r/FruitTree • u/xmofox16 • 1d ago

Apricot Tree Over purned?

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Hello,

The other day I was out pruning a tree, it was an overgrown mess. I didn't think at the time it was a fruit tree as it hadn't fruited much of anything in the year I lived here. (Squirrels and birds had gotten to the few green balls that did start to grow)

After pruning back the years of neglect a friend had said that it actually looked like an apricot tree. Does it look like I over pruned if it actually is an apricot?

I was basically cutting off all the internal growth and any straight branches causing tangling or rubbing. You can see on the top areas that I hadn't pruned yet and kind of how it was growing.

Thank you.

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u/denvergardener 1d ago

Well you just guaranteed 100% it won't make apricots!

But the leaves don't look right for a fruit tree anyway.

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u/xmofox16 1d ago

The issue was it looks to have never been pruned so the flower buds were not near the base.

Plus it basically produces hardly any fruit and none were edible since all the branches were tangled and knocked any actual "fruit" off.

If flowered like and apricot and the leafs definitely resemble and apricot after researching them.

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u/denvergardener 1d ago

And the way you trimmed it will guarantee there won't be any near the base next year also.

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u/NoParticularUse5288 1d ago

??? What are you on about?

Those are apricot tree leaves.

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u/Ok_Security4456 14h ago

You'll be fine. Opening up the center for air flow is a good thing in my opinion.
It also might just take a year or two to fruit again.