I just wanted to say, I have watched many and many "how to prune fruit trees" videos, and this was by far the easiest to follow and I definitely feel confident pruning my fruit trees now. Thank you very much!
Well said man! I have also searched and searched and most of the videos were confusing. Luckily I found this guy and now I have enough confidence in pruning
What time of the year should we be pruning fruit trees? I have just bought a home with four apple trees one pear tree one cherry tree and I don't know anything about it. I'm learning
This is the best one I’ve seen so far! I don’t want to cut anything off the tree so even though you said the trees aren’t screaming and crying, I will be screaming and crying when I do this. 😭😫😩🥺😢😪
Thank you for putting this video out there. I have a peach tree that I am learning to prune on. I first learned how to prune last year by watching a Paul Gautchi video. I was so pleased to actually have larger peaches growing this year! I would like it if you would post an updated pruning video as your trees grow every year. Thanks so much!
Finally! A video that is quick, easy to follow, and most of all thank you for facts and the professional way of demonstrating. I hope you have a video for easy to prune raspberry patch and how to keep the weeds out over the summer!? That would TOTALLY make my day :)
I wish I had a friend like you around here that I could learn from. To spend a day in the garden learning all the tricks would be invaluable, until then, I have your videos. Thanks for those.
Just wanted to suggest that you carry a dollar store spray bottle filled with alcohol to spray your tools with as you go plant to plant or tree to tree. It makes it a breeze to sanitize.
I order 99% and keep it in a spray bottle that I grab every time I grab my tools. Last year diseases spread so easily over m garden and it was much more control d this year.
Thank you for easy to follow instructions! I have never had fruit trees to maintain til I retired, but am determined to take proper care of trees so grandchildren can enjoy the benefits with me. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for this video. Have watched so many but yours was very informative for a new gardener with 12 potted fruit trees 2yrs old now. Thanks again ❤️🙏 xx
Great simple instructions, easy to follow and helps with being a fearless prunner. Like the simple rules given! The 3 Ds (dead, dying diseased) & the 3 CACs ( Crossing, Acute, Clustered)! I love pruning yet sometimes explaining to others is tricky. This helped me remember and helped to know how to explain better. THANK YOU!
Thank you! I really feel confident now. I have been so scared to prune. Every video I watched made me even more nervous. I will remember the 3 D's and the CAC rules. Wish me luck!
Best information ever! I have books on this topic but none explain it as clearly and as easily understood as you just did in a 7 minute video. Thank you!
Thank you Luke and MI Gardener for posting this video. I came across this video because I was seeking further clarification of Jesus pruning fruit trees in John chapter 15 in the Bible. The part about cutting out the diseased, dead, or dying branches (the three D's!) in order to not spread that unhealthiness to other branches made sense to me. Likewise, there are members in Christian churches worldwide that do the world a disservice instead of producing fruit. Producing fruit in this context is essentially demonstrating love and righteousness and producing more disciples for Jesus. And there are those that produce fruit that Jesus will prune and help produce even more fruit. An example of a Christian individual that is producing a lot of fruit is Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California (associated with Grace to You Ministries).
Excellent tips! Recently found a “wild” peach tree in my yard, I thought it was a kind of willow until it produced fruit! It’s really going wild, I needed just those tips to start caring for it. Thanks!
A BIG THANKS 😁 J just moved to northern California in the forest and just planted my orchard fruit nut trees super excited and now learning how to trim before winter
Thanks Luke! Very timely for me! I just purchased seven apple trees and have them outside waiting for me to plant! I'm delighted I watched this video along with your other video on transplanting! Thanks again! VERY HELPFUL!!
Great video- straight to the meat and potatoes of teaching you what you need to know: how to decide which branches to prune on your tree. Other videos waste so much time!
Ten thousand THANKS for your video! A+ for AUDIO! A+ for CLARITY and A+ for general ELOQUENCE! At this very moment, I am going outside to scrutinize my guava YOUNG guava tree, in order to decipher whether or not it requires the immediacy of pruning.
Very useful tips! Aaaand to anyone who was cringing over the amount he pruned, dont. It really helps make the tres stronger and produce more for longer. Also! The cuttings you removed dont have to be wasted, dip them in some honey or rooting hormone and place em in a pot in a shady corner. They are clones of the original tree and will grow into full sized versions of the parent tree in time. Thanks again Luke!
I admit that at this video is one of the most useful information of of to prune a fruit tree I've ever come across. Thanks for sharing Al the pro-tips and how's. For that reason, I subbed 👍🍃🌿☘🌴🌲🌱
I can see. why Ray promotes your channel. I had to come check you out. I must say, I really enjoyed this video. I am impressed. You make things clear and easy to understand.
