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I watched your first video and then I watched a bunch of others. One of whom was a younger man cautioning against overpruning because of the consequent vertical growth "that you'll be pruning off for years". Came back here and you're all "You'll be pruning these off for a few years and that's okay". A classic case of experience over youth...

I wish I had your confidence... I'm looking at an orchard of about 50 trees overgrown to this level and even worse. Plus a stepmother who hates change... She'd prefer to see old, overgrown, diseased trees than deal with the changes that a good prune would bring.

Sure would love to see the year 3. 😊❤

These two videos are the best old fruit tree rehab tutorials. Very comprehensive with follow up.

Very helpful, and I learned a lot. I would like to get a copy of the plans for that tripod ladder. I don't see a link to do that...

Can you save apple trimmings for rabbits?

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It's been two years, please do another follow up video on this tree. I'm so anxious to see new growth and fruits.

Great pruner and hats off to the camera man/editor. Totally enjoy watching and can watch some more.

Way too aggressive.

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My late brother worked for the Ionia branch, before 2008.

Excellent guide to pruning neglected apple trees. I'm also impressed with the tripod stepladder. How do I get a copy of the plans?

The trick to slow down vegetative vigor is prune right as the flower buds are blooming. This one had a ton of suckers growth after no doubt.

Can you update us on this tree?

I am a little late to the channel. Do you still have the plans for the wood orchard ladder?? Thank you!!

Wow! What a plethora of possibilities! Fascinating corn varieties and individual traits. I applaud your efforts. Very interesting and I would love to see how it develops/ findings!

i have one that was set up as an espalier tree with main branches in two directions along fence but i let it grow too much and it is up in power lines and out over lawn how much can i prune of the tree without harming it ?

I agree with your pruning style AND FANTASTIC LOOKING TREE STRUCTURE! If I were larger man it could be a bonsai!!! But seriously, very nice work! Thank you for taking the time and detail to show the viewer.

Ive got an old apple tree thats just all over the place. Currently it has cooking apples which i have very little use for especially in the quantities it is producing plus its taking up my needed sunlight from a small growing space. The plan to prune this winter and then graft desirable varieties come spring. I hope it works out

Agree it's so frekin annoying

How do you get the worms out the tree.😮

very informative, thanks for sharing!

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You’re a legend Jim.

Enjoy ALL the pruning !

50% removel, I trust that tree does not go into juvenile state. If she flowers & bears fruit, you should be ok.

My apple tree is about 7yrs old, 25'tall,beautifully shaped but, i cant even reach the lowest branches. Is there any way i can force it to grow lower branches that i can reach? Or is it too late

Fabulous! Excellent! Terrific demo. Well conveyed! Excellent, knowledgeable expert! AI can't do it as well. Craft is art. Learn from the best artist. 23:23

Not to question your expertise, I'm just a bit confused. Had seen somewhere that we shouldn't cut more than 1/3 of a tree off in a single year. What are your thoughts? This looks like more than 1/3.

Very informative, thank u

fantastic stuff, thanks Jim

It turned out a beautiful looking tree in summer after the pruning.

We have been using the same horse drawn manure spreader for twenty years and it is still in great shape. I think that is because we age and turn our cow manure and seldom spread fresh manure. We stockpile the manure all winter in a big plie with a ramp and wheelbarrow . We turn it twice with a tractor bucket sometime during in the summer. By autumn it is very close to compost and much easier to spread. It also finishes breaking down completely , very quickly, once on the fields.

Nice work. I always scalp them and watch them come back

This is great! I’ve been looking for a video like this for years now. Let’s save our old neglected fruit trees! Thank you !!!

Firstly, Although I'm more than qualified to comment on tree care, I choose who I criticise. The rules that govern what's good as opposed to what is bad are not in how well a tree forms shoots but in how well wounds callus. No matter what cut a pruner makes, a wound surface ALWAYS begins decaying, and the diameter of the cut surface is the diameter of the decay. (www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/40899) The principle behind limbs that collapse is wood decay. Only when people, including registered arborists, stop making large wounds will injuries to innocent people be reduced. So, this rule that I call "No Harm Pruning", while straightforward to apply, is too hard for most who prefer to do what you are doing, which is believing that large wounds are alright to make. Richard Haris wrote a book called "Arboriculture", which you can buy secondhand online at Amazon. I encourage you and all your followers to prune their trees better, starting when the tree is a sapling. Best of luck - you don't need luck; you need better practice on tree care.

I was pretty skeptical when you snowed up with a bucket of bow saws because as an arborist, I consider them to be completely obsolete and useless however, skipping to the end to see the results of your work I'd say you did a really fine job of pruning that old apple tree.

How do I get a hold of you guys? I'm MSU alum and would run my own fruit tree pruning business. I've spent thousands of hours working for the biggest orchard in SE Michigan and would very much like to get in touch.

Stop man you kill the tree

#1 rule taught to me by a skilled arborist: Trim the tree, not the branch.

how did this tree manage to grow in a MSU field without someone either removing or tending to it? I imagine there must be random trees coming up all the time that they remove?

A joy to watch! A ‘fine’ fruit tree pruner myself, having pruned around 20 trees just yesterday ..I had to check what UA-cam’s recently posted … and it took me till yours to feel satisfied 🙂 Loved the commentary, and a job well done.

Thank you for a very nice field trip to the apple tree. There have been many changes in the fruit growing methods in the past hundred years. When you drive past a commercial apple orchard, most of the trees are not “shade tree pretty”. They are fruit trees, developed and later pruned to be healthy and productive. It is the flush of water sprouts that come from this type of corrective pruning, that causes some people to lose interest, or think that they can’t do it. As you stated, this is only the beginning of the reclamation process.

I’d love to see the tree and 1 years after.

Great video, thank you! I just bought a property with 7 fruit trees. I'm a completely bigginer to fruit trees and this was immensely helpful.

Wouldn't it be interesting to revisit this tree a few more times? Would love to see what kind of apple it is!

looks like more than 40 percent. no?

Love the insight into how an experienced grower deal with a tree that needs to be helped to a new mode. I am now on to next video what happens the next year. I learn a lot.

that hurts