Formation of the pear crown: pruning rules and scheme

The formation of the pear crown is an important procedure, if not vital for a fruit tree. Especially if the gardener wants to collect a regular rich harvest. Pear pruning is done in different seasons and pursues different goals. Do you want to know which ones?? Then read on.

Why do you need to form a crown

As soon as the pear you planted enters the fruiting period, it needs regular formative pruning. And it's not just about that, that it is much easier to harvest from the branches of a formed tree - you will also notice a significant increase in the number of fruits. in addition, this procedure will benefit the plant itself:

• culture is rejuvenated;
• the branches are strengthened;
• if you regularly cut the pear crown, you will manage to form her high-quality skeleton;
• the formation of the pear crown has a beneficial effect on the condition of the bark;
• with the help of this procedure, it is possible to extend the period of active fruiting;
• more sunlight reaches the ovaries;
• the taste qualities of fruits improve, they themselves increase in size;
• crowning has curative properties - the procedure is a preventive measure against diseases, carried by pests, that live in the cracks of the bark.

If you neglect the pruning procedure and do not carry out regular formation of the crown, your pear will last for several years, to go wild irrevocably.

One more problem, which almost all gardeners face, - these are wolves. These are powerful lateral shoots (are formed on skeletal branches), which are subject to deletion. Before forming the pear crown, be sure to check the presence of tops - we remove them first. Lupus never bear fruit, but only thicken the crown, depriving the trees of their vitality. The most powerful leaves always develop on the tops, which also feeds on plant juices.

It is easy to recognize wolfberries - they almost always grow strictly vertically.

Kinds and purposes crowned

Regardless, how old is your tree, its crown is formed in two main ways - by thinning (when twigs are removed directly at the base) and shortening (when only part of the fruiting petiole is cut, so that the branches become thicker and rejuvenated).

As for the main goals of the procedure, then them 3:

1. Formation. Creation of a clear shape of the crown of a young pear.
2. Support. We keep yield indicators, we take care of the health of the tree.
3. Rejuvenescence. Extension of the fruiting period of the crop.

Features of winter pruning

Any manipulations, related to circumcision, it is better not to spend in winter. But if you are serious about working in the garden, it is better to do it in February, choosing a relatively warm day, when the air temperature does not drop below -15 °C. It is advisable to start with those trees, which are already several years old - in such plants, the kidneys wake up much earlier.

Features of spring pruning

Most experienced gardeners agree, that spring pruning of fruit crops is optimal. During this period, the pear leaves have not yet woken up, sap movement is practically absent, accordingly, it will be easier for the tree to overcome the consequences of the procedure. You need to choose the time for manipulations as follows, to protect your garden from sudden frosts and strong temperature fluctuations.

How and when to prune a pear in the spring, will depend on that, in which region it grows. So, in southern gardens, this procedure is carried out in the first two weeks of March, in the middle lane of Russia and further east - no later than the first days of April.

Older pear seedlings tolerate spring pruning best 1-2 years. The following scheme is practiced for all other trees:

• remove all branches and shoots, on which clear signs of freezing are visible;
• we remove all the shoots, that grow incorrectly or crookedly;
• shorten the trunk - about 25%.