Hey Laura! Glad you found this one useful. I (Duane) get excited when I see life in the soil. For us here in the desert it's not something you see naturally!
Thanks Folks! The snow we got was a good soaker! I might trim my figs that are in the ground for the branches that are below the chicken wire (2 ft tall) that protects them so they dont grow thru the wire?
Hey Dan. It probably wouldn't hurt. We haven't gotten around to the fig tree pruning yet, but we need to get it done soon. Before you know it we'll be up above 80 degrees and the trees will start pushing sap and new growth.
That's exciting Daniel. Mainly your daughter's wedding, but also the task of getting that pruning done before the trees break dormancy. Praying for a blessed marriage for your daughter. You guys enjoy that special day with her.
Love your advise. Wish I knew this two years ago. Now I’m having to correct what I didn’t cut off. It’s so hard to cut branches when you only have 4 total 🙂.
Hey Teri! Yeah, our first 2 apple trees back in 2012 took the brunt of our inexperience as well. The first we lost to sunburn after not painting the trunk and the second was planted directly on a rock slab and lost a part of the main trunk because we didn't prune it back and never thinned the first year apples. This is the third time around with newly planted apple trees for us, so hopefully that's the charm!
@@utkarshmishra6485 we purchase the trunk paint from Home Depot and it's made by Arizona's Best. If you don't have access to that you can make your own with a 50/50 mix of indoor latex paint and water.
Another great informational video I can use all the info I can get. I picked up my trees on the 28th one of them the trunk is 5 and 1/2 inch past the roots I didn't know whether to cut it off or leave it on never had one like that before I already planted it Would you have left it on or cut it off I left it on but I really wanted to cut it off. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us
Pruning is something that doesn't come naturally to most of us. We really messed up our first 2 apple trees back in 2012, because we didn't prune them back and didn't protect the trunk. After losing one outright to sunburn and having the second one broken in half by too much branching/first year fruit we're learned a few lessons. Hopefully this third time around we'll get it right!
Good shot, kids! Now that all this bitter Arctic weather is about over, I'm checking strawberries in the garden, looking to see if grape buds are swelling, and so on. The wintered-over chili (soon to be 3 years in the garden) look OK. The Cana pomegranate and Li jujube came yesterday from those folks in cali. More strawberries came, Tristar. 6 are in the aquaponics unit and already growing. Last of the kumquats are eaten (quail took more than their share). And, the place where the next apple is going, and I hope survives, is close to getting done. Happy spring!
Sounds like we're headed down the same path as you this time of year. We don't have strawberries, but just yesterday I was double checking the buds on one of the bare root trees. It will be here before you know it!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Viva Arizona! I can hardly wait for cold weather to end, then we can get the floors poured for the compost pit and rainwater tank. 28 days later (no refence to horror movies :) the walls go in. Gray water goes thru the compost pit and then to the rainwater or to the garden, wherever all that fertility is needed. Got the Lang jujube in, and the Cana pomegranate, too. enjoy the weather. Before long, it'll be hiding in the house time in the afternoon :)
Lori couldn't contain the eye rolling at that one. It literally didn't even cross my mind that we were only dealing with 1/4" diameter twigs on these apple trees. Blinded by that 20v power!
You're going to really enjoy that land. We went crazy on that first acre we landed on here in Wittmann and have learned a lot since then. Hopefully some of the things we're sharing here will save you some time...and money!!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm yes I'm thankful I can watch and learn from you guys, I really love your swell and burm setup for your trees, its like each of your trees has it's own flood irrigation but your saving a lot of water, so I'm super excited to use your methods thank you.
How do you train your trees? My yard trees are for me big planted bonsai. I have a 9 foot Alberta Spruce in the front and makes a wonderful Christmas tree all lit up in the yard . I trained it just but cutting, no wires.
