Great! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
You're welcome 😊. Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/glwePid And here’s the playlist for all of the tree care videos: th-cam.com/video/9ioGcl7gHgc/w-d-xo.html
Those of us at the farm share your admiration! I'm the video producer and it's been "pure gold" to make the videos with Orin. I've worked in video production for nearly 30 years and Orin is one of the best presenters I've had the pleasure to work with. And, he really makes my job easy because he usually does a video in a single "take" - I call him, "one take Orin". Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
wow! I actually understood ,why he was doing, what he was doing, with this little tree! A wonderful teacher! If i am going to cut into my tree, I want to know why! Thank you sir!
Yer welcome! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
Gracious me. Yes listening to him was easy enough but I had not yet pruned my 1 year old dwarf apple/pear trees yet this month June 2023. However, I still don't understand the places where to cut the branches. He actually pruned back pretty severely for this 1 year old trees, even the center main tree, the top was cut off. OUCH, I thought. My husband is determining to prune back the branches and neither of us know how to cut (which ones) of the little branches. We have 6 dwarf apple trees and 2 dwarf pear trees. Neither of us don't want to make mistakes and I feel I need someone to have the experienced to come help prunes these healthy trees. I mean I feel helpless and I feel nervous having my husband who is almost 80 yrs old to cut tender branches. I am at lost. I will see if I can visit some or one garden center to hire an experienced pruner on dwarf apple trees. Wish me luck!!
How did it go?? I have some little trees I am planning to prune today. This and other similar videos about trimming young trees have been so helpful. I think the most helpful thing has been that they explain that the tree is self-correcting, so if I prune a branch that would have been good to keep, it’s okay because the tree will just keep growing and I can try again later
Thank you for the wealth of knowledge in pruning! I have just bought some bare root apple trees on dwarf root stock and I am trying to plan how I want them to shape out. I believe they are in a dormant state so do I let them grow without pruning for the this year and then do some light pruning in winter of next year? Also, which shape produces the most abundance of fruit the Modified central leader form or the open conical form?
Wonderful video. Is it possible to use a modified central leader form on an apple tree that I plan on keeping only 6 feet tall? Would it better to use an open center? Thank you!
Yer welcome! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
Yer welcome! Here is a 4 part series on how to prune a just planted pear tree. You can probably find your tree shape represented in one of these videos: th-cam.com/video/ZtqxcKLE1Ck/w-d-xo.html Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/glwePid Best of luck with your trees!!
I have just planted a bare root tree from the big box store..it had roots forming on 80% of the grafted root stock stump…I planted the main root ball about 4 inches deep which was about 6 inches of the whole(10-12in) grafted stump..this left a few of the higher forming roots exposed and now they’ve sort of air pruned and died off on their own…was this the correct thing to do? Or should I have planted the whole thing all the way up to where roots had started forming? I was worried it would rot if I did plant the whole grafted stump completely.
Normally, you would put all of the roots below the soil level, but leaving the graft union 4-6 inches above the soil level. Sounds like your tree is doing well, so it should be fine. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
I planted my tree from a nursery and it's currently July, I want a center leader form however should I wait for fall dormant time to do the type of pruning you did in the video? Or could I do this now? Tree is same height and shape as the one in the video.
I just bought Orins book but 1,5 year too late ... ;-)). In april 2023 I bought many young fruit trees, I assume 2 year old. I haven't prune them since … so I have a delay of a year. The apple trees have a M26 rootstock and are supposed to get a modified central leader form. 1. Two trees hardly have any vigour in the bottom branches that are supposed to be the scaffolds. How can I correct this? 2.In general, how to induce laterals on old growth? (because I missed the heading cut last winter) 3.A lot of primary branches that should become scaffolds have a 30-35 degree angle above horizontal, is that “too horizontal”?! 4.The branches that grow at the trunk where supposed to be the gap between the scaffold branches and the second tier, should I cut those branches now in (late?) summer (so there is no stimulation to growth) or wait until winter? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
I have some pear and apple trees that are between 2-5 years old that have some pruning cuts from the nursery but haven't been pruned since. The scaffold branches are about 4 feet long now and growing quite upright. How far should I cut back the scaffold branches and central leader? Should I cut back into older wood or stay in last year's growth and use weights/spreaders to train to a better angle? Should I prune them now in June while actively growing or wait until next winter?
