Summer Pruning for Young Fruit Trees
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- In this video I'll show you how I prune my fruit trees during the first summer after planting. These are all two year old trees and this first summer pruning is necessary for size control and structure creation specific to backyard orchards with a wide variety of trees in a small space. Ideally I would have pruned these trees in July, but due to a busy fire season in my job as a California firefighter, August was the earliest opportunity I had to summer prune these trees. After pruning I painted newly exposed branches with IV Organics for sun protection. Subscribe to see how I create and maintain this new backyard orchard.
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You are doing something I haven't seen on other UA-cam channels. You are making what is so hard to understand in books really understandable. You are showing the progression of things. Being honest. Giving good visuals. You communicate clearly. No fluff. Even though you are in a totally different climate than me, I subscribed because you are a good teacher and understand how to shoot good instructional videos. Thank you!
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And he is cute haha 😊
Soo glad 😊 your filming the entire process with flash backs. My trees are about to get a rude awakening ✂️✂️✂️🤪🤪🤪🤪😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰
Thank you so much for showing how to properly prune fruit trees🙏I’m in zone 9b CA Bay Area so this video is especially helpful 👍
Just found you Kyle and your videos are terrific! Thanks so much for sharing your gift!
Thank you
Thank you for sharing your wisdom in pruning! Great job!
Happy to share!
I will be doing this pretty soon. I was worried on how I was going to go about it, but thanks to your video I am confident that it will go well. I have two trees, a nectarine and plum tree that I started around the same time you did. Hopefully they will have some fruit next year.
That’s awesome! I’m glad you found the video helpful
phew...it's always been daunting to prune way back. Thanks for showing it's doable !
love these videos mang!
Thank you
Kyle, I just found your channel and love! Do you have any tips for pruning older established trees that have never been properly maintained? Also any info for cherry trees? Fantastic content!
thank you. for cherries just don't prune in wet months because they are very susceptible to disease. There are so many variables with older trees that i'll eventually need to create a full video to cover it enough to be helpful.
You can prune 1/3 of an old tree out very year until it's the size and shape you want it to be.
Citrus! How do I prune my citrus? And how do I treat white fly on my ume? Love the channel. Lots of good information.
Citrus can be pruned many different ways and can be lightly pruned any time of year with heavy pruning done in late winter or early spring.
Hi, love the detail on your video. I bought several trees in spring but we did not get time to plant them, so potted plants are on drip in my garden area. Planning to plant this fall, here in Arizona zone 9a-b still in the 90s so waiting a bit.
Question is, should I trim down now before planting in a month to shape and make more manageable or do I need to plant first? Had a good amount of griwth, some nearly doubled height but not wide.
You can prune before or after pruning.
Hello! First off, I love the information you're providing us! Thanks so much for taking the time to educate us home orchard growers. Those are some nice pruning sheers. Where did you get it from and what's the name of it. I desperately need a good strong pair. And do you use a different pair for a thicker central piece of the fruit trees?
Please forgive my language as I am still learning the terminology of the entire tree and I'm about 2 1/2 years into growing my orchard.
These are Felco 8. I have thin linked on my Amazon page in the description
@@urbanfarmstead Thanks so much ❤️! I have more questions coming, but I'm going to watch more of your videos to educate myself first! Thanks again!
Loved this video! I have a small, mature magnolia tree (about 11 years old) which I took out of ground and had in a pot for a long time until last spring (I think) when I dug a hole and placed it in my yard where it could get enough sun. It's not doing well. Leaves are yellowing, I've been careful about over-watering. New growth appears to be burgeoning from the main trunk, but branches are thin and spindly. I recently gave it water and liquid food, but am not sure if it helped. I think it needs serious pruning, but it's trying to flower at present, so I don't wanna deter that process. I wanna get this sweet little tree healthy. Any suggestions??
Great video! Do you know more about espalier fruit trees? I'd love to know more about that, and to see a progression of a few espalier trees.
I just moved into a home with apple and pear trees that are 50+ years old and easily 20-30 feet tall. I'm trying to decide if I should cut them out and start over, or hard prune and try to bring them back. Any thoughts?
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Thank you! I do, but don’t have much content to share about espalier yet.
