Ep.115 Apple & pear tree pruning guide - Scott H. Smith (National Trust for Scotland head gardener)

We covered amenity tree pruning in episode 96, but what about fruit tree pruning? Do the same rules apply?

And do the rules that apply to apples also apply to other fruits in the rose family like pears, cherries and/or apricots?

Find out in this episode with return guest Scott Smith, head gardener for the National Trust for Scotland at Haddo House and Pitmeddon.

EPISODE LINKS
-National Trust for Scotland: https://www.nts.org.uk/
-Pitmedden Garden: https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/pitmedden-garden
-Haddo House: http://visithaddo.com/
-Basal cluster diagrams: https://www.kenmuir.co.uk/image/data/pdf/Growing%20Guides/Pruning%20Minarette%20Apples%20and%20Pears.pdf
-RHS rejuvenating mature apple/pear tree video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Aj6fUcaXSE
-RHS video about apple thinning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f4QxlYihnw
-Read Angelo Eliades's blog and check out his diagrams on Deep Green Permaculture: https://deepgreenpermaculture.com/2019/09/16/formative-pruning-vase-form-how-to-prune-young-fruit-trees-in-the-first-three-years/

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