Complete and concise. Having watched a lot of other pruning videos, this one gets it right! Not too much useless information . I actually could understand the main ideas. DDD. CAC. The idea of Acute Angles made my thinker POP! Got it! I went out immediately and pruned my apple tree. ...and it looks good!
Great video, Luke. Learned something new-- prune clusters and acute angles. Pruning is fun and something that many of your viewers may agree is cathartic for both the plant and the self.
ROTFL the enthusiasm peeking between the branches!!! LOL You're awesome. LOVE your channel and I so NEEDED this video right now! I JUST replanted my 2 year old calamondin citrus tonight (it had poor drainage), fixed the drainage holes, added coco cuir, more perlite, plus the ecoscraps citrus fertilizer. I'll let my tree adjust to the new soil and will keep this video for future (very soon to use) reference. Thank you Luke!!!
+MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living I need this citrus guide you speak of! I have a citrus that is in a container and really needs to be transplanted.
This is exactly the video I was looking for! My lime tree isn’t doing well and needed advice on how to prune it all off to encourage better growth instead of fruiting
I am new to fruit trees and I loved this video! You explained everything expertly! Thank you so much for this... My Peach Tree thanks you too! 🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑
A university fruit tree expert told me you can prune different canopy amounts by type: 50% peach, 40% nectarines, 30% apricot and plum, but only 10-15% for apples (a multi year plan required).
I'm NOT an expert, but have a lot of small and some large fruit/nut trees--I would cut the horizontal branch, I like them to angle UP from the trunk. Thanks for the very useful advice!
Other sites say prune in winter when dormant? Also can you do a video about removing fruit from diff types of fruit trees and how much to remove? great info, thanks!
You should teach people how to clone those clippings or graft them or make tea. I make tea with all of my Citrus leaves and it's great. I also make tea with my peels. Look it up super nutritious.
That was fantastic instructional. Currently I believe that I have two healthy either peach trees and a few other fruit trees, i"m not sure which types are the ones that almost immediately got diseased soon as they reached a foot tall losing their leaves during the summer. So my questions to you is: The healthy peach trees are only about two feet tall should I begin the process of pruning now in fall or wait till the plant is your height? Also I set one of the trees in lower terrain within a small circle about a foot in diameter so it maintains more moisture. Good on not good? Another question is pertaining to the dead or dying diseased trees which have only reached a foot tall or so, should I destroy them? Transplant them to another location? Or leave them till Spring and do something with them then in case they come around again? And one more question, sorry: I have preserved various fruit pits, they have been in my freezer since summer. Is it alright to plant them now in containers or outside or should I wait till Spring to do either? Thanks for your help!
I truly needed this info badly. I have a new Apple tree that looks like yours, but didn't pruned it after planting it, and my peach tree that we can never seem to get rt just because we don't know how, we were afraid of killing it. Thanks again Luke
Prityboylu Villa Oh no, you won't kill it. Just keep searching for good pruning videos on TH-cam. There's a lot of good ones out there. Not much difference with peach. Happy growing!
Prityboylu Villa: I wouldn't say this guy is wrong. But there is another side to this. Food for the tree is made in the leaves. (1)So I leave a few more leafy branches on after planting the trees, for at least a year. It is to encourage growth, and therefore establishment of the tree. (2) Did you notice the extra branch he left on, in the lower right? That is called a temporary branch. Its job is the work of more leaves, it helps to increase trunk diameter, and it can be removed when the crown of the tree gets fuller. (3) When pruning away on those branches, note the direction of buds. Prune just outside a bud that faces the direction a future new branch should grow. As he said, branches are to face or grow outward. (4) Did you notice his pruners? They are the kind you need. They cut with a scissors action, and therefore don't crush anything. And they are good for making proper cuts, which will grow in importanxe as the tree grows older.
Very helpful video as I've been pruning my fruit trees the wrong way! Thank you so much!! Do you also do a video Mr Gardener, on how to support branches of fruit trees that have lots of crops that causing the branches to droop? Thank you again!
Hi Betsy, There are three considerations about branches that are heavy with fruit. •First, what kind of fruit is it? •Second, you are welcome to prop up branches with a board, etc. When you do that, would you cushion the place of contact please? We don't want rubbing, which would cause an open wound. That would lead to other problems. •And third, if your tree is an apple or a pear, it is a good idea to thin the fruit. This is both for weight reduction and fruit quality. The tree has X amount of energy for the season. If that energy is divided among fewer fruit, then each fruit gets more attention and will be bigger and better. The goal is not more fruit, it is higher quality fruit. A good way to determine the amount of fruit thinning is like this: hold out your hand. Curl your fingers but leave your thumb and pinky out. Spread these two fingers wide. Hold these fingers on the branch. This is the distance you want between fruit. Come back some time if you try these things. Let us know how you did.