I would probably start fresh with new trees, but you could try a hard prune first to see if it works then decided based on the outcome.
@@urbanfarmstead Thanks for your thoughts!
Thanks!
Thank you!
It's way better to get a standard rootstock rather than dwarfing if you can manage it yourself. That heavy pruning nets you huge amounts of biomass that is chock full of nutrients that those roots have mined from the soil. You can then turn around and convert into rich compost or mulch for the rest of your garden, or give it right back to supporting those trees!
How do you prune 2 n 1 , 3 n 1, etc...thanks
A mulberry would complement your impressive backyard orchard. There is a dwarf everbearing which will give you multiple harvests after each pruning. You would need to figure out how many times you could prune the mulberry in your region so maybe start with two with the second after the first mulberries have finished fruiting and go from there.
I love mulberry, but have a few growing in a nearby park so I normally forage them
@charlesbyrne71 I happen to have two of those dwarf mulberries in pots now and they've grown from 1' to 4' in the last three months. How do I prune them? Which style? Thanks in advance.
Isnt best to wait winter or when the leaves turn yellow? To do such big pruning.
I was told that the plant puts all the energy in the leaves and branches into the roots when winter comes, so to me it's logical to wait that time of the year.
Any good reason to do it in Summer?
I don't know why, but i like to do the opposite, open center for apples and straight one for the peaches.
Can you take the tops and plant them for a second tree?
Should I do air layer before I prune?
What’s that?
Where is the best place to buy your trees?
Here in Sacramento it’s Green Acres Nursery. Otherwise just check your location nurseries.
Omg it scares me to cut the trees this is new to me
Where I am from you plant a tree and that's it
I’m more emotionally invested in the success of this orchard than I care to admit ...
Haha, thanks James ✌🏼
Lmao right
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I'm more interested in his then I am my own haha
Dude this is probably the best video on pruning fruit trees. More so, since you included your prior clips of cuts and the after effect. Thanks a lot for this video, it is really useful with great information.
Thank you! I’m glad you found it helpful and I appreciate you taking the time to share this feedback
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Best pruning videos on UA-cam!!! I have been looking and looking. Finally thank you for this informative video!
Totally agree on that. !!
ua-cam.com/video/9hmX-iIHOCk/v-deo.html. Also the professor knows his stuff.
Thanks for being so articulate and providing good angles to visually complement your explanations. Reeeeally helpful~
Thank you for sharing your feedback! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Yessss!! I've been waiting for this video ever since the video of you planting them! Your videos are by far the most helpful I've found and I love how honest you are with us! I also love that your garden is so aesthetically pleasing. Thank you for putting all this effort into your videos!
Thank You! And thank you for your patience! I planned on creating this video sooner, but it's been a busy fire season.
I have been waiting for this update since 48hrs ago when i found this channel...😜
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I work at a garden center and I share your pruning videos at least a couple of times a day! I love your simple explanations and the visual examples….especially through time. GREAT WORK!
Thank you so much Shae! I really appreciate your kind words and support, and I’m glad you are enjoying my videos
I've been waiting patiently for updates on this project! Glad its here.
Thank you for your patience! This years busy fire season set me back a bit, but I’ll be sure to always keep the updates coming.
I can NOT believe how much growth you had in 4 months. I think it looks like about 4 YEARS of growth here in MN. I'm happy to keep following along with your more recent videos. This is giving me confidence to try to get an orchard planted soon.
Pretty awesome right?!
I didn’t know you could grow fruit trees in Minnesota. I live in NC. I would be absolutely miserable dealing with that much cold
@@davidbarnes4742 the cold is miserable for sure, but it also helps one appreciate the rest of the seasons. I'm a life-long Minnesotan and only in the past 5-6 years have I learned just how many different types of fruit trees (and other perennial fruits) can actually be grown here. I have apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, juneberries, mulberries, honeyberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and grapes. There's a lot more that will grow here as well, but my space is limited. That being said, my hope and dream is to one day live (retire) in NC! 😉
BRUTAL!! Thank you so much for helping me stand up to my vigorous Nectarine tree. I didn't prune them when I planted them, wanting to establish the root growth and now I have a 12 foot nectarine that I was scared to approach. I now know I can command that tall leader to come down to size and trim back the branches to the size of my back yard. Wow, your confidence gives me the courage to cut back my little orchard to the size that will do me and the trees some good. Also, the pace of the information given was perfect for me. Too slow and I get bored, too fast and I can't keep up. yours was just right.