We pretty much do the same thing with treating them like bonsai trees. We've used limb spreaders made of wood in the past and will probably do the same with these pear trees to encourage more horizontal branching, but we usually pick an outward facing bud and cut just above it when pruning. I'll bet that Spruce is something to see in December!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and info. I have prunes tree having "Y" shape scaffolding, looks exactly like the one in your video around 11:00. I have been wondering what to do with this, keep it as is or cut one side and keep the other to grow as central leader. In order to make that decision, I watched hours of pruning related video, but you just gave me the right advise. It is still be a mid Jun, but I think I will work on this weekend. Again, thank you for you advise, and hello from Tokyo.
Oh so true. Lori and Austin had to practically force me to buy my first 20v Dewalt kit and now I try to use them for everything. Clearly an indication of addiction.
We're curious as well Jesse. Reid at RSI is pretty quick to dismiss certain types of trees that can't carry the fruit through our summers (fall apples as an example), but this is one he stocks. Fingers crossed we can get it to go!
Hey Lorri. That's a great question and we're covering that more with these videos that we're putting out. I think we discussed it in last week's vlog a little further, but it's the Arizona's Best tree trunk paint that you can find at Home Depot or Lowes. It's a 50/50 mix of indoor latex paint and water. We use it on young trees until they have a large enough canopy to protect the trunk from being sunburned and paint just up to the first horizontal branch or scaffolding. We use it on pretty much all of our trees, but grapevines don't need it.
Great question Kariire. We use the paint to protect the trunk against sun damage and also certain critters. I'll link to a video we did on the one we're using now that takes care of both; th-cam.com/video/bCe3UZI-GvY/w-d-xo.html
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Yeah. My plants are just a few months younger than yours so I would eagerly wait for all the updates. I have one question though, my Anna apple plant which is about 5 feet tall, did not shade the leaves. It has been chilling cold this year from october to till now. 8 degree for two months and below 16 for the rest. No leaves fell, rather it grew rapidly
@@utkarshmishra6485 it's common for these trees to keep their leaves through the winter in warmer weather (above freezing) and even if you're getting below freezing off and on. We prefer to remove the leaves before pruning as it makes it easier to see pruning cuts, but it's not completely necessary. You do want to get your pruning done before it starts to flower if possible.
Greetings from Tucson! My Anna and DG from RSI are about the same size as yours. Are we creating whips to promote scaffolding/branch growth before we top the central leader off? Thank you.
Congrats on those new trees and great question. That first year in the ground is critical for establishing the trunk and overall shape of the tree. Whether you top the tree after creating the whip or keep it growing for another season is up to you. The key will be deciding how long you want the trunk before the initial horizontal branching occurs. We need about 3' of trunk before we allow branching because of the jack rabbit pressure, but if that wasn't there we would want the break to be around 2 feet. Our trees here are only about 2-3' tall as it is, so I would be inclined to leave them as is either way. However, you can create the whip and then top it at 2' if that's where you want the tree to send out scaffolding. Hopefully this helps!
Great question Lala. If you're referring to the pear trees it's because we want the center leader or trunk to continue to grow vertically. This will give the tree more size and also eventually help shade the lower branches and fruit. The younger apple trees need to grow a bit higher before we cut back the trunk because we have to get them above our rabbit cages.
Great question Joe. We use the Arizona's Best white tree trunk paint that we purchase from Home Depot. My understanding is it's a 50/50 mix of indoor latex paint and water. The premixed cans make it easy though.
I told my wife to prune the potted apple tree in my backyard since im away from home. I kinda was waiting for you guys to show us when which you did. Lol
That's for sure Kathlyn. The trees do a pretty good job of supplying flowers for several months a year, but you can never have too many for those wonderful, buzzy buddies!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm My wild Bergamot and Liatris do very well at attracting pollinators and they are drought tolerant and tough. I grow many wild natives here in Texas, because the critters love them and they grow super well. I'm not sure what is native in your area, but I'd sure try some that bloomed after the trees were done, for continuous activity. I am a Master Gardener of east Texas Zone 8b.
Hey Aneeb Khan- Edge of Nowhere has a whole bunch of winemaking vids in their channel library. So you can see the tools and methods using various fruits. Duane and Lori may have moved current winemaking vids to their other channel... healthyfarmliving or something like that.
