summer-flowering trees and shrubs in mid- to late-winter. Remove dead growth anytime. Dan Gill is a retired consumer horticulture specialist with the LSU AgCenter.

In a future late-winter column we’ll address apple tree pruning. Black rot canker has become the leading killer of apple trees in the region, and re-thinking the traditional apple pruning time ...

The Goshen Forestry Division began young tree pruning this past week. Our initial focus is on Oak trees in neighborhoods south of Plymouth Avenue. Specifically, we will plan to work ...