Thank you Bob! I appreciate this feedback! I know pruning can be intimidating and confusing, so my goal with these videos is to help people overcome that and understand the process and the importance of pruning early. Best of luck with your trees
WOW! That's some tough love! I totally understand mentally that you're in it for the long game, but dang! that was a little rough to watch for people who like to grow things! Whew! I survived it, though, and I totally understand what I need to do with my little trees now. You explained the process & reasoning very well.
Yeah, its tough, but effective
I’m happy to see this update. I was really looking forward to see the progress made. Especially after the scary heavy cuts, it’s an absolute delight to see the trees thriving Kyle. Thanks a ton for sharing your pruning techniques again in this video. Pruning is such a key process! Great editing by the way. Really well done! You are an all rounder Kyle! (Thumbs up) I hope no more wildfires.
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Thank you Pete! I really appreciate your feedback and support!
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You are very welcome!
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WOW. Thank-you
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i taught a high school course in video production, so i'm in a pretty good position to appreciate your skills in both teaching and making very watchable videos. and i do. i wouldn't miss a one on any topic. thanks!!!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your experience based feedback!
@@urbanfarmstead i also produced training videos for the huntington beach fire department, so i am also aware of the rigorous training you guys go through. i and others really appreciate that contribution you make as well.
This was a very well-explained video about summer pruning, thank you! I planted my first fruit trees last month in winter so come summer in Dec, I'll be fully equipped. :D From Melbourne, Australia!
Thanks! I’m glad you found it helpful!
Wow! This was great. Thank you so much. The editing helped so much to see before and after.
Thank you! I’m glad you found it helpful!
It is so refreshing to see someone posting videos that 1) Are being done by a person that actually knows what they are doing (have experience) and are not just someone who is just doing something for the first time and in place of really making an instructional video they are just recording their first time attempt at something. 2) The information is so very well described, which again demonstrates that this gentlemen knows what he is talking about. I have watched many videos on pruning... which were doing by those that were very qualified to instruct. However, it is common for someone with a great deal of knowledge on a subject to overlook the needed basics. Again, this gentlemen makes sure to explain all details, yet not get way long winded about it. (Example of long winded being my comment here. :-) ) Thank you sir for all the time and effort you put into making this video. You most likely put hours into this 30+ minute video presentation. [Subscribed]
Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to share this feedback. everything you mentioned has been what I was seeing in many of the videos here for years and its a big reason for making these videos. I want them to be as helpful as possible for a broad audience. happy gardening!
Kyle, thanks for taking the mystery out of growing fruit trees. I've always been hesitant in planting them in my yard but you help me think it can be done with my limited knowledge and experience. As always, great videos!
Thank you Darin! I’m glad you enjoyed the video and I appreciate your feedback
EXCELLENT! I've read about pruning fruit trees to keep them small and manageable for the backyard but it was wonderful to actually see how you did it and your results. Especially with your most vigorous trees and the apple and pear trees. So I CAN plant 1 year old saplings and cut them to knee height --18" ( I'm way shorter than you)!
I don't want to climb ladders to prune or pick fruit.
Clear explanations, great demonstrations, and all with exceptional visuals. 👌
Many thanks from zone 6 in Fruitland Ontario, Canada.
Hope you get the rain you need out west.
Thank you! I’m glad you found it helpful and I appreciate your feedback
Thank you so much for this! Your demonstration made the pruning process much clearer to me.
Thank you! I’m glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for this very informative video, I have about 10 fruit trees on my property and will definitely be applying these tips when pruning. I would like to mention that I had a Jujube in my yard that was planted directly into the soil by previous owners, and oh my goodness is it invasive. I have jujube shoots popping up all over my back yard. I would highly recommend keeping it in a large container because I am constantly digging up these thorny buggers even though I've removed the mother.
