The influence of cutting on the size of the fruit yield

Cutting young trees and shrubs - by reducing the number of fruit-bearing shoots and flower buds, it almost always reduces the fruit yield. Therefore, young trees are recommended to be pruned only when necessary and as little as possible. It is different with trees …

The effect of pruning on the growth of trees and shrubs

Even at the beginning of the previous century it was considered, that pruning has only beneficial effects on the growth of trees and their fruiting. Such a view prevailed during the period, when European horticulture developed under the influence of the art of gardening from the nineteenth-century palace gardens. When in years …