Question: I have four 40- to 60-year-old pineapple guava trees that produce wonderful fruit and grow very tall. Please give me pruning information to maximize fruit production every year, make ...

The best time to prune most fruit trees is in late winter or early spring, says Boersma, while the tree is still dormant, but ...

Can I prune my gangly 9-foot pineapple guava? ... Gardeners often prune them up from the bottom into tree form. This shrub is best in sun and an organically enriched, well-draining soil.

Pruning young trees. In the first five or 10 years after planting a young tree, the lower branches will need to be pruned to raise the canopy to the desired height.

Over the years, we have been conditioned to believe pruning, while there are leaves on trees, is a capital offense. Consequently, it has probably never crossed the minds of most home orchardists to ...

The first case of improper pruning is an example of what is called overlifting. While raising the canopy is a common pruning practice, the tree pictured was pruned a little too aggressively.

Fruit trees. Consider planting a guava tree. Make sure it’s a tropical guava (Psidium guajava) and not a pineapple guava (Feijoa sellowiana) or a strawberry guava (Psidium callleianum).