I just purchased two potted apple trees from our local nursery. They have been planted but were already starting to bud and flower so i didnt want to prune until falls dormant phase. Unfortunately one of them now has a very tall central leader almost 7 feet tall and a couple feet above the rest of the main tree. Should i cut that main leader in the fall or will it ruin my central leader training?
You'll need at least 8 feet or more of height for a central leader form. It would be fine to cut the central leader back 2 feet or so in winter time. Just make sure the tree is completely dormant (has dropped most of its leaves and no new bud growth) for at least month before doing winter pruning. Also, if the weather cooperates, we'll post a followup video of this same tree being pruned a 2nd time. Good luck!
The reason for cutting the leader is to stimulate more growth/height of the central leader. This will also cause the wood below the pruning cut to thicken and build strength to support lateral branches and the weight of the fruit. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
Hello brother, I am from Kashmir, India. I'm running a Horticulture Consultancy here for our apple growers. I want to arrange a zoom meeting for them. If you can join we can do this brother. Please let me know.
If you haven't seen an initial pruning right after planting, it looks really severe. But that tree now has twice the volume/structure and 2 more feet of height than before the pruning. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
That tree is 1 year old? There is no way! My tree grew 3 feet the first year with no branches. Five foot tree with this many branches and that thick of a trunk seems like a few years old at least. I must be doing something wrrong.
Yer right, it's probably 2-3 years old. We just consider a new tree at planting. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
These videos are PURE GOLD.
Great! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
The way he said "Trust Me" in the beginning, i swear I am going to trust him more than my best friend 😂. By the way thanks for the informative❤ videos
You're welcome 😊. Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/glwePid
And here’s the playlist for all of the tree care videos: th-cam.com/video/9ioGcl7gHgc/w-d-xo.html
Totally! I was like “here…my dog, keys to my house, my pin…” 😂
This man's single words is worth millions comparing to young expert...thank you sharing such a valuable knowledge.
Those of us at the farm share your admiration! I'm the video producer and it's been "pure gold" to make the videos with Orin. I've worked in video production for nearly 30 years and Orin is one of the best presenters I've had the pleasure to work with. And, he really makes my job easy because he usually does a video in a single "take" - I call him, "one take Orin". Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
wow! I actually understood ,why he was doing, what he was doing, with this little tree! A wonderful teacher! If i am going to cut into my tree, I want to know why! Thank you
sir!
Yer welcome! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
Pruner flip to end it was legendary hahaha
Have pruners, will travel!
Gracious me. Yes listening to him was easy enough but I had not yet pruned my 1 year old dwarf apple/pear trees yet this month June 2023. However, I still don't understand the places where to cut the branches. He actually pruned back pretty severely for this 1 year old trees, even the center main tree, the top was cut off. OUCH, I thought. My husband is determining to prune back the branches and neither of us know how to cut (which ones) of the little branches. We have 6 dwarf apple trees and 2 dwarf pear trees. Neither of us don't want to make mistakes and I feel I need someone to have the experienced to come help prunes these healthy trees. I mean I feel helpless and I feel nervous having my husband who is almost 80 yrs old to cut tender branches. I am at lost. I will see if I can visit some or one garden center to hire an experienced pruner on dwarf apple trees. Wish me luck!!
How did it go?? I have some little trees I am planning to prune today. This and other similar videos about trimming young trees have been so helpful. I think the most helpful thing has been that they explain that the tree is self-correcting, so if I prune a branch that would have been good to keep, it’s okay because the tree will just keep growing and I can try again later
I'm in similar situation, just don't understand where to cut off the branches on my lone apple tree! How did it go with you?
Very nice training keep it up
Thank you for the wealth of knowledge in pruning! I have just bought some bare root apple trees on dwarf root stock and I am trying to plan how I want them to shape out. I believe they are in a dormant state so do I let them grow without pruning for the this year and then do some light pruning in winter of next year? Also, which shape produces the most abundance of fruit the Modified central leader form or the open conical form?
Wonderful video. Is it possible to use a modified central leader form on an apple tree that I plan on keeping only 6 feet tall? Would it better to use an open center? Thank you!
Probably need a minimum of 8 feet of height for a leader tree. An open center form would probably be the best for a 6 foot tree.
@@jimclark6605 Thank you!
Thank you!
Yer welcome! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
Can your tree of this size be plant on ground and survive freezing cold winter like -5F?
Thank you. Would you prune a 1 year old pear in the same fashion?
