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edwin_turlington

does this need pruning

11 years ago

I read that anything over three branches should be pruned when getting a tree but I just got this Apricot from Raintree nursery and it looks like it has already been pruned (to me anyway) except it has many small 2-3" twigs.

Do all these twigs need cut off?


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