Thinning fruit trees is a sad but necessary task, here’s what happens if you don’t! #garden #gardenlife #garden #gardening #flowers #gardeninspiration #nature #gardendesign #gardenlove #plants #gardens #mygarden #gardener #gardensofinstagram #growyourownfood #growyourown #flower #instagarden #naturephotography #plantsofinstagram #homegrown #flowersofinstagram #organicgardening #dg #vegetablegarden #greenthumb #flowerstagram #gardenersofinstagram #green #tr #organic | Garden Time Tip

Fruit Tree Pruning Basics! 🌳Pruning your fruit trees is essential in keeping them healthy and manageable. 🍏Heading and Thinning Cuts are the cuts you need to practice and learn well. 🍎A Heading cut is one that is made somewhere along the branch or limb that reduces its size. 🌳This is especially helpful in managing the size of a dwarf fruit tree, they won’t stay small unless you prune them! 🍐It is best to make a heading cut above an outward facing bud to take advantage of the hormonal change

THINNING CARROTS - Carrot seeds are small and as we plant them, a LOT sprout up. If you let them stay that way, you’ll get tiny little carrots and no big huge chunky boys. Here’s how to thin them out: Wait for the seedlings to grow a bit, about 2 inches tall. This is when they’re big enough to handle but not too big that thinning disturbs their neighbors. Choose the strongest seedlings to keep and gently pull out the others. Aim for about 1 to 3 inches of space between the ones you leave in the