How to Prune a Nectarine Columnar Tree?

Columnar Nectarine Fruttini® Alicecol® is perfect for your small yards. By Alicecol one should not take the word “columnar” literally. Unlike columnar apple trees, our Malinis, which are really true columnar trees, Alicecol is a bit more like a poplar regarding its habit. How to prune it? Easy! Here are only 3 rules from Markus Kobelt: Rule 1: Remove all the branches which grow lower than two foot above soil level. Rule 2: Shorten all the side branches to 15 or 20 cm. This keeps the branch strong enough to carry the weight of the apples. Rule 3: Cut off the thickest branches. Don`t remove any branch completely. You have to preserve at least 5 cm. The onlineshop with the original Lubera plants and with thousands of more plants: www.lubera.co.uk Our videoblog about gardening: www.Gardenvideo.com