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Post by nhmountains on Jan 29, 2017 11:08:16 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Jan 29, 2017 11:09:52 GMT -6
I believe this orchard is in Minnesota
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Post by nhmountains on Jan 29, 2017 11:21:23 GMT -6
Stephen Hayes pruning series
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Post by nhmountains on Jan 29, 2017 11:30:50 GMT -6
Stephen Hayes Restoring an Old Apple Tree series
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Post by nhmountains on Jan 29, 2017 11:33:39 GMT -6
Pruning old apple tree to invigorate life.
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Post by chummer16 on Feb 4, 2017 6:59:49 GMT -6
Thanks for posting. Great video on trying to save old dying trees. I have a few I will release this spring. A couple I thought were a lost cause but know I have an idea on how to save them.
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Post by smsmith on Feb 7, 2017 20:51:17 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 2, 2017 20:29:41 GMT -6
This is probably the best video I've seen on explaining pruning and how it promotes fruit bud growth.
Part 2. More pruning info on dwarfing rootstock
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Post by buckvelvet on Mar 3, 2017 8:24:52 GMT -6
This is probably the best video I've seen on explaining pruning and how it promotes fruit bud growth. I like what he's saying but does anything else think this fuji tree looks horrible? |
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 3, 2017 8:51:14 GMT -6
BV,
I've found the pretty picture perfect trees usually don't produce as much fruit as an ugly tree. They're pruning to grow new fruiting wood year after year.
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Post by buckvelvet on Mar 3, 2017 8:53:32 GMT -6
BV, I've found the pretty picture perfect trees usually don't produce as much fruit as an ugly tree. They're pruning to grow new fruiting wood year after year. Its not about being 'pretty' It just seems like the scaffolds were all over the place, but he did say they were probably on B9 so maybe because its so dwarfing you can't avoid that. Still looks like a corkscrewed odd ball. I do have to say I'm still relatively 'new' to this side of the game as my trees age in but mine are all free standing and trained for central leader so I guess that is a bit a different. |
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Post by smsmith on Mar 3, 2017 9:16:35 GMT -6
Comparing the shaping/training/pruning of commercial apples on dwarf and small semi-dwarf rootstocks and deer apple trees on large semi-dwarf and standard rootstocks isn't realistic.
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 3, 2017 9:30:58 GMT -6
I liked his info about the hormones in the tips of limbs that prevent fruit spurs. As the branch points upward the hormones flow down the limb preventing the fruit spurs. If they are pulled down the hormones are less likely to travel down the limbs. Makes sense just never heard it explained that well.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 3, 2017 9:37:32 GMT -6
I liked his info about the hormones in the tips of limbs that prevent fruit spurs. As the branch points upward the hormones flow down the limb preventing the fruit spurs. If they are pulled down the hormones are less likely to travel down the limbs. Makes sense just never heard it explained that well. ya, that's the important take away. Get your laterals around 60 degrees to stimulate fruit production (in most trees anyway, not sure if that's true with tip bearing varieties?) |
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Post by buckvelvet on Mar 3, 2017 9:51:18 GMT -6
I liked his info about the hormones in the tips of limbs that prevent fruit spurs. As the branch points upward the hormones flow down the limb preventing the fruit spurs. If they are pulled down the hormones are less likely to travel down the limbs. Makes sense just never heard it explained that well. ya, that's the important take away. Get your laterals around 60 degrees to stimulate fruit production (in most trees anyway, not sure if that's true with tip bearing varieties?) Yeah I spose a limbertwig type would disagree. |
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