Summer Pruning: The Key To A Healthy Fruit Tree. Pruning your fruit trees durning the summer months does more than just improve the health of your fruit trees! It will also improve the flavor of the fruit, increase yields next year and make your winter pruning easier. See how and when to summer prune your fruit trees. Saker Saw Link https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0947XTHF8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=us03ed-20&linkId=c08cd480ee6e1187af1b7222df2ce4d8&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&_encoding=UTF8&tag=alisorganican-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=da214ede5e8a9e713fde44b404ce778c&camp=1789&creative=9325 Thanks for your support! We love what we do at our homestead, we love to share by creating content for you! Want to learn more about gardening? Check our websites blog out for more information on gardening, pest management, weed control, disease control and other organic gardening methods. Our Website: alisorganics.com Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/AlisOrganics/ Mailing Address: 760 Red Rock Road St. George, Utah 84770 I also write a blog geared for our zone 8, which I would love to write more often, but life is busy! however, you may find some good resources here. http://outstanding-in-the-garden.com Our CSA, where we provide food for families on a weekly basis and we also donate a portion of our produce to Elders or Someone in need in our community to provide healthy fresh organic veggies. https://desertsagecsa.com 00:00 Fruit Tree Pruning 01:07 When to summer prune 01:43 How to prune 02:04 Thinning cuts 02:28 Dead & crossing branches 03:15 Topping 04:12 Heading cut 04:39 Downward limbs 05:21 Removing large branches 06:34 Removing suckers 07:03 Fruit tree life expectancy