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Happy Monday everybody. Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben on this Monday
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morning. And yes, a lot of people are
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going back to work after a nice long
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Christmas break. So, I hope you all have
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an amazing day. Well, now is the time to
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be pruning your apple and pear trees if
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you've not done them already. And make
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sure it's on a dry fro frostfree day as
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you don't want that to affect the plant.
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itself and pruning them improves the air
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flow and make sure that there's no
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branches crossing one another as that
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can cause issues as well. So make sure
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that there's plenty of air flow through
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them and it's best to do them now
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because obviously there's no leaves on
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them so you can shape them pretty well
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and make them look nice for growing next
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well this year. I keep saying next year
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it's this year but yeah it's now's the
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time to do that. I've done all my
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cooking apples, my um my eating apples,
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and my pear trees, and they're all ready
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for this year's growth. Fingers crossed
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we do get some fruit on them. Sometimes
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if you give them a heavy prune, they
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won't produce as much fruit that year.
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So, it's up to you if you want to give
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them a heavy prune or just a light prune
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and see how you get on. I've given mine
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a good prune as they were getting too
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tall. So, we've given them a bit of a
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heavy prune. So, I don't expect loads
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this year, but we'll see. We'll see how
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well we get on. So, I hope you all have
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a great Monday, everyone. And as always,
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remember, keep smiling, keep shining,
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and keep gardening with Ben, everyone.