Great video, although I'm a bit confused because I was just reading about newly planted trees and how you shouldn't prune them because you may be pruning off stored auxin, which is needed for root development of the new tree, and that the foliage is needed to produce photosynthate, also important for root development. So much conflicting information makes for one confused student! If anyone can offer input to help de-confuse me, I welcome comment. Thanks!
Deanna Brand simply put Deanna...the young man is wrong and you are correct. Ty for giving his viewers a chance to learn from the books this kid needs to be reading before just doing what he is told.
Luke, really enjoy your channel and all the tips and the individual video you have done no a number of different vegs. Thank you for all you do to help people to grow there own food. Think about creating your own book. I would buy it.
Luke have 10 trees on order and would like to know two things. 1- I want to keep them from growing too tall, so I am thinking the goblet style of pruning for all that do well with it. I thought I heard some prefer to have a leader. In your opinion, would the goblet style work for peach, cherry, plum, apple and pear trees? 2- Which trees are More aesthetically pleasing, so I can put the prettiest towards the road. I am thinking cherry would be pretty on the road/house approach side. What would be your second pick as prettiest/cleanest? Plum? Pear? Just thought I would ask for your opinion.
Thank u for the wonderful sharing. I definitely gain so many new things from u guys. Now, I can adhere to a specific guide when pruning. Previously, I just cut randomly. I think I actually prune some of them too much.
Thanks, I love the 3Ds and CAC to apply a theory like this at the tree is helpful, and not the copious notes I have written in my garden notes from other apricot tree pruners.
The part where you were talking about the tree crying was the exact moment I was watching The Chamber of Secrets as they were repotting their mandrakes 😂🙉
I just wanted to say, I have watched many and many "how to prune fruit trees" videos, and this was by far the easiest to follow and I definitely feel confident pruning my fruit trees now. Thank you very much!
Well said man! I have also searched and searched and most of the videos were confusing. Luckily I found this guy and now I have enough confidence in pruning
Just curious how your pruning worked out for you since it was a couple years ago??
I could not agree more !
What time of the year should we be pruning fruit trees? I have just bought a home with four apple trees one pear tree one cherry tree and I don't know anything about it. I'm learning
That’s what I came to say, well done Sir!
This is the best one I’ve seen so far! I don’t want to cut anything off the tree so even though you said the trees aren’t screaming and crying, I will be screaming and crying when I do this. 😭😫😩🥺😢😪
Thank you for putting this video out there. I have a peach tree that I am learning to prune on. I first learned how to prune last year by watching a Paul Gautchi video. I was so pleased to actually have larger peaches growing this year! I would like it if you would post an updated pruning video as your trees grow every year. Thanks so much!
Finally! A video that is quick, easy to follow, and most of all thank you for facts and the professional way of demonstrating. I hope you have a video for easy to prune raspberry patch and how to keep the weeds out over the summer!? That would TOTALLY make my day :)
I wish I had a friend like you around here that I could learn from. To spend a day in the garden learning all the tricks would be invaluable, until then, I have your videos. Thanks for those.
“They don’t have feelings”. I’m subscribing cause of that man. Well done.
Best explaination ever. 3Ds dead dying disease. CAC clustering acute crossed/Inward growth
Excellent tutorial on pruning, Best, most concise and simple to understand I have seen. Thank you!
Will attempt to try.
Prior to your video I spent an hour watching Pruning videos I now feel much better after watching yours thank you so much
Just wanted to suggest that you carry a dollar store spray bottle filled with alcohol to spray your tools with as you go plant to plant or tree to tree. It makes it a breeze to sanitize.
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And not that 50/50 stuff! Wet cuts spread disease.
@@JaredHempfield 91% isoprrop alcohol?
I order 99% and keep it in a spray bottle that I grab every time I grab my tools. Last year diseases spread so easily over m garden and it was much more control d this year.
akmartinez419 thanks for the information brother
Thank you for easy to follow instructions! I have never had fruit trees to maintain til I retired, but am determined to take proper care of trees so grandchildren can enjoy the benefits with me. Thanks again.
You stuck to the rule of "N N V" - No Nonsense Video!!
These rules can apply to most trees and even shrubs - Thank You and Subscribed!!
This is by far the most concise and informative video about pruning on You Tube. Well done, MIgardener!
Thank you so much for this video. Have watched so many but yours was very informative for a new gardener with 12 potted fruit trees 2yrs old now. Thanks again ❤️🙏 xx
This is the best and least confusing instruction I’ve ever seen, thank you!
