Pruning apple tree

[new gardener 1052]

Good evening all...
I've got a couple of trees planted into the ground that have a few stray branches and look like they could do with a bit of a tidy up.

Is it too early to be thinking of trimming the trees?

Many thanks Steve.

[FB.]

For best results, either lightly to moderately prune them when they are leafless (to invigorate), or lightly to moderately shorten the new shoots <only the new shoots> in mid-July (to reduce vigour).

Pruning at other times, especially hard pruning, can have undesirable effects and may even kill the tree.

If the trees are strong and only just beginning to leaf out, they should tolerate some moderate pruning but do it quickly; all those reserves put into leaves haven't yet had a chance to repay the 'investment' by gathering a summer's worth of sunlight, so don't let the tree mobilise all its reserves only for you to literally hack the life out of it.

[new gardener 1052]

Thank you fb, trees are full of leafs and blossom so guess I will leave them be.
Many thanks Steve.