Inexperienced summer residents make 3 mistakes, because of which the apple tree does not stop bearing fruit, but simply dries up and collapses.
What mistakes should be avoided in order not to destroy the fruit-bearing apple tree with your own hands?
The first of these mistakes is ignoring cropping.
As a result, the apple tree grows in height indefinitely, the crown thickens, the flowers grow in the wrong direction.
Because of this, the plant is difficult to treat from diseases and pests.
The second common mistake of summer residents is that they cut off a young apple tree in the first year of fruiting, like an adult tree.
In a young apple tree, these branches that touch each other are cut off.
And the third mistake concerns the wrong pruning technique.
To prevent the apple tree from shrinking and dying, the branches need to be cut completely, leaving no stumps in which pests can settle and pruning will be ineffective.
And if the branch is shortened, then the cut should be made at an angle of 45 degrees.