Thank you for this tip. I’ve never heard that about them before
Thank you for another wonderful pruning video! I'm planting my first fruit trees next Spring, and I'm so excited to prune now that you've made it less scary.
Thank you! I’m happy to know that!
The amount of growth is insane. I'm down in SoCal, eastern LA county, and the growth I got after 6 months in the ground is like half of what you got. Are you going to do a detailed video of all your amendments/fertilizing/etc?
I feel like I’m a pruning expert now
You got this!
Do you have any citrus trees that you can show how to prune? I have some lemon and lime trees I planted 2 and 3 years ago and I have no idea what they need.
I do have a few. I prune them in late winter
This is the best pruning video I have come across! Thank you so much for your good instruction and bringing us on your urban farming journey!
I started a 2/3 acre food forest this year. I put in native seedling fruit trees to start from my local foresty entity and I have learned how much I DON'T know through the whole process, so thank you for sharing your expertise. You have my subscription!
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video
This was a great follow up from when you planted them. Makes me think I should have pruned our Magnus Summer apple a little harder. It went from 1 metre to 3.5 metres in a single year, far outgrowing the rest of the trees planted. I only cut it back in half. But unlike you, I staked the branches out to force them more horizontal, which was the advice I was given. With 1 going straight to make the next level of branches. Makes me think I should have just cut back harder.
We will wait and see, I can always summer prune this year if I need to correct anything, the best thing about gardening, nearly all mistakes can be fixed with time.
Staking the branches to the desired angle is definitely a good option. It’s not something I do often but does seem to work well.
Much appreciated on the update! Hope the trees have an amazing production for you. Can’t wait to see them.
Thank you!
Hi, I just saw this video and want to start pruning my fruit trees (in May). My question: there are some branches laden with fruit. Should I prune the branches without fruit heavily and prune only what I can with the branches with fruit? That will leave some branches disproportionately long. Or do I prune moderately with the branches with fruit and have the others match?
We've been looking forward to an update on pruning! Great advice and really easy to understand and follow. Thanks from 🇳🇿
Thank you! I appreciate your feedback
Thank you for showing the process from the start. I’m looking forward to the future installments. I would be really interested in seeing how you shape and maintain an espalier tree.
Thanks!
This shows how important good pruning,
nutrition and watering makes your plants and trees grow very well.
Thank you
I enjoy your step-by-step instructional videos.They’re easy to understand and visually satisfying. Thank you. So very helpful!
Thank you so much!
Excellent video! Love the growth you got from your short heading cuts. It's so hard to convince people to do this, but I think your results speak for themselves.
Thank you! Great, that’s definitely what I’m hoping to do by showing the results of these intimidating pruning cuts.
In deed the best video on pruning ever. I watched so many other videos on pruning and see the before and after picture but never understand why it’s done in certain way. Your video taught me why and how to do it so clearly. Now I know how to prune my tree even though my tree is not exactly like yours. Thank you so much!! You mentioned that you have a video on how to prep the soil for jujube. What is the link for that video?
Thanks! It’s linked at the end of this video
Sir.. I'm late to the party but man am I glad I stumbled on your channel. I'm in fruit tree hell and I think this single video has been more helpful than anything I"ve found so far. Thank you sir!
Thanks! I’m glad you found it
Everything you did and said made sense, according to my own understanding and experience, except for one thing. I’ve always understood that with deciduous trees you would make your shaping and deep cuts during dormancy, for two reasons. First, it puts less stress on the tree, and second, it allows for maximum energy collection and storage in the roots by keeping those leaves on as long as possible. I always thought summer pruning was limited primarily to removing diseased wood and any branches that are crossing paths, to prevent abrasions. I’m wondering now whether the conventional wisdom has changed? May I ask where you read or learned that summer is the right time to make these deep cuts?
From what I’ve learned over the years summer pruning is for size control. I agree about some of the large “shaping cuts” except with young I feel like it’s important to maintain it’s shape as it grows.
I repurposed a hand sanitizer spray bottle and filled with rubbing alcohol. Makes cleaning prunes much easier
That’s an excellent idea!
