There is a thread over in Beginning Gardening that desperately needs advice about pruning a dwarf apricot..
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1101198/http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1101198/
It is beyond the scope of my being about to advise her and no one else is giving the thread any action at all.
Please?
It looks like B, C, and D should be pruned off. It looks like A might be a central leader but with no side branches.
After that it seems that A should be cut back to a good height allowing then for new branches to form.
Apricot trees can take heavy pruning and are vigorous growers.
It might be good to post a pic from a different side also. It looks like B and C are the same one, they branch out from eachother?
G'Day
I agree with"Greatswede" prune off B,C & D, Leave A as the main trunk and head back to a height that suits you but usually about 2ft, 2ft 6in. Check first to ensure that there are about 4 good healthy buds below where the cut will be made as these will be the new branches. It looks as if originally 3 branches came from the same bud giving the tree the weak crotch so make sure the new limbs all come from different points. Also it seems the prunuing cuts will be fairly big so paint the wounds to protect the tree from the entry of Pathogens through those wounds. Special wound paint can be bought from Nursery/Garden centres but any left over paint in the shed will do.
Brian
The thread is over at the link in the first post, guys.
