COMPLETE UNCUT FOOTAGE – FINAL PARTS
Join us as organic orchard consultant, Andrew Goodheart Brown and pomology expert and Professor Emeritus of Cornell University, Bob Andersen teach us how to rejuvenate an old orchard. Find practical ways to increase yield, health and vitality of even very old fruiting trees to bring them back into production and minimize disease buildup.
What time of the year was it in this video?
it was painful watching him try to make that cut at 40:00
Normally I thought pruning is done in the late winter or early spring. Am I wrong?
Most of the apples in supermarkets just taste like sugar, and they are super crunchy. Woopee. Not worth eating. Currently, the Chestnut crap is our favorite, but there are many other older varieties with more complex flavors that we also enjoy.
Instead of using grafted trees for dwarf or semi-dwarf size trees, why not simply prune them in summer? Summer pruning can be used to dwarf trees – bonsai being the most extreme example.
The thought that the reduction in 'vigor' resulting from dwarfing root stocks only affects the height of the tree – but what if is also affects the overall health of the tree? It would be interesting to plant a row of trees on their own roots and the same variety on a dwarfing rootstock in the next row, eh?
Geez sharpen that blade or maybe it’s on backwards dangerous chainsaw.
Cuts better on the top the bottom
Bobs my fav so humble sweet and an obvious gold mine of both plus knowledge. Do we make em like this anymore? I sure hope so.
Looks like I am going to be looking for that goldrush apple now. You definitely peaked my interest. We grow everything organically. I rarely buy apples at stores, because they are lacking in taste. Fortunately we do have organic apple growers in our area and we can buy direct from them.