{"id":101638,"date":"2018-11-24T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-prune-an-apple-tree-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2018-11-24T18:03:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T11:03:13","slug":"how-to-prune-an-apple-tree-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-prune-an-apple-tree-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prune an apple tree | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWinter pruning helps keep your fruit trees in orderIt doesn\u2019t take long for an apple tree to go feral. Left to its own devices, an apple has no desire to be a neat thing with well-placed branches. Unpruned apples produce smaller fruit, are often more susceptible to disease and start fruiting biennially (a natural way of dealing with pest and disease: less fruit, less infection). Winter pruning allows you to claw back a tree into a more ordered manner. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2018\/nov\/24\/how-to-prune-an-apple-tree\" target=\"_blank\">How to prune an apple tree | Alys Fowler<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Winter pruning helps keep your fruit trees in orderIt doesn\u2019t take long for an apple&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qrk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24134,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-prune-summer-fruiting-trees-alys-fowler\/","url_meta":{"origin":101638,"position":0},"title":"How to prune summer fruiting trees | Alys Fowler","date":"August 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Alys Fowler on the benefits of an oft-forgotten taskAmorning poking around one of my favourite gardens reminded me that my stepover apples need a prune. 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