Hello Aneeb! It looks like Allan answered the question for you and he's correct. We have a playlist here on TH-cam that shows how we make wine from start to finish. Each fruit is a little different, but the steps are exactly the same. I'll link a series for you here; th-cam.com/play/PLnT_wyDSIC9jkm3XeC8cwgkIQZuXHOsmb.html
Most of the worms we're seeing here we "transplanted" from the old farm. We had several tree starts that we kept on top of woodchips when we moved onto this new property to make sure we kept the worms happy through our first Winter and transplanted along with those trees. Since then we have seen them pretty consistently wherever we have woodchips, water and some composted manure.
Great question Lou. It's the Arizona's Best white tree trunk paint you can find at Home Depot or Lowes. From what I understand it's a 50/50 mix of indoor latex paint and water, but we find the premixed stuff to be easy to use and inexpensive.
Fantastic video on your pruning details, down to the little feeder roots and worm life in Arizona!
Hey Laura! Glad you found this one useful. I (Duane) get excited when I see life in the soil. For us here in the desert it's not something you see naturally!
Thanks Folks! The snow we got was a good soaker! I might trim my figs that are in the ground for the branches that are below the chicken wire (2 ft tall) that protects them so they dont grow thru the wire?
Hey Dan. It probably wouldn't hurt. We haven't gotten around to the fig tree pruning yet, but we need to get it done soon. Before you know it we'll be up above 80 degrees and the trees will start pushing sap and new growth.
Great info, we are all done pruning and have to get everything done for our oldest daughters upcoming wedding. Thank you for sharing.
That's exciting Daniel. Mainly your daughter's wedding, but also the task of getting that pruning done before the trees break dormancy. Praying for a blessed marriage for your daughter. You guys enjoy that special day with her.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thank you so much and we truly are blessed.
Love your advise. Wish I knew this two years ago. Now I’m having to correct what I didn’t cut off. It’s so hard to cut branches when you only have 4 total 🙂.
Hey Teri! Yeah, our first 2 apple trees back in 2012 took the brunt of our inexperience as well. The first we lost to sunburn after not painting the trunk and the second was planted directly on a rock slab and lost a part of the main trunk because we didn't prune it back and never thinned the first year apples. This is the third time around with newly planted apple trees for us, so hopefully that's the charm!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm what material should be used to paint them.
@@utkarshmishra6485 we purchase the trunk paint from Home Depot and it's made by Arizona's Best. If you don't have access to that you can make your own with a 50/50 mix of indoor latex paint and water.
Another great informational video I can use all the info I can get. I picked up my trees on the 28th one of them the trunk is 5 and 1/2 inch past the roots I didn't know whether to cut it off or leave it on never had one like that before I already planted it Would you have left it on or cut it off I left it on but I really wanted to cut it off. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us
Pruning is something that doesn't come naturally to most of us. We really messed up our first 2 apple trees back in 2012, because we didn't prune them back and didn't protect the trunk. After losing one outright to sunburn and having the second one broken in half by too much branching/first year fruit we're learned a few lessons. Hopefully this third time around we'll get it right!
Good shot, kids! Now that all this bitter Arctic weather is about over, I'm checking strawberries in the garden, looking to see if grape buds are swelling, and so on. The wintered-over chili (soon to be 3 years in the garden) look OK. The Cana pomegranate and Li jujube came yesterday from those folks in cali. More strawberries came, Tristar. 6 are in the aquaponics unit and already growing. Last of the kumquats are eaten (quail took more than their share). And, the place where the next apple is going, and I hope survives, is close to getting done. Happy spring!
Sounds like we're headed down the same path as you this time of year. We don't have strawberries, but just yesterday I was double checking the buds on one of the bare root trees. It will be here before you know it!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Viva Arizona! I can hardly wait for cold weather to end, then we can get the floors poured for the compost pit and rainwater tank. 28 days later (no refence to horror movies :) the walls go in. Gray water goes thru the compost pit and then to the rainwater or to the garden, wherever all that fertility is needed. Got the Lang jujube in, and the Cana pomegranate, too. enjoy the weather. Before long, it'll be hiding in the house time in the afternoon :)
Grrrr! Me get power tool for small job. Grrrr!
