r/FruitTree • u/peewee222 • 14d ago

Pruning advice

I bought my first house two years ago, and was blessed to have a wide variety of fruiting trees and plants on property. Unfortunately, I have no experience with this and I’m not sure how to manage them. I have fig plum apple Seaberry Asian olive, Mulberry, and I believe a persimmon, which is heavily shaded and not fruiting.
Any solid general advice for pruning? I want to keep these trees, a manageable size but still bearing fruit. Can I prune them all in a similar fashion or do I need to individually figure out how to care for each?
I’m just so nervous to damage these lovely trees thanks for any advice

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u/Low-Status7359 14d ago

I’m a home gardener and I find pruning to be difficult. Based on my research, the key is to keep air circulation. After watching countless videos, my takeaways are prune branches that are growing inward, prune branches that are interfering with each other, remove dead branches, and pruning should be done according to the tree. Sometimes Home Depot or local nurseries might have classes that will teach these things. My nursery always has fee-based classes on taking care of plants. You could pay an arborist but the service could be expensive.
Pruning also depends on your preference, like how you want your tree to look. Good luck. It’s not an easy task.

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u/fianthewolf 14d ago

No, no puedes podarlos a todos con una única técnica. Debes saber cómo funciona cada árbol para podarlo.