The below heights of clear stem should serve as a guide: The length of clear stem greatly depends on the rootstock vigour – dwarfer rootstocked trees will only support a short clear stem whereas a variety on a vigorous rootstock will support a long clear stem. In this case we are pruning to develop a bush tree – a tree of a goblet shape above a clear stem. Once fruiting, pruning to maintain a balance between growth and fruiting.As suppliers of young fruit trees we are most interested in customers getting the first stage correct – developing the shape of the tree by building a framework of branches for the future.īelow we deal with the early development of Bush trees, Espaliers & Cordons Bush Trees.Early hard pruning to develop the shape of the tree.Essentially there are three stages to pruning:
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