When is the best season to prune fruit trees? Can fruit trees be pruned in autumn?

1. Pruning time Apple trees are pruned in autumn, which is generally 5438+00 from mid-August to mid-June. Seedlings that stop early in autumn should be pruned early, and trees that stop late should be pruned late, generally within 20-30 days before defoliation.

2. Cleaning the trunk is particularly important in the autumn pruning of apple trees. It is beneficial to make the fruit more colorful to cut off the upright and dense branches on the trunk properly and remove the excessively dense branches that affect the fruit coloring, especially before unpacking.

It's best to pull branches of apple trees in autumn, because autumn is the period of nutrient return. After opening, nutrients are easy to accumulate in the branches, and the flower buds are full and well formed. The appropriate angle of branch pulling is 30, which can enlarge the crown. In addition, the advantage of pulling branches in autumn is that they are soft and strong branches will not sprout on the back.

4. When pruning the apple tree in autumn, it is necessary to prune some robust branches, which can improve the light transmittance of the tree, facilitate the formation of flower buds and nutrient accumulation, and cut off the dense leaves, yellow leaves and diseased leaves on the apple tree together.