Hi, I have a young walnut tree of the kind, 'Broadview'. It is branching a lot and I want to perform some formative pruning, so the tree will look better and have fewer problems with limbs when fully grown.

They say walnuts should be pruned whilst branches are under one inch in diameter, so the time for pruning is now, whilst the tree is young. The tree has forked, but the angle is quite good, so I think I'll leave it and concentrate on the scaffolding branches.

Any does and don'ts?

When to prune this? automn or winter?

Apply a wound sealant, like grafting wax?

The entire branch to the sleave, or 50% this year and the rest next year?

I have taken a photo and marked the branches I want to remove. Does this look Ok? Should I take everything below the fork?

Regards

Fred.