How to prune pulasan

After harvest, in the post-fruiting period. Train young trees to 3–4 main scaffold branches below 1.5 m. On established trees, remove deadwood and thin the interior canopy with clean loppers, aiming to restore light to the centre. Remove root suckers at the base throughout the year.

Annually. Pulasan, a close relative of rambutan, requires similar post-harvest pruning to maintain an open, manageable canopy. Remove deadwood, crossing branches, and basal suckers annually. Young trees should be trained to a low, spreading framework to ease future harvest. The tree is less widely cultivated, so specific published protocols are limited, but rambutan practices apply well.

Train young trees to 3–4 main scaffold branches below 1.5 m. On established trees, remove deadwood and thin the interior canopy with clean loppers, aiming to restore light to the centre. Remove root suckers at the base throughout the year.