5 things that you can prune and plant in the garden this week

In the garden this week:

Fruit . Cut off all vertical shoots or water sprouts on your citrus and avocado trees. If you see suckers growing from the base of the trunk, remove them as well. You can also keep your trees at a height of 10-12 feet through pruning. If you allow the trees to grow tall, you will need a pole pruner with a basket attachment to harvest them, unless you want to stand a ladder up into the canopy, both of which are laborious practices. While topping of shade and ornamental trees is not recommended, fruit trees are a different story. Still, you do not want to remove more than 25% of a tree’s canopy at one time.

Vegetables . I have found Miracle-Gro All Purpose Garden Soil for In-Ground Use to be a highly economical and effective amendment when planting vegetables fro