Yer welcome! Here is a 4 part series on how to prune a just planted pear tree. You can probably find your tree shape represented in one of these videos: th-cam.com/video/ZtqxcKLE1Ck/w-d-xo.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/glwePid
Best of luck with your trees!!
I have just planted a bare root tree from the big box store..it had roots forming on 80% of the grafted root stock stump…I planted the main root ball about 4 inches deep which was about 6 inches of the whole(10-12in) grafted stump..this left a few of the higher forming roots exposed and now they’ve sort of air pruned and died off on their own…was this the correct thing to do? Or should I have planted the whole thing all the way up to where roots had started forming? I was worried it would rot if I did plant the whole grafted stump completely.
Normally, you would put all of the roots below the soil level, but leaving the graft union 4-6 inches above the soil level. Sounds like your tree is doing well, so it should be fine. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
I planted my tree from a nursery and it's currently July, I want a center leader form however should I wait for fall dormant time to do the type of pruning you did in the video? Or could I do this now? Tree is same height and shape as the one in the video.
What did you end up with? I just planted one similar and it's the end of August. I have a long growing season and will be pruning now...
I just bought Orins book but 1,5 year too late ... ;-)).
In april 2023 I bought many young fruit trees, I assume 2 year old.
I haven't prune them since … so I have a delay of a year.
The apple trees have a M26 rootstock and are supposed to get a modified central leader form.
1. Two trees hardly have any vigour in the bottom branches that are supposed to be the scaffolds.
How can I correct this?
2.In general, how to induce laterals on old growth? (because I missed the heading cut last winter)
3.A lot of primary branches that should become scaffolds have a 30-35 degree angle above horizontal, is that “too horizontal”?!
4.The branches that grow at the trunk where supposed to be the gap between the scaffold branches and the second tier, should I cut those branches now in (late?) summer (so there is no stimulation to growth) or wait until winter? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
I have some pear and apple trees that are between 2-5 years old that have some pruning cuts from the nursery but haven't been pruned since. The scaffold branches are about 4 feet long now and growing quite upright. How far should I cut back the scaffold branches and central leader? Should I cut back into older wood or stay in last year's growth and use weights/spreaders to train to a better angle? Should I prune them now in June while actively growing or wait until next winter?
So you prunes to a central leader- can you show how you prune to a modified leader later on?
Here's Orin pruning to a modified central leader: th-cam.com/video/J8gQ1ZRse0g/w-d-xo.html
I just purchased two potted apple trees from our local nursery. They have been planted but were already starting to bud and flower so i didnt want to prune until falls dormant phase. Unfortunately one of them now has a very tall central leader almost 7 feet tall and a couple feet above the rest of the main tree. Should i cut that main leader in the fall or will it ruin my central leader training?
You'll need at least 8 feet or more of height for a central leader form. It would be fine to cut the central leader back 2 feet or so in winter time. Just make sure the tree is completely dormant (has dropped most of its leaves and no new bud growth) for at least month before doing winter pruning. Also, if the weather cooperates, we'll post a followup video of this same tree being pruned a 2nd time. Good luck!
Pruning in winter will give you rapid sprouts in spring, pruning in summer will give you more compact trees ( less photosynthesis=less growth)
What if you don’t cut the central leader
The reason for cutting the leader is to stimulate more growth/height of the central leader. This will also cause the wood below the pruning cut to thicken and build strength to support lateral branches and the weight of the fruit. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
thank you for sharing this video.
Hello brother, I am from Kashmir, India. I'm running a Horticulture Consultancy here for our apple growers. I want to arrange a zoom meeting for them. If you can join we can do this brother. Please let me know.
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Dang, there's nothing left on that tree!
If you haven't seen an initial pruning right after planting, it looks really severe. But that tree now has twice the volume/structure and 2 more feet of height than before the pruning. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
@@ucscagroecology It inspired me to take a second hack at my trees before they wake up.
Leave the natural background please.
Please respect creators choice. Free quality videos from experts really do not need annoyance like this.
I'd ordinarily agree, but it's so obvious that he did this to make it easier to see the shape of the tree for this instructional video
That tree is 1 year old? There is no way! My tree grew 3 feet the first year with no branches. Five foot tree with this many branches and that thick of a trunk seems like a few years old at least. I must be doing something wrrong.
Yer right, it's probably 2-3 years old. We just consider a new tree at planting. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1