Because of your earlier videos I was able to reshape an overgrown apple of medium age. Unfortunately just as the fruit ripened last year the deer decided they were just too tempting and ate most. This year I will put up a strong temporary fence in late summer to prevent this. The best for me is to watch a video right before pruning so all your directions are fresh in my mind. I planted young fruit trees along the inside of my veg garden fencing and am attempting espalier growing on all of those. This mature espalier pear pruning demo won't be needed for years but it is wonderful to watch. You never get boring no matter how much you repeat the instruction. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make these videos.
+dentednj Those herbivores, eh? I think espaliers are great as boundaries between ornamental and vegetable gardens. Not that vegetable gardens are an ugly sight, but they are less aesthetic and a line of espaliers shielding the carrots and potatoes makes an attractive sight from the house.
Verry gratefull for your calm and detailed explanaition. I specialy like the outstanding length of this video, wich had no length(boaring moments)since it realy showed so many samples and exccelent chances to learn. So again Thanks for this chance to learn a lot!!
Thank you so much for posting such informative pruning video! I have searched high and low for a clear and hands on pruning video. I have learned a lot and am comfortable now to do my winter/spring pruning!
This is really usefull, thank you for posting. The books i have always show hand drawn symetrical trees with neat, equidistant branches, (exactly how trees do not grow in nature!). Seeing you prune an actual tree is very usefull indeed, I learned so much, thank you Stephen
+Steve Maxwell Kind of you to say so Stephen. I try to tell it like it is, including our mistakes. To achieve perfectly shaped espaliers like you see in drawings would take obsessive commitment. I could have done a bit better, but I had too many other things to do. Perfect shapes in gardening is for the retired who make it heir main focus in life.
The espaliered pear trees along my fence and I thank you for your excellent video. It was very informative and clearly presented. It is an early March morning and I'm excited to apply your technique. Thank you!
Quick tip on the wind noise that seems to be common in your videos (even though this one wasn't bad), if you cover over your mic intake on the digital camera with a blister size fabric BandAid (available at any drug store/pharmacy) it will cut out the wind noise and still be able to record your voice. Great video, thank you!
As well as having espalier fruit trees, you have standard fruit trees. Do you prefer one system over the other. And are there reasons to have both systems in a homesteaders orchard?
Can you tell me what the knobby things are that look small fists with one or 2 buds coming out? You see 3-4 of them at 2:23. I believe they may form after connected fruit bud bears fruit in the previous year. Almost like scar tissue over a wound on a human. I have quite a few on one of my Granny Smith apple trees.
Mr. Hayes, how do espalier style and festooning differ from each other? Here in the U.S., Ive had a very difficult time finding anyone who knows much about festooning
Excellent video Stephen, always interesting and informative. I'm interested to ask you about your preference on varieties in relation to flavour...you often talk about choice of apples & pears for steady cropping and ease of growing etc. But what would be say your top 3 apple and pear varieties from a 'gourmet' perspective with cropping reliability/cultivation etc set aside? Also, how are the peaches coming along?
nice to see how you cut your trees, more beautiful I find that I would do it mostly the same. Mostly - mine are the trees in some places too close , what should happen only when the get older there. I also would prevent the horizontally protruding side branches located down turn at the end .
+Stephen Hayes I can imagine! I also was thinking about a Zero Turn Mower (that's what we call them in the States). Do you ever have issues going under the branches of your trees?
I really liked the mathematical explanation of why to thin so many fruit spurs. Makes it less painful.
Because of your earlier videos I was able to reshape an overgrown apple of medium age. Unfortunately just as the fruit ripened last year the deer decided they were just too tempting and ate most. This year I will put up a strong temporary fence in late summer to prevent this. The best for me is to watch a video right before pruning so all your directions are fresh in my mind. I planted young fruit trees along the inside of my veg garden fencing and am attempting espalier growing on all of those. This mature espalier pear pruning demo won't be needed for years but it is wonderful to watch. You never get boring no matter how much you repeat the instruction. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make these videos.
