🌳✂️ Have you seen these popping up on your apple tree? 👀These fast-growing shoots are called water sprouts (sometimes called suckers) and they can show up anytime! ⚠️🍎 Unlike normal branches, they shoot straight up from the trunk or main limbs and don’t turn into productive branches. Instead, they steal energy away from fruit growth. 😩✅ That’s why I prune them out any time of year. Even though I’m not pruning my apple trees heavily right now, I always cut these off flush to the trunk. 💪👨‍