We are growing fruit trees in our orchard and there is yearly chores to do. We are winter pruning our trees. Hope you enjoy!
VIDEO: A Must-Do Chore If You Are Growing Fruit Trees
We are growing fruit trees in our orchard and there is yearly chores to do. We are winter pruning our trees. Hope you enjoy!
I've read that it is best to prune trees before first bud break. I think you're pruning them too early.
Great video and information!
Luke, should we do this before or after spraying with Copper fungicide?
Omg this video didn't even appeared in my feed c'mon YouTube
Great video. Thanks! Please make more fruit trees videos
What about citrus?
I’m in the UK. I try to prune any unruly water shoot growth in summer to keep tree height down. Also any branches that have snapped due to weight of fruit, I prune those once the fruit has been harvested or fallen off.
Then I leave tree pruning until January or February. The opportunity to collect usable scion for grafting is better the closer you are to spring. According to another YT channel owner you can keep scions individually wrapped in plastic kitchen film (with no added moisture) in the fridge for close to 3 months and they will be still viable at the right time for grafting.
Direct quote about how to do it.
“Wrap each scion individually, with the plastic film, for better results and don't add any moisture. Adding pieces of wet paper will only cause fungus growth, that will end up rendering your scions useless. The scions have all the moisture they will need inside them. Its only a matter of maintaining it. That's the job of the plastic film.”
Very instructive. Thanks so much!
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Do we prune citrus fruit trees in the same way?
Thanks Luke. I am in central KY and half my trees still have their leaves. Should I wait until they are all gone? I bid you peace.
You should be able to throw a cat through the center of the goblet; if you can’t then you may not have enough air flow
Could you tell me how you manage to the fruits on summer to not be eating by squirel or other animal?
Sharp pruner is essential also because if you do a lot of pruning, you don't want to cut twice or multiple times the same spot, is not efficient. If the cut is near the collar where it should be, then you also don't have a second chance. I prefer light winter pruning combined with size control pruning in summer right before the second wave of growth. So I have less work to do during cold season.
I had the best fruiting year in 2021 with my pears and apples and blueberries. I usually prune while tree is dormant and the sap is down like in January. I also dip my pruners in rubbing alcohol to sanitize between cuts.
My fruit trees were planted spring 2018 and a few in the fall that year. This will be my first year pruning very much. I appreciate the info. The trees have had a little fruit start to form but mocking birds eat every piece of fruit before it forms. I'm not sure how to prevent a whole orchard from being destroyed by birds each year. Might have to give up on my dream of fruit! They eat all my blueberries too.
I'd like to see more cutting and less talking. Just saying…
Winter pruning? Maybe in another 2 to 3 months. Out west, we're expecting it to hit 86 degrees on Monday. Other than my cherry, everything is still got plenty of green leaves.
Question and thanks in advance; I recently moved a seven foot tree to a different location, a couple of weeks later all the leaves fell off, this was about two months ago, long story short, I had to cut some of the roots a little bit, given that it's winter, it's probably dormant, but do you think it will come back next year? And given the stress it already went through, do you think it would be wise to do some pruning on it? Thanks again Luke!
I’m in Kansas, and ive had my peach trees for 5 years. I never had a single peach, every year the tree flowers out and we get hit with a late freeze that kills them off D: a woman down the road from me had her peach trees for 10 years and never had a peach due to this late freeze we get. Its so sad lol.
I have two apple trees that I would like to save. They were already full grown when we moved in 2 years ago. The apples don't grow full and have black spots. Will pruning some of the branches help?
How do you take a start from a wild tree so you can plan it and your yard and get it to grow
ok now i know what im looking at! thx
Would this also be true for flowering trees like lilac?
New to fruit trees, I inherited 20 year old (2) pear trees and (2) apple trees. Their way overgrown they're about 15 ft tall, could be taller. Can I prune these down without hurting them?
Thank you for sharing all this information!