Skhan your trees look beautiful. I really like your pruning and shaping on the mangos. Any recommendations there on technique or timing for the pruning? Thanks
Thanks,
I'm taking special care to shape the trees in the front yard with the intention of showing neighbors that fruit trees can look great too.
In general for shaping though.
Get a 3gal single trunk tree in full sun
Tip prune about every 2-3 flushes
Remove the branches growing inward (open vase style)
Remove lower branches when the tree gets bigger to have a clean look at the branching.
Minor pruning after harvest.
If no harvest I do minor pruning for shaping in growing season.
Major pruning I do in February or March (mostly for top working as my trees aren't that big yet)
If its a bigger tree I'd step it down over a few years and aggressively shape and prune the new shoots.