We're a little cooler out here than in the city, so our chill hours are a bit higher than most folks in and around the Phoenix area. We've had solid fruit sets on Gala and Jersey Mac apples for example, but the heat and birds get to all of them before they ripen completely.
I think it's interesting how there is 'green' on the entire border of the mulch-beds. Seems like some should be growing on the mulch but I guess the PH is too high or the depth is too deep for winter-roots of small ground cover plants. IDK but it's interesting to ponder. Those cats need some cat-nip plants. My ~5yo catnip spot started sprouting two weeks ago where all the cats from adjacent properties come to roll on it every morning.
It's pretty interesting to see where the natural weed growth occurs on the farm. Everywhere we have an "edge" created is a sweet spot and of course, any dips in the ground. Now that we have these cats, I think it's time for some catnip around here!!
Always learn something from watching your stuff. I've shared this out to a handful of people already ... people who heard that I went to your pruning class. Good stuff Duane!
Hey Kevin. Thanks for sharing the farm with everyone. We get folks from NV all the time in the comments these days, so I imagine a few of them are from you!
Wow, the apple trees get off pretty easy compared to the peach trees. My peach is just now blossoming. Thanks so much. I really appreciate your helpful videos.
Yeah, these apple trees we're allowing to grow in much heavier than most of our other trees. Hopefully that extra canopy can get a few pieces of fruit through to Fall!
always fun to be inspired by you folks! We adopted two cats from the ferrel program..... our first cats..they are still homing to their cat barn and pen....not on the loose yet.....I need to plant some catnip also!❤
Hey Dan! Congrats on those cats. Ours are still trying to figure out how to catch birds, but 1 of them has grabbed 3 so far. Just can't seem to kill them though, so they have all survived the encounter so far!
I never buy Gala apples in the store because they're always mushy. I hate a mushy apple. When you grow them yourself, are they crisp, or do they naturally have a mushy texture?
We've only been able to get a couple into the Fall ripening season, but they were nice and crisp when we pulled them from the tree. The key there is going to be picking them just prior to full ripening. We have to do the same with all of our Summer ripening apples as well.
Glad you enjoyed this one. These trees are a bit of a challenge for us here in AZ, so we're keeping our fingers crossed these techniques will get some of these fruit through our summers and into the Fall ripening season!
Fall varieties of apples are very interesting to me here in Arizona! I hope that you make a video of picking the fall apples and how well they do this year!
So far we've used or eaten the vast majority of it ourselves. We make wine with a few of the fruit, particularly the grapes and actually the apples (a FANTASTIC white wine). Eventually we will have U-pick for several types of fruit, apples being one of those.
The persimmons are growing well and one of them put on some fruit last year. None made it into Fall, so we'll have to see if we can make that happen here one of these days! BTW, we're still waving to you every once in a while up there!!
@EdgeofNowhereFarm Good to know!! hope we are not causing to much a pain...lol. Have you notice the heat effect the persimmon as much? I planted one in the fall!!
Good one on pruning; I like to leave plenty of branches because of the wind. Frustrated, again. No blooms on the Dorsett, and it's been in the ground for 3 years. It had a lot of good spurs that developed after summer pruning, too. This is nutty. When stuck in Pennsylvania I revamped a couple of small orchards and they did well. I can just hear all those old women sniff at me; no apples? How can you cook? The cherry, a Capulin, bloomed 1st year it was in. No leaves yet on the Florida Prince peach. hasta, kids
Ok, that really surprises me with the Dorsett. At this point you should be seeing fruit, especially if it's developing spurs. Not sure what's going on there.
Im still in awe of the big move and seeing you conquer the desert. Will you be setting out any bird baths or solar water fountains to keep the birds, in search of water, away from your produce?
It's been an interesting ride so far, that's for sure! We do have water throughout the farm that the birds take advantage of. We have dedicated "bird baths" as well as all of the watering areas for all of our livestock which the birds enjoy as well. They still eat the fruit, but it's a challenge we continue to tackle.
For the most part we don't top the Fall fruiting varieties, but we do keep the trunk short on the Summer ripening. Typically the main trunk is about 3-3.5' tall which will keep the overall height somewhere in the 12 - 15' range.
We're hopeful for that Fall harvest as well. I get the feeling it will still be a few years before the fruit set and tree is large enough to limp them through that hot weather!
We have 2 different chippers we use. The primary chipper is the SunJoe which we use for the VAST majority of the pruning material. I'll link that here; amzn.to/3TanYKN We also have a much larger one for our tractor, but we don't use that very often, at least not yet. It doesn't do well with smaller branching (less than 2" diameter). I'll link to that one here; amzn.to/3OVryWt
Oh, my all in one almond is putting out flower buds. Is it actually trying to put on fruit? I only planted it last February. It's MAYBE only 4 ft tall. I thought they won't produce until 4-5 years?
You didn't mention, but assuming it's a bare root tree you definitely want to get that planted before it breaks dormancy. If it's potted you can wait if you'd like to. If you're in a warmer climate like we are now is the time.
😂 Dewalt finger 👉🏻 chopper your favorite tool 🔧
I have to admit, I am always mindful of my fingers when this thing is out!
You have no problems with chill hours?
We're a little cooler out here than in the city, so our chill hours are a bit higher than most folks in and around the Phoenix area. We've had solid fruit sets on Gala and Jersey Mac apples for example, but the heat and birds get to all of them before they ripen completely.
I think it's interesting how there is 'green' on the entire border of the mulch-beds. Seems like some should be growing on the mulch but I guess the PH is too high or the depth is too deep for winter-roots of small ground cover plants. IDK but it's interesting to ponder.
Those cats need some cat-nip plants. My ~5yo catnip spot started sprouting two weeks ago where all the cats from adjacent properties come to roll on it every morning.