So informative, and yes daunting job. My Dad would disown me if I cut his apricot tree like this! Lol Although from your explanation I see why you do. Was wondering what kind of grass you have growing near the fire pit? Thanks
Thank you! The grass is a mow-free sow blend from Delta Bluegrass
Lolol, i did some pretty major cuts on my dad's plum tree during the spring. He was so upset...until he got his largest plum harvest the next year.
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I love going back to your older videos. What you did would make the "professional" fruit growers twitch! I prune mine in summer too and get told how wrong and dumb i am 😂😂 glad to see you also do this!
Thank you soooo much for all this amazing info!
I am planning my own garden and want to do plant 12 trees similar to yourself, but 4 trees to a column and 3 rows. If you are spacing your trees 6 ft in a column, would you also space your rows 6 ft or would you leave extra room for the row spacing? I don't know if you intend to allow the trees to reach a 2 ft radius allowing you to walk a full circle around the tree (2 ft of walkway in between trees) or 3 ft so you can only prune/harvest on the sides. Would really appreciate some advice!
I recommend leaving a bit more space between rows 10-12’
I'm just getting into gardening so I really appreciate your videos they contain EVERYTHING a beginner needs to know in detail I was wondering if you could do a close up shot on what you refer to as an outward bud please it would be greatly appreciated Cheers
Thank you! The outward duds are any bud our leaf node facing towards the outward side of the tree.
THANK YOU!! This is the video I've been searching for. I'm in south Georgia and I just recently planted a couple of orange and plum trees. We are in the process of clearing out about a quarter of an acre in my backyard, that was covered in a jungle of trees and undergrowth, so that we could start a "fruit farm" full of citrus trees, blackberries, blueberries, etc. but the area isn't going to be ready before the temperatures drop and fall/winter sets in (not that we have much of a winter here anyway). I bought the trees kind of late in the summer hoping to have them in the ground by the end of summer but, like I said, the area I planned on putting them in is not ready. So, to keep from having those trees sit in the plastic pots until next spring (they were already root bound), I went ahead and planted the trees in a different area of my yard. It's a great spot but it's right next to our above ground pool and I really didn't want a couple of 20ft trees shading the pool....and, like you, I don't want fruit that I can't reach. Of course, being a first time citrus tree planter, I didn't know if I could keep these trees trimmed to an 8ft height and have them still remain healthy and productive. So this video was perfect and answered that question as well as show me how it's done. Now...I have another question. I put the trees in the ground about a month ago and did not prune them because I didn't know that I should have. They are all about 4-5ft tall. This week, we had our first temperature drop of the season with lows in the 50s highs in the 80s. It will be like this until probably late November when we generally get our first frost but then it warms back up again around Christmas then cold in Jan & Feb. So my question is, since I haven't done any pruning, the trees are still small, and it's starting to change from summer to fall, should I do any pruning now or just let it go until next spring?
If you have a fall chill coming I would hold off on pruning until winter when they are dormant
Another terrific video and fruit tree gardening looks fun. I love lopping off crazy growth, lol!
thank you
With all the outward pruning, does there ever come a time when you don’t want to keep outward pruning? Would it create a tree with a giant gap in the middle? Or at a certain time point do we allow the tree to grow some branches with inward facing growth?
Great question. Yes, once they get near the max height some upper fruiting branches can grow inward
Thank you. I feel like an instant farmer. Pruned my first one today after reviewing your other video about 10 times. ☺️☺️☺️☺️
Awesome!
Thank you so much for the updates. Your videos are so informative and I really appreciate how hard you try to get good angles and great explanations. The video editing is awesome as well. I'm enjoying following along
Thank you! And thank you for taking the time to share this feedback!
Excellent set of videos. Very clear and very accurate. I am impressed with how you cut off way more than 30% of the wood in each of these trees, violating a commonly heard and widely misunderstood guideline for pruning fruit trees. To get the results you want, you do want you want. Very well illustrated and explained.
Thank you James
By far the best pruning explanation by anyone, anywhere! Thanks!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks so much for this. I have a 2 year orchard and was terrified to touch it😅 I feel braver now
Happy to share. You can do it!
