In addition, you will want to spray your tree with a pesticide.

Jun 18, How to Prune Pear Trees (# Tips) #1. Prune and Trim your Pear Tree Immediately! The first time you prune your pear tree is critical to the long-term #2. Prune the First Winter AFTER Planting T he first winter AFTER planting you will want to prune your pear tree. During #3. Prune Every. Consider the following tips when training and pruning fruit crops: Before training or pruning a plant, visualize the results of the action.

Once a branch is pruned out or removed, it cannot be replaced. Train as much as possible and remove as little as possible.

10 o’clock pruning angle. Narrow, V-shape crotches are an open invitation to disastrous splitting later on, particularly when your tree is ripening with a large bumper crop. For your branches: choose wide 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock angles. Pruning to a bud. Jun 21, An important part of pear tree care is pruning, and the first pruning should occur as soon as your tree is planted. Leave a central leader and choose three to five branches with outward rather than upward growth and prune out the rest.

Trim off the ends of the remaining branches to encourage growth.