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by Steph Muma on Jul 23 2025

There are lots of factors that can impact a tree’s growth and fruit-bearing capacity, (such as soil nutrients, watering, etc.), however, we are specifically looking at summer pruning for control of a tree’s size, shape and fruitfulness. The following factors will help determine how much and when we do summer pruning:

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How to Spring Prune Your Fruit Trees

by Steph Muma on Feb 06 2025

If you read our first pruning blog post in this series, you’ll already know how important spring pruning is for your fruit trees of any age, but in particular for your fruit trees’ first 3-5 years of life! Today we’re going to go into lots of detail about how to do dormant spring pruning, tree anatomy, and the terms you’ll hear orchardists saying, so buckle up!

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Planning Your Most Important Spring Orchard Task

by Zack Muma on Jan 27 2025

It’s also one of the most common mistakes new fruit tree growers make! Many of our customers question why we tell them to prune away approximately 1/3 of their young 1 or 2 year old tree as part of the planting process after their purchase, so we thought we’d begin our pruning blog series with an outline of why you should care so much about pruning, and what you should begin planning for.

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Planting Guidelines

by Steph Roth on Oct 02 2024

Bare-root planting involves using dormant plants that are shipped without soil around their roots. This method is economical and often results in stronger plants, as they adapt well to their new environment. On this blog post, learn how to plant your bareroot and potted trees from Silver Creek Nursery.