It's pretty interesting to see where the natural weed growth occurs on the farm. Everywhere we have an "edge" created is a sweet spot and of course, any dips in the ground. Now that we have these cats, I think it's time for some catnip around here!!
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Excellent video for Pruning Apple Trees. Lot to learn
Glad you enjoyed this one Abid. No buds on those Jujube trees yet!!
Always learn something from watching your stuff. I've shared this out to a handful of people already ... people who heard that I went to your pruning class. Good stuff Duane!
Hey Kevin. Thanks for sharing the farm with everyone. We get folks from NV all the time in the comments these days, so I imagine a few of them are from you!
Wow, the apple trees get off pretty easy compared to the peach trees. My peach is just now blossoming. Thanks so much. I really appreciate your helpful videos.
Yeah, these apple trees we're allowing to grow in much heavier than most of our other trees. Hopefully that extra canopy can get a few pieces of fruit through to Fall!
always fun to be inspired by you folks! We adopted two cats from the ferrel program..... our first cats..they are still homing to their cat barn and pen....not on the loose yet.....I need to plant some catnip also!❤
Hey Dan! Congrats on those cats. Ours are still trying to figure out how to catch birds, but 1 of them has grabbed 3 so far. Just can't seem to kill them though, so they have all survived the encounter so far!
Hi. My tropic sweet has started to leaf out with no flower buds. How about yours? Is it flowering? I’m in Tucson.
Ours are just now starting to push out flowers, but it's only been the last few days.
I never buy Gala apples in the store because they're always mushy. I hate a mushy apple. When you grow them yourself, are they crisp, or do they naturally have a mushy texture?
We've only been able to get a couple into the Fall ripening season, but they were nice and crisp when we pulled them from the tree. The key there is going to be picking them just prior to full ripening. We have to do the same with all of our Summer ripening apples as well.
Great learning video… small details matter!
I’ll be printing and selling T-shirts that say
Small
Details
Matter
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The devil really is in those details, that's for sure!!
Another excellent pruning vid. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed this one. These trees are a bit of a challenge for us here in AZ, so we're keeping our fingers crossed these techniques will get some of these fruit through our summers and into the Fall ripening season!
Fall varieties of apples are very interesting to me here in Arizona! I hope that you make a video of picking the fall apples and how well they do this year!
@@blueberryrl we're hoping one of these days to do just that!
What do you do with all your fruit?
So far we've used or eaten the vast majority of it ourselves. We make wine with a few of the fruit, particularly the grapes and actually the apples (a FANTASTIC white wine). Eventually we will have U-pick for several types of fruit, apples being one of those.
Another great one!!! How did there persimmon tree you guys planted turn out?
The persimmons are growing well and one of them put on some fruit last year. None made it into Fall, so we'll have to see if we can make that happen here one of these days! BTW, we're still waving to you every once in a while up there!!
@EdgeofNowhereFarm Good to know!! hope we are not causing to much a pain...lol. Have you notice the heat effect the persimmon as much? I planted one in the fall!!
@@charlessingletaryiii331 no issues with the heat, but the birds just go to town on the fruit, even when it's green during the peak of summer.
Good one on pruning; I like to leave plenty of branches because of the wind.
Frustrated, again. No blooms on the Dorsett, and it's been in the ground for 3 years. It had a lot of good spurs that developed after summer pruning, too. This is nutty. When stuck in Pennsylvania I revamped a couple of small orchards and they did well. I can just hear all those old women sniff at me; no apples? How can you cook?
The cherry, a Capulin, bloomed 1st year it was in.
No leaves yet on the Florida Prince peach.
hasta, kids
Ok, that really surprises me with the Dorsett. At this point you should be seeing fruit, especially if it's developing spurs. Not sure what's going on there.
Im still in awe of the big move and seeing you conquer the desert. Will you be setting out any bird baths or solar water fountains to keep the birds, in search of water, away from your produce?
It's been an interesting ride so far, that's for sure! We do have water throughout the farm that the birds take advantage of. We have dedicated "bird baths" as well as all of the watering areas for all of our livestock which the birds enjoy as well. They still eat the fruit, but it's a challenge we continue to tackle.
Ok so do you "top" your apple trees? Like the main stem to create outward growth? If so, how high up do you cut the main trunk?
For the most part we don't top the Fall fruiting varieties, but we do keep the trunk short on the Summer ripening. Typically the main trunk is about 3-3.5' tall which will keep the overall height somewhere in the 12 - 15' range.
Apple trees looking good after pruning...look forward to seeing how they do during summer into fall 🙂
We're hopeful for that Fall harvest as well. I get the feeling it will still be a few years before the fruit set and tree is large enough to limp them through that hot weather!
I know this was in another video on fig trees but what are the specs on the wood chipper you used? Thanks!
We have 2 different chippers we use. The primary chipper is the SunJoe which we use for the VAST majority of the pruning material. I'll link that here;
amzn.to/3TanYKN
We also have a much larger one for our tractor, but we don't use that very often, at least not yet. It doesn't do well with smaller branching (less than 2" diameter). I'll link to that one here;
amzn.to/3OVryWt
Oh, my all in one almond is putting out flower buds. Is it actually trying to put on fruit? I only planted it last February. It's MAYBE only 4 ft tall. I thought they won't produce until 4-5 years?
They'll give you a few pieces of fruit right away, but they heavy production doesn't start until 4-5 years in.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm wow! Ok! Thank you!!
Can I plant my apricot tree before blooming or better after???thanks for your help !!!!!
I'm assuming it's a bare root tree, so you definitely want to plan that now before it blooms.
You didn't mention, but assuming it's a bare root tree you definitely want to get that planted before it breaks dormancy. If it's potted you can wait if you'd like to. If you're in a warmer climate like we are now is the time.