Gardening Tips: Learn to prune in person

Over many years I’ve written articles for The Daily Herald, I’ve written about pruning more times than I can count — it may be the topic I’ve discussed most. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to convey the strategies of pruning using the written word. For one, there are thousands of plants we find in our landscapes, orchards and forests, and each one needs to be pruned a little bit differently. For that matter, even if you have the same type of tree as your neighbor, you may need to prune them a little bit differently depending on the age, size and location of the plant. While there are some general pruning techniques, there is as much art to pruning as there is science, so each situation really is unique.

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