Suitable for... This method of pruning is suitable for old, overgrown apples and pears. Whenever pruning an overgrown tree, ideally do it in stages, over a number of years. Pruning back hard in one year only encourages excessive, vigorous and unfruitful growth.ulch renovated trees in the spring following pruning, and feed with a general balanced fertiliser such as Growmore (at 70g per sq m/2Â½oz per 10 sq ft) to encourage good regrowth. Hereâs how to prune two types of old fruit tree, firstly a typically overgrown, large tree, and secondly an old, stunted and gnarled tree.
How to dry and store onions for winter. The unpatented Soilman Onion Preservation Process, in steps: 1. Pull up onions. Leaving the stems on, pile them in a heap under glass/plastic for about 10 days.
Pungent onions that will be stored for the winter need to be cured for two to four weeks. Leave them spread out in a single layer. Warm (75-80 degrees F), dry and breezy is ideal. As the onions are curing, their necks will gradually wither and the papery skins will tighten around the bulbs.