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Post by Catscratch on Jan 4, 2018 13:19:17 GMT -6
This time of yr I start thinking about pruning. I know it's too early, but I get the itch and have to use self restraint to keep me from screwing myself. I have enough problems growing fruit that I certainly don't need to sabotage myself, but I sure want to. Any of you guys there... ready to prune and work trees even though it isn't even close to time?
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Post by ogemaone on Jan 4, 2018 15:07:58 GMT -6
I’m ready but won’t till end of February or early March. Ordered my landscape cloth and staples today for the 18 trees I have coming.
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Post by nhmountains on Jan 4, 2018 19:01:25 GMT -6
I'm usually cutting firewood and burning brush piles until February but, we've been bombarded this winter so far. I'm
Taking 2 1/2 days in mid/late February to prune.
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Post by sd51555 on Jan 4, 2018 21:15:31 GMT -6
I may be offering up a mortal sin here, but I prune whenever i can get to it once winter dormancy sets in. I'm also working on all natives though which I believe affords me more room for error.
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Post by nhmountains on Jan 4, 2018 23:04:00 GMT -6
I may be offering up a mortal sin here, but I prune whenever i can get to it once winter dormancy sets in. I'm also working on all natives though which I believe affords me more room for error. My wife's uncle said that too. He used to work for the Cornell orchards. When you're dealing with hundreds of trees you got to do it when you have time. The issue with pruning before the cold of the winter has passed is the cold will dry out the wound if it hasn't healed and there will be dieback of the bark leaving an open wound. If people are itching to prune now maybe cut any competition around the trees for more sunlight. East first if you have late spring frosts. Then south and west. |
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Post by smallchunk on Jan 7, 2018 20:53:35 GMT -6
I eyed up my trees today....had to resist the urge to do some snipping! I focused on training my trees more this summer, I should have much less to prune on my younger trees.
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Post by buckvelvet on Jan 26, 2018 10:21:08 GMT -6
The older my trees will get the more i'll learn on pruning. Last year was my first real pruning and traning bigger branches experience with my gala & chestnut crab. This year my Flemish Beauty Pear and my Cortland apple. This are just my small orchard at home. The one at the farm where i will have in the end around 100 trees or more will be a huge job once they are older but man i love it. A nice sunny day in march pruning will be a dream.
I'm weird......
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Post by Catscratch on Jan 26, 2018 10:27:43 GMT -6
I'm weird too, still going out every weekend and eyeing them up.
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