Funny stuff guys! :-D
Lori couldn't contain the eye rolling at that one. It literally didn't even cross my mind that we were only dealing with 1/4" diameter twigs on these apple trees. Blinded by that 20v power!
Wow. Thanks for good work
Glad you found this one useful!
Thank you very much for the info! I'm going to use your techniques as soon as I get my one acre home👍
You're going to really enjoy that land. We went crazy on that first acre we landed on here in Wittmann and have learned a lot since then. Hopefully some of the things we're sharing here will save you some time...and money!!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm yes I'm thankful I can watch and learn from you guys, I really love your swell and burm setup for your trees, its like each of your trees has it's own flood irrigation but your saving a lot of water, so I'm super excited to use your methods thank you.
How do you train your trees? My yard trees are for me big planted bonsai. I have a 9 foot Alberta Spruce in the front and makes a wonderful Christmas tree all lit up in the yard . I trained it just but cutting, no wires.
We pretty much do the same thing with treating them like bonsai trees. We've used limb spreaders made of wood in the past and will probably do the same with these pear trees to encourage more horizontal branching, but we usually pick an outward facing bud and cut just above it when pruning. I'll bet that Spruce is something to see in December!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and info. I have prunes tree having "Y" shape scaffolding, looks exactly like the one in your video around 11:00. I have been wondering what to do with this, keep it as is or cut one side and keep the other to grow as central leader. In order to make that decision, I watched hours of pruning related video, but you just gave me the right advise. It is still be a mid Jun, but I think I will work on this weekend. Again, thank you for you advise, and hello from Tokyo.
Glad we could be of help. All the way from the US!!
Power tools are tempting.
Oh so true. Lori and Austin had to practically force me to buy my first 20v Dewalt kit and now I try to use them for everything. Clearly an indication of addiction.
Very good experiments and plus Great Information I like it
Hey Nazar! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Curious to see if the Waddel pear works well in your climate. I have not hear great things about fall varieties in our climate.
We're curious as well Jesse. Reid at RSI is pretty quick to dismiss certain types of trees that can't carry the fruit through our summers (fall apples as an example), but this is one he stocks. Fingers crossed we can get it to go!
Awesome video 👍
Glad you enjoyed this one Lou!
Always 🙏
Can you talk a little bit about the paint? What kind, why, where do you get it, which trees do you do it on, how high?
Hey Lorri. That's a great question and we're covering that more with these videos that we're putting out. I think we discussed it in last week's vlog a little further, but it's the Arizona's Best tree trunk paint that you can find at Home Depot or Lowes. It's a 50/50 mix of indoor latex paint and water. We use it on young trees until they have a large enough canopy to protect the trunk from being sunburned and paint just up to the first horizontal branch or scaffolding. We use it on pretty much all of our trees, but grapevines don't need it.
Great content thank you
Glad you enjoyed this one!
Why did you paint it and which type of paint did you use. Thanks
Great question Kariire. We use the paint to protect the trunk against sun damage and also certain critters. I'll link to a video we did on the one we're using now that takes care of both;
th-cam.com/video/bCe3UZI-GvY/w-d-xo.html
Awesome Video as always
Glad you enjoyed this one. Now to see what effect this has on these trees!!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Yeah. My plants are just a few months younger than yours so I would eagerly wait for all the updates. I have one question though, my Anna apple plant which is about 5 feet tall, did not shade the leaves. It has been chilling cold this year from october to till now. 8 degree for two months and below 16 for the rest. No leaves fell, rather it grew rapidly
@@utkarshmishra6485 it's common for these trees to keep their leaves through the winter in warmer weather (above freezing) and even if you're getting below freezing off and on. We prefer to remove the leaves before pruning as it makes it easier to see pruning cuts, but it's not completely necessary. You do want to get your pruning done before it starts to flower if possible.
