The main function of summer pruning is to promote flowering. Therefore, the main targets of summer pruning are young trees, flourishing trees and flourishing branches.

(2) master the pruning time

Summer pruning is carried out in the growing period, with May to August as the best. Premature is not conducive to the growth of trees; Too late is not conducive to the formation of flower buds.

(3) control the amount of pruning

Because summer pruning is at the peak of apple growth, it is not only the vigorous period of consuming and making nutrients, but also the most prominent period of contradiction between nutritional growth and reproductive growth. Therefore, the pruning amount should not be too large, so as not to weaken the tree potential or cause peeling due to excessive pruning or excessive pruning.