Hey Kyle! Susan here - it was great to see what you've been up to in your garden! Here in Shingle Springs I'm only in containers on the deck until we have the time to build a deer proof raised garden area (we deal with gophers as well as deer... grrr...), but it's great getting inspired for the future. Glad you're able to spend some time in the garden with fire season being crazy this summer. Say hi to Morgan for me!
Hi Susan! Thank you! Hope everything is going well up there! Yeah, those deer sure can jump a fence!
I inherited a cherry tree and 2 apple trees. They have not been pruned. They are tall and are smothering the grape vines she planted. This past summer the one grape vine grew into the one apple tree. Didn’t have a lot of fruit. I cut back the grape vines but I don’t know what to do with the trees. They are to big.
Your orchard looks great! Thanks making such a helpful video on pruning.
I planted a nectarine tree 5 years ago. After about 2 years the graft died, but then a shoot came up from the root stock and I decided to let it grow and see what happened. This year we heavily pruned this tree in the spring and it fruited. We got 5 nectarines, I have no idea what the variety is, but they are tasty so I am considering it a success for now.
That’s really interesting! Thank you for sharing your experience!
I have been looking forward to your follow up video all summer!! So helpful and my inspiration for planting my 6 fruit trees.. many thanks from Kansas🌻
Thank you
Ok, it took me a minute but I now get that checking the vigor means keeping it in check, not making sure it's good. Vigor can be too good. New concept for this new-to-gardening person. Believe it or not, that is the first time I heard this concept (except in bonsai). Got it now! Thanks for another great video!!!
Thanks! Yes, too much of a good thing you could say.
I love your video, lots of useful tips, thanks for sharing 👌
Thank you
Really enjoy and appreciate you doing these follow up videos. I look forward to this follow up and how they grow and eventually mature enough to bare fruit. How long do you think it will take for that to happen?
Most will fruit next summer, but I’ll remove most and have a good crop the following year.
Very informative, great job 👍
Thank you
Ok here is my question when should we cut/prune on the tree's ?
I think I understand but not 100% sure ? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Plant in late winter/ early spring and make initial cuts to set height and shape ?
Prune in summer months to remove excess growth,but at the start of summer ,the middle ,end ,anytime ?
When not to cut/prune fall and winter months unless it's a sucker root ?
This is what I'm unsure of I though everyone pruned when tress are dormant in the winter while the tree was hibernating,but from the videos that seems to be the wrong time ? We just planted two potted apple trees and one peach tree at the first of August and we are in south Georgia. I have the tress spaced 15ft apart but don't want them any taller than I can reach from a 6ft ladder. They are in full sun light and haven't be prune or shaped yet. So to get desired height where should I start the branches and when should I make these cuts ?
Its best to prune for size control in summer. Early summer after harvest is good, but i had to prune in late summer which was ok, but not best. dormant winter pruning is equally important, so its usually best to prune twice a year.
Not at the point of growing my own trees yet, but excited to learn from you! Hopefully in the next five years!!!
Thank you
Another great video. At 30:03, would like to add that (for peaches at least), standard rootstocks generally produce better tasting fruit, even though dwarfing rootstocks produce earlier. For me, it's worth it to put up with summer pruning to keep standard trees small and enjoy higher quality fruit.
I appreciate all the work you put into these videos. Can't wait to see what's to come!
Thank you!
I’m in San Diego and it’s June 15th can I prune stone fruit today or wait another month? Great video on pruning btw
Yep! I’m doing some pruning this week myself! Thank you
@@urbanfarmstead thanks! Keep up the great videos- I subscribed as soon as I started watching this video
This is incredibly well done. You are focused on the right strategic questions that apply in different growing contexts, so I can almost see your mind at work, and you deliver your comments so clearly. Big fan.
Thank you! I really appreciate your feedback
I planted 7 cumquat trees which I need to prune. They are 3 years old . My friend used to saw them although he has had a stroke and I need to prune them.
They are best pruned in early spring usually
Question for ya, I live in Tracy, and noticing a lot of aphid infestation going on, curious as to which organic bug sprays you may treat for both trees and veggie plants. Really enjoy the topics you cover.
I usually spray most off with a hose then follow up with organic insect spray until they are gone. Thank you!
