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Pruning Cherry Trees and Pruning Apricot Trees - Summer

July 13, 2012 - GrowOrganic

Pruning Cherry Trees and Pruning Apricot Trees - Summer

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Ellen Says:

Jul 15th, 2012 at 12:48 pm

Dear Trisha, I love your videos and your perky/sunny personality (which always brightens my day). I have one suggestion, though. I think it would be very helpful to have an outline or abridged transcript of the steps to follow to take out to the garden for implementation. Thank you. with Peace and blessings, Ellen

Charlotte from Peaceful Valley Says:

Jan 15th, 2013 at 9:51 pm

Ellen, Thank you for your suggestion! We will look into posting transcripts of the videos. In the meantime, this article has step-by-step info from this pruning video. Perhaps you can print this out and use it? http://groworganic.com/organic-gardening/articles/how-to-prune-cherry-apricot-pluot-walnut-pomegranate-and-persimmon-trees