+dentednj Those herbivores, eh? I think espaliers are great as boundaries between ornamental and vegetable gardens. Not that vegetable gardens are an ugly sight, but they are less aesthetic and a line of espaliers shielding the carrots and potatoes makes an attractive sight from the house.
Best video so far on actually pruning a mature espalier! Much thanks!
No sense of being 'bored' here. I thought that this was both 'insightful', and has provoked me to re-think my new espaliers' pruning! Profound thanks.
Verry gratefull for your calm and detailed explanaition. I specialy like the outstanding length of this video, wich had no length(boaring moments)since it realy showed so many samples and exccelent chances to learn. So again Thanks for this chance to learn a lot!!
Thank you so much for posting such informative pruning video! I have searched high and low for a clear and hands on pruning video. I have learned a lot and am comfortable now to do my winter/spring pruning!
Wao fantastic pears garden...❤️❤️
This is really usefull, thank you for posting. The books i have always show hand drawn symetrical trees with neat, equidistant branches, (exactly how trees do not grow in nature!). Seeing you prune an actual tree is very usefull indeed, I learned so much, thank you Stephen
+Steve Maxwell Kind of you to say so Stephen. I try to tell it like it is, including our mistakes. To achieve perfectly shaped espaliers like you see in drawings would take obsessive commitment. I could have done a bit better, but I had too many other things to do. Perfect shapes in gardening is for the retired who make it heir main focus in life.
The espaliered pear trees along my fence and I thank you for your excellent video. It was very informative and clearly presented. It is an early March morning and I'm excited to
apply your technique. Thank you!
Excellent information from a place of experience. thumbs up.
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Love your voice :) I’m just learning to prune my fruit trees and wow I need to go back and cut even more after watching your video :)
I would watch hours of this pruning. I is so relaxing really is...
Thank you very much for the lesson.
Looking forward to you revisiting these trees later on this year :D
,excellent teaching. Thanks for posting this
Quick tip on the wind noise that seems to be common in your videos (even though this one wasn't bad), if you cover over your mic intake on the digital camera with a blister size fabric BandAid (available at any drug store/pharmacy) it will cut out the wind noise and still be able to record your voice. Great video, thank you!
As well as having espalier fruit trees, you have standard fruit trees. Do you prefer one system over the other. And are there reasons to have both systems in a homesteaders orchard?
greetings from San Joaquin valley California.
Great teaching, thank you.
Excellent video!
Can you tell me what the knobby things are that look small fists with one or 2 buds coming out? You see 3-4 of them at 2:23. I believe they may form after connected fruit bud bears fruit in the previous year. Almost like scar tissue over a wound on a human. I have quite a few on one of my Granny Smith apple trees.
Mr. Hayes, how do espalier style and festooning differ from each other? Here in the U.S., Ive had a very difficult time finding anyone who knows much about festooning
Excellent video Stephen, always interesting and informative.
I'm interested to ask you about your preference on varieties in relation to flavour...you often talk about choice of apples & pears for steady cropping and ease of growing etc. But what would be say your top 3 apple and pear varieties from a 'gourmet' perspective with cropping reliability/cultivation etc set aside?
Also, how are the peaches coming along?
Good video Stephen tar
nice to see how you cut your trees, more beautiful I find that I would do it mostly the same.
Mostly - mine are the trees in some places too close , what should happen only when the get older there.
I also would prevent the horizontally protruding side branches located down turn at the end .
Good tutorial, thank you sir!
Stephen, what type of lawn mower do you use to cut the grass in your orchard?
+Aaron Ely 2 ride on mowers, a Toro wheel hours and a Toro Timecutter. The Timecutter is highly manouvreable
+Stephen Hayes I can imagine! I also was thinking about a Zero Turn Mower (that's what we call them in the States). Do you ever have issues going under the branches of your trees?
the best ever!!!!
fantastic
There is no new growth why
I saw a website saying that Winter Nellis and Josephine de Maline were not suited to espaliers shapes - have you found that?
Hunt Shoot Fish they are vigorous growing
A flower is not always a fruit they say😆
Oh sorry I c u cut it off and all of it the tree will become biannual bearing because of this