This guide explains the benefits of regular pruning, the best time to make your cuts, and explains key techniques for pruning fruit trees of all types.

Lightly pruning maple and birch trees in the fall is actually the best time of year because these trees bleed sap severely when pruned in late winter or spring.

The best time to prune is late winter or early spring, when the tree is still dormant but before it begins to grow buds. Timing is everything when it comes to pruning fruit trees.