Dormancy pruning refers to pruning when gooseberry sprouts in spring. There will be 16 to 20 basic branches in every bush of gooseberry, which are basically left for 3 to 4 years. When it is still a seedling, it is planted, and then left about 4 buds in the first spring for pruning.
In the same year, 4 to 5 strong basal branches were selected. In the next 2 to 4 years, 4 to 5 better and stronger basic branches are left, and then 3 to 5 plants with 1 to 4-year-old basic branches are formed.
After it is left with 16 to 20 old basal branches, several slow-growing but not particularly strong 4-year-old basal branches shall be cut off from its base every year. When cutting off these branches, about 5 new basal branches shall be left as supplement, and branches with serious drooping, dense or sick insects shall be cut off in time..
Pruning in summer means choosing to prune in the growing season. Generally, the most appropriate season is before and after falling flowers, leaving 7 to 8 basic branches for each gooseberry.
Generally, the purpose of pruning in summer is to prune the old branches which are not very good, too dense, sick, dried up, with the core of insects, and then cut them off, so that the new branches can grow rapidly.
Summer temperature and climate are also more suitable for pruning its branches, so no matter what kind of pruning is to keep the good ones and take out the bad ones
This is the most fundamental purpose of pruning, so how to prune gooseberry is basically the two methods of pruning. All in order to make it grow better
