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If you are growing trained apple or pear trees, such as espaliers or shaped fruit trees.

Jul 03, Here is what you should know about pruning your trees in the summer or any time throughout the year: Don’t Wait For The “Right” Time As we’ve previously discussed, if your trees need to be pruned due to dead, dying, or diseased limbs go ahead and get it stumpcut.barted Reading Time: 2 mins. Jun 24, Pruning in the summer helps to support robust and durable branch development, which will help support healthy fruit in the future.

Some fruit trees, such as apricots and cherries, are susceptible to disease when pruned during the rainy season. It is best to prune these fruit trees in the summer, preferably in July or August.5/5(1). Oct 25, Summer shearing of peach trees can reduce fruit size and soluble solids, but if vigorous vegetative shoots that shade the tree interior are removed by hand pruning by early July, quality shoots in the tree interior can be maintained.

Reasons for Summer PruningEstimated Reading Time: 10 mins.

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Nov 11, If you note damage to your bushes, from weather, animals or due to disease, prune those branches immediately, even if the bush should not optimally be pruned in the summer.

It can spread from infected trees to healthy trees by sap-feeding beetles ("picnic bugs"). If an oak tree must be pruned in spring or summer (such as after a storm), apply latex housepaint to the pruning cuts to avoid attracting sap-feeding beetles to the wounds.