You have a lovely farm and an engaging video. Thank you for sharing this. Do you have a flavor preference between the different varieties you have? I love the Prime-Ark Freedom’s cooked into pies and cobblers and they makes some of the best jam I have ever had, but eating them fresh has been less impressive, at least to me.
Thank you! I feel the same with PAF, such a small window to harvest them at peak ripeness. I prefer Ponca and Sweetie Pie. Ouachita are also sweet but can be tricky to harvest sweet like PAF, at least in our location.
Hi, so you do the same primocane tipping for both prime ark freedom and Ponca? Also, why don't you tip at 12-24 inches from the ground and then tip again when the laterals reach 2 ft? Thats the recommendation I got from the nursery.
Remove only the canes that have fruited and died in the fall for floricanes. Primocanes they fruit on first and second year canes so make sure you know what varieties you have. I have prime ark freedom and I do not prune the ones that fruited because those might be first year canes and they fruit again the following year. The way I prune I just look for the dead canes, usually if it’s a floricane and has alreayfruited, it will die by fall or winter and easy to spot.
Beautiful garden we have the Natchez planted this year and they are producing.
Awesome! We have Natchez in our first patch as well
Greetings from Arizona zone 9B, thanks again for all the tips and tricks! cheers 🍷
Thanks for watching!
You have a lovely farm and an engaging video. Thank you for sharing this. Do you have a flavor preference between the different varieties you have? I love the Prime-Ark Freedom’s cooked into pies and cobblers and they makes some of the best jam I have ever had, but eating them fresh has been less impressive, at least to me.
Thank you! I feel the same with PAF, such a small window to harvest them at peak ripeness. I prefer Ponca and Sweetie Pie. Ouachita are also sweet but can be tricky to harvest sweet like PAF, at least in our location.
Hi, so you do the same primocane tipping for both prime ark freedom and Ponca?
Also, why don't you tip at 12-24 inches from the ground and then tip again when the laterals reach 2 ft? Thats the recommendation I got from the nursery.
That’s good recommendation for tipping height. I tip them for the height of my cattle panel but will try your recommendation.
I have Ponca's....very slow to do anything not easy to grow.
Poncas at least in my area grows easily but they start slow but after one year the take off.
Winter pruning one cuts down old canes for new ones correct?
Remove only the canes that have fruited and died in the fall for floricanes. Primocanes they fruit on first and second year canes so make sure you know what varieties you have. I have prime ark freedom and I do not prune the ones that fruited because those might be first year canes and they fruit again the following year. The way I prune I just look for the dead canes, usually if it’s a floricane and has alreayfruited, it will die by fall or winter and easy to spot.
@@TreehouseVineyard So they die back on their own, just cut off dead branches? Thanks for the info.
@@Sue-ec6un yes, for floricanes they turn brown and die after fruiting.