![]() ![]() ![]() Prune to shape the tree properly so you will have the fruit where you want it and the tree itself will have a strong structure to handle the weight of the fruit hanging out on the limbs.This wet/windy weather spreads this disease and can infect a tree that hasn’t had time for its pruning cut wounds to begin to dry out. ![]() If you decide to prune in April, look at the weather forecast and do your best to not prune before a windstorm or rainstorm. This disease normally affects pears and apples in our area, and roses as well. Spring rainstorms that come through during late April and the month of May tend to move the pathogen around that causes fire blight.
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