How to Thin Fruit Trees (And Why)
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Fruit should be removed from fruit trees to ensure the tree and remaining fruit grow well. Gardener Scott demonstrates and discusses how and why to prune fruit trees and thin fruit. (Video #513)
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I have to watch your other fruit tree videos.
Started a dwarf plum the fall of 22', tree was fine and dandy, until we got 60mph winds this spring that broke 3 main branches off.
The tree is still doing OK, but I definitely need to give it some TLC.
Stay Well!!!
Great detailed fruit thinning video! Very clearly explained. Thank You.
I guess I know what I have to do, it's gonna feel painful ...I have to admit
Wow
I’m very jealous… peaches ❤❤❤
Don't have to worry about thinking my Peaches, The squirrels do good job at that LOL. You see them running away with a fruit bigger than it's head
Very timely! My espalier apple trees are loaded this year (3rd year in the ground) so I started thinning last week. I'm glad to get your advice to make sure I'm thinning enough.
Working with four Paw Paw trees I bought from a farmer’s market,man started them from seed and I got them at roughly six inches. In the third growing season and they are from two feet to over three feet. So I have to wait for them to get old enough to fruit.😊
How exciting to finally have fruit!
I can’t help but to laugh when you said you waited Four Years! I know what you mean. I had peaches the first year at my last place, moved 2 miles away and I’ve tried Three times to get a peach to survive. This year I bought a potted late bloomer-we will see as it will be my Fourth try!
As discussed earlier I had high hopes for a ton of plums and you helped me pinpoint why I have 2 plums-it was that dreaded cold week we had.
I guess I was blessed! I bought a three year old tree to plant in my front yard. The first year, I removed all the fruit so its roots would grow. The next year I had a MASSIVE crop of peaches. 🙂
great stuff
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When we lived in San Jose, CA my father "inherited" some productive, mature fruit trees that he never tended to. The summer I stayed at his house, we'd sometimes be awakened by the sharp cracking noise of big branches of the apricot tree breaking under the weight. It really was a shame, and his wife thought she had solved the problem by propping up the branches with clothes poles so they'd "heal" ...smh
Great sharing Scott. If l can add here l have a dwarf Granny Smith and dwarf Pink Lady in 40 cm pots that are 3 years old. I will repot them into 50 cm next season. I grew out 5 apples near full size on one branch however l did provide support with cotton twine to either the steak or main branch as they are young and not strong enough to support that amount of fruit. The tree was able to supply nutrients to each fruit throughout the growing season. Thank you for sharing. Jason from Melbourne Australia. I hope you have started your chess game with your son. Pawn takes Queen, checkmate!
Great tips. Cheers, Scott!
Haha, if I thinned the fruit my trees would have zero left. Mine self thinned for sure, waaay thinned!
LOL, such a great point.
When I trim off the extra fruit ... it only ends up making the birds and squirrels happy.
Does the same concept apply to fig trees?
Yes, figs can benefit from thinning.
You’re better off to wait until the June drop. Allow nature to prune the tree itself, and then selectively remove to about 5- 6” apart.
Scott ,
Any tips on keeping the Chipmunks away from my crops?
Thank you.
Brad.
As with squirrels, providing a feeding station away from the garden can help.
I thinned my fruit trees just last week then we were hit with a hail storm the other day, only six peaches survived 😭
I have a new Gala apple tree that I planted this spring. The leaves are curling with brown edges. Can you tell me what the problem is and how to fix it? Thanks. The tree location is Peyton CO
It could be the hot weather and wind. Regular and consistent watering can help.
Omg.. I'll be thinning out my apple tree for the next week. There's gotta be 10 thousand apples in there. 😅
Scott, you used thining and Pruning interchangeably early in this video??? Im confused. Knowing that peaches fruit on last year's wood
While pruning is usually used to describe removing branches it can also be used for the selective removal of other plant parts. Removing a small peach by cutting it from the tree can also be pruning. The pruning off of the fruit is done to thin the fruit.
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I have been growing 3 apple trees and they haven't fruited. How long do I have to wait? I got the apple trees from Durango, CO. I live in NW New Mexico in the desert, a lot of high wind, cold, and heat (in summer). I don't think I have pruned them properly. Need help, what should I do to make the trees fruit.
Mine took four years to fruit. Five years is normal for many trees. Depending on the apple type, you may have pruned off fruiting buds. Consider taking a year or two off from pruning for trees to establish.
My apple trees had so much fruit last year, that you could hardly see the tree. A strong wind blew some off, but it was still covered in fruit and they all ripened.
I had an enormous crop of great tasting apples. They are looking similar this year. My plum has not had any fruit for the 3 years we have lived here. Apparently it was always covered in fruit in previous years. Your apple tree looks like it has a very poor crop to me.