Those of us who have fruit trees have been enjoying their beautiful flowers for the last few weeks. Now that there’s piles of pink petals all over the ground, it’s time to think about thinning that ... Orange County Register: Now is the time to start thinning the stone fruit trees in your garden Now is the time to start thinning the stone fruit trees in your garden Fruit thinning plays a crucial role in apple production, balancing crop load to ensure optimum fruit size, colour, firmness and overall quality.

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This cultural practice involves the deliberate removal ... inforum: Thinning out young fruit can even out apple tree production cycle seattlepi.com: Good Enough to Eat: Thinning fruit trees now will mean bigger, healthier crops The North Olympic Fruit Club's mid-June newsletter offered home orchardists helpful advice on fruit thinning and watering. For this tardy apple grower, the information was a wake-up call to get out ... Good Enough to Eat: Thinning fruit trees now will mean bigger, healthier crops