Greetings from Tucson! My Anna and DG from RSI are about the same size as yours. Are we creating whips to promote scaffolding/branch growth before we top the central leader off? Thank you.
Congrats on those new trees and great question. That first year in the ground is critical for establishing the trunk and overall shape of the tree. Whether you top the tree after creating the whip or keep it growing for another season is up to you. The key will be deciding how long you want the trunk before the initial horizontal branching occurs. We need about 3' of trunk before we allow branching because of the jack rabbit pressure, but if that wasn't there we would want the break to be around 2 feet. Our trees here are only about 2-3' tall as it is, so I would be inclined to leave them as is either way. However, you can create the whip and then top it at 2' if that's where you want the tree to send out scaffolding. Hopefully this helps!
When do you fertilize your Apple trees?
We usually fertilize them along with the rest of our fruit trees/vines/shrubs in February, May and September.
Why you didn't click the center leader from the top
Great question Lala. If you're referring to the pear trees it's because we want the center leader or trunk to continue to grow vertically. This will give the tree more size and also eventually help shade the lower branches and fruit. The younger apple trees need to grow a bit higher before we cut back the trunk because we have to get them above our rabbit cages.
What is the name of the place you got your trees at?
Hey there Marisol! We bought most of these trees from Reid and RSI Growers in Glendale. I'll link his website for you here;
rsigrowers.com/index.html
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thanks a bunch! 😊
@@marisolguzman4140 you go it!
What kind of paint do you use?
Great question Joe. We use the Arizona's Best white tree trunk paint that we purchase from Home Depot. My understanding is it's a 50/50 mix of indoor latex paint and water. The premixed cans make it easy though.
I told my wife to prune the potted apple tree in my backyard since im away from home. I kinda was waiting for you guys to show us when which you did.
Lol
Timing was perfect, because I noticed yesterday this tree is starting to get new leaves on it!!
Your farm could definitely benefit from adding pollinator attracting flowers.
That's for sure Kathlyn. The trees do a pretty good job of supplying flowers for several months a year, but you can never have too many for those wonderful, buzzy buddies!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm My wild Bergamot and Liatris do very well at attracting pollinators and they are drought tolerant and tough. I grow many wild natives here in Texas, because the critters love them and they grow super well. I'm not sure what is native in your area, but I'd sure try some that bloomed after the trees were done, for continuous activity. I am a Master Gardener of east Texas Zone 8b.
@@kathlynblack3517 I'm sure we have some natives here as well that are worth considering. Thank you for the suggestions!
Can you please help me to make apricot wine.
Hey Aneeb Khan- Edge of Nowhere has a whole bunch of winemaking vids in their channel library.
So you can see the tools and methods using various fruits.
Duane and Lori may have moved current winemaking vids to their other channel... healthyfarmliving or something like that.
@@allanturpin2023 thanks dear💕
Hello Aneeb! It looks like Allan answered the question for you and he's correct. We have a playlist here on TH-cam that shows how we make wine from start to finish. Each fruit is a little different, but the steps are exactly the same. I'll link a series for you here;
th-cam.com/play/PLnT_wyDSIC9jkm3XeC8cwgkIQZuXHOsmb.html
@@allanturpin2023 thanks Allan! 100% correct. BTW, we had 3/4" of rain this past week. You'll never guess how we knew that number...:)
What is the source of the worms? Cause the ground is hard as rock and only is softening because of the water. Did they come in with the wood chips?
Most of the worms we're seeing here we "transplanted" from the old farm. We had several tree starts that we kept on top of woodchips when we moved onto this new property to make sure we kept the worms happy through our first Winter and transplanted along with those trees. Since then we have seen them pretty consistently wherever we have woodchips, water and some composted manure.
What type (brand) of paint do you use...
Great question Lou. It's the Arizona's Best white tree trunk paint you can find at Home Depot or Lowes. From what I understand it's a 50/50 mix of indoor latex paint and water, but we find the premixed stuff to be easy to use and inexpensive.
Thank you🙏 I love your channel learn alot and use your practices for my little orchard 😉
@@biglou4452 sure thing and glad to hear we can help out with your orchard!