February UMN winter pruning webinars: Apples and cold climate grapes
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
Dormant pruning is the first step to influencing canopy structure and fruit quality. Learning how to prune takes practice and consideration to factors like plant growth habit, plant age and health, and canopy density. Each individual fruit tree, vine, shrub, or even bine (think kiwi berries) varies slightly, creating a need for thoughtful decision making when determining what and how much to prune.
Join the University of Minnesota Extension's fruit production educator, Madeline Wimmer, this February, for a short webinar series that goes into the mindset behind pruning cold climate wine grapes and central leader trained apple trees. Both talks in this series will go into plant establishment and what it takes to promote good canopy architecture and balanced growth. Additional considerations like pruning technique and how to prune when diseases are present will also be discussed.
Webinar dates and time:
Pruning cold climate grapes: February 14th, at 12:00pm CT
Central leader and standard apple tree pruning: February 28th, at 12:00pm CT
Cost:
Free
Webinar announcement pages:
Central leader and standard apple tree pruning
Registration:
Pruning webinar registration: https://z.umn.edu/Pruning_Webinar_Registration_2025
Attend one, or both webinars and we'll look forward to seeing you there!
For questions about this webinar, please reach out to Madeline Wimmer at wimm0035@umn.edu.
