Sanitize Pruning Tools
30 minClean sharpen bypass loppers bleach between trees if fire blight history.
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Learn orchard winter prune from scratch with a clear step-by-step workflow, recommended tools, safety guidelines, and expert tips.
Clean sharpen bypass loppers bleach between trees if fire blight history.
Three Ds first dead diseased damaged then crossing inward branches.
Maintain 2-4 scaffold branches well spaced sun into center.
Remove prunings burn or chip diseased material do not compost blight.
Industry best practices for dormant pruning.
Sharp tools — ragged tears slow heal.
Do not prune wet — disease spread.
Young tree training beats old tree rescue.