Tree pruning time and technique
Ruchi Oswal
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Comments (8)Lind, if you want a low, wide tree for easy picking then I agree open center is the best. I use open center on all my more widely spaced trees, whatever kind of tree it is. The way to conceive of the open center is its like a bowl of leaves, all the leaves are concentrated in a bowl-like shape and so all the leaves get good sun since there are not many leaves above or below the "bowl". Of course this is just an idealization, but its the root of getting good sun on your open center tree -- imagine the bowl, and remove too-high and too-low branches. The bowl ends up being several feet thick, and it will very from this ideal in many cases due to the way the scaffolds are going. My latest favorite link is the one below, it shows a peach pruned to open center. Its more like a plate than a bowl, thats even better but is harder to pull off. In terms of details of how to prune, that is a very complex topic. I would spend several hours reading every on-line description from the various states and watching youtube videos until you start to get a sense of things a bit better. Pictures that show actual trees evolving over the years are the most helpful, but those are pretty hard to come by. Pruning was by far the hardest thing for me to learn, grafting is much easier. Scott Here is a link that might be useful: NCSU peach pruning...See MoreHelp with first time pruning apple and plum trees
Comments (0)Hi guys for few years ago I have planted a hybrid apple tree and a I believe Italian plum tree in my backyard. We got hard clay but both trees survived. The plum tree never had fruit yet, the apple tree has different type of apples on each branch but one branch is really growing to the side and had the heaviest amount of apples. I'm showing on the picture the small crack on that branch, also the tree almost tilts to that side. I'm worried to start just cutting away not to lose that specific variety of apple. So I'd like to get some guidance of how to prune both of these trees. Providing pictures I don't know anything at all about trees and gardening but i did pruned it a bit before when I got it. Last picture is the plum tree. The first picture shows that one branch with green apples to the side that is bit cracked. Thank you Daniel (I cant take few more photos from now so no leafs possibly better to see the same branches to guide me where to cut)...See MoreApple Tree Pruning - Old Tree - Again - Timing - Grafting
Comments (48)Well, much to my surprise, some of the grafts that I put on last year grew fruit spurs, and flowered this spring. Some others grew longer, with no spurs. Maybe those were what the buds were intended for all along, and they just now came out. Anyways, a few flowers on last year's grafts is interesting. This year's grafts have started to really take off. I think I did a much better job of it this year than last. I have a few more scions on the way, so I hope to get those on this weekend, and harvest a few apples in a few years. This winter, I'll try to bring this tree back down to size. BTW - it must've overproduced year before last, then been stunted last year. This year, it is totally covered in flowers. If those turn to apples, I'll have to do a lot of thinning. Fun stuff - thanks for the help everyone....See MoreBest time to root prune fig trees in containers?
Comments (2)Thanks Martin - I have seen your large yields in pics in the past so it seems root pruning in February will not effect fruit yields as long as other parameters are ideal. Perhaps my lower yields were due to inadequate fertilizer or too high soil temps in the pots, I measured one day this summer and the temp in the first 6 or so inches was ~ 100 in July with pots sitting on the driveway in sun all day. I will plan on relocating the pots or shading them next season to see if that helps! Thanks for your input! Have a great remainder of the weekend! Brian...See Morechloebud
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