3 to 4 table spoons of any mild liquid soap in one gallon water, sprayed with a pump sprayer will do the trick. you can use a table spoon of 3 mule borax powder and omit one tbl spoon of the soap. borax is affective against the ants the colonize the aphides. this will work on almost all bugs. and it washes off.
@@yanostropicalparadise755 Thank you. I will give that a go. Have noticed aphids really went after my Watermelons over the other crops this year.
@@brandonleonard9387After you spray them off with water find the trail of ants that are "milking" the aphids and put a Terro ant stake down in the ground to take out the nest.
Geez! THANK YOU! I’ve just started growing my orchard, and only apples at this point. Your videos are so informational, easily understood and to the point! I subscribed! You are a gem!
Love how informative your presentation is! This channel is truly a gift
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your feedback and support!
Such great information! Thank you! I just bought an apple cocktail espalier (probably a mistake), to plant against the South side of a North fence. Do you have any pruning recommendations for that style? Also, is there a particular book you’d recommend on pruning? Thanks, again!
This is great! I’m not interested in getting cuttings from my fig tree this year. Is it ok to top prune the main stem in the summer down to 24 inches like you did in the spring? This is a first year fig grown from a cutting.
Thanks!!
Yes, you can summer prune figs, but keep in mind they will bleed a bit of sap.
I have a fig tree in a pot, in zone 5, last year it grew one fig, this year nothing. We did re-pot it this spring, could that be the reason for no fruit? Or should it be pruned more for next year?
What do you do with all the pruning clippings? Are those safe to mulch up or is there a risk of spreading potential disease? Also if you can make a video on how to rehab peach trees if they are dealing with leaf curl that would be very helpful! Great videos and love the orchard!
They are safe to mulch as long as the trees have no disease. I do already have a full video for treating peach leaf curl. You should definitely check it out.
This is the most helpful tree pruning video😀
Thank you! I’m glad you found it so helpful!
Wow! I really enjoyed this video. You're simply amazing, thank you for teaching the way you do! One question: how did you still have tomatoes that beautiful? I'm in zone 9b, I put my seedlings down last month but I had to pull them out. All of them looked diseased.
Thank you! There’s a lot to that answer, I do a lot of things to get long healthy crops, but I do share my full process here.
I have newer, smallish dwarf fig tree that has a center leader. If I want it to branch out can I follow the same theory for pruning where I cut at an “outward facing bud”? The reason I ask is I see LOTS of leaves but no branching from a branch. Is that due to a need for cuts/pruning? I’m still very new to fruit tree pruning but this is SO fascinating and awesome ❤️❤️❤️. Thank you so much for your great explanations, thoroughness of review, and helpful education. It is SO appreciated.
Eventually it will branch out, but if you want those branches to start low it’s best to head it off low.
19:54 if that tree died back from the previous cut, should you cut a few inches higher than you would want, just incase it happens again?
No, because this type of dieback is not normal and you want to focus the energy to the desired terminal bud, so cut just beyond it
Wow, super crazEE growth... and SUPER helpful videos! I'm attempting to put in a few (probably 3-4) fruit trees (Northern Virginia) in the upcoming weeks. What are your thoughts / experience with bracing vs. not bracing?
I agree with everyone here, most helpful pruning videos along with everything else!!
Planted our first plum and apple trees this past spring. I was always taught to prune in winter due to dormancy (Nova Scotia zone 6b). My plum grew very tall and lanky over the summer, more than double its height! Our winds really rip around here so I pruned it down today so nothing breaks in the winter winds. Did I do right? Should I wait for winter dormancy to prune my apple trees? My kids and I thank you!!
Thank you! most fruit trees like these should be pruned in winter and summer
Thank you so much for this video. It is so helpful with starting the same type of orchard. If you could do a video on how to prune down trees that are 3-4 years old to size that would be amazing. I have four trees that were in before I discovered this technique, and I’m trying to rein them in before giving up and removing them. Can’t wait for future videos! TIA!
Thank you! I’m hoping for an opportunity to share that eventually
I just watched the other video about twenty minutes ago. Man did this things grow fast in twenty minutes, lol. I almost cried watching you make these summer cuts.
Thanks, yeah they were some heavy cuts, but it worked well.