It's not the best ir the worst. He didnt demonstrate how to promote fruiting of Basal buds
You always give the best, detailed information! I love how you always explain the “why.”
Great simple instructions, easy to follow and helps with being a fearless prunner. Like the simple rules given! The 3 Ds (dead, dying diseased) & the 3 CACs ( Crossing, Acute, Clustered)! I love pruning yet sometimes explaining to others is tricky. This helped me remember and helped to know how to explain better. THANK YOU!
Absolutely the best video on the topic I have seen. I watch it every time I'm gonna prune my fruit trees for reminder. Thank You :)) Love your channel
I just watched several pruning videos but you actually explained it so well! Im good. Thank you.
I was fortunate enough to take a class with my local extension agent and a local orchard operator a few years back. This is a great refresher!
This just helped me understand a verse in the bible! Thank you ! Praise God !
Excellent tips. I kept hearing of pruning but never understood exactly what or how to do it until now. Thank you very much
Excellent information. Thanks so much! I'm not new to gardening but am new to pruning fruit trees. This was so helpful.
Thank you! I really feel confident now. I have been so scared to prune. Every video I watched made me even more nervous. I will remember the 3 D's and the CAC rules. Wish me luck!
Best information ever! I have books on this topic but none explain it as clearly and as easily understood as you just did in a 7 minute video. Thank you!
The best?!? WOW! Awesome! I love that we even beat our books! That says a lot. Thank you Michelle!
I watched 5-6 videos on pruning fruit trees and this one was the best by far. DDD and CAC - got it!
Thank you Luke and MI Gardener for posting this video. I came across this video because I was seeking further clarification of Jesus pruning fruit trees in John chapter 15 in the Bible. The part about cutting out the diseased, dead, or dying branches (the three D's!) in order to not spread that unhealthiness to other branches made sense to me. Likewise, there are members in Christian churches worldwide that do the world a disservice instead of producing fruit. Producing fruit in this context is essentially demonstrating love and righteousness and producing more disciples for Jesus. And there are those that produce fruit that Jesus will prune and help produce even more fruit. An example of a Christian individual that is producing a lot of fruit is Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California (associated with Grace to You Ministries).
I've been binge watching your channel for 2 years, I've learned so much!!! Thank you!
better than school,eh?
Excellent tips! Recently found a “wild” peach tree in my yard, I thought it was a kind of willow until it produced fruit! It’s really going wild, I needed just those tips to start caring for it. Thanks!
Just need to remember ACCC
Acute branches
Crappy branches
Clusters
Crossing
Oh my gosh, the is THE BEST instructional for pruning!!! THANK YOU !!!
A BIG THANKS 😁 J just moved to northern California in the forest and just planted my orchard fruit nut trees super excited and now learning how to trim before winter
Thanks Luke! Very timely for me! I just purchased seven apple trees and have them outside waiting for me to plant! I'm delighted I watched this video along with your other video on transplanting! Thanks again! VERY HELPFUL!!
Thank you Luke for this wonderful tutorial! I love it! Cheers from Southern California.
Great video- straight to the meat and potatoes of teaching you what you need to know: how to decide which branches to prune on your tree. Other videos waste so much time!
Pruning is fun to me. Don't know why. I used to turn junipers into Bonsai trees all the time when I was a teen. I even sold a few.
I love bonsai haha I had a tree for a while too.
the mercenary in you..:)
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your thumps r green : ) mine r brown : ( love ur channel .
I know the bee love the blooms!🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
This is the best pruning video by far. Well explained and easy to follow👍
Ten thousand THANKS for your video! A+ for AUDIO! A+ for CLARITY and A+ for general ELOQUENCE! At this very moment, I am going outside to scrutinize my guava YOUNG guava tree, in order to decipher whether or not it requires the immediacy of pruning.
Luke , this by far is the best pruning video out there... simple , precise and uncomplicated...
Finally! best fruit tree pruning video. Thanks for the guide.
Very useful tips! Aaaand to anyone who was cringing over the amount he pruned, dont. It really helps make the tres stronger and produce more for longer. Also! The cuttings you removed dont have to be wasted, dip them in some honey or rooting hormone and place em in a pot in a shady corner. They are clones of the original tree and will grow into full sized versions of the parent tree in time. Thanks again Luke!
I have two Jamaican cherry trees, and this video has given me clear and straightforward information about pruning them. Thank you so much!
Just to let you know that was a superb video . It taught a lot thank you very much from here in England . Kind regards paul
Absolutely amazing! you have given me so much peace. I can prune my trees now. Thank you
Probably the quickest most concise information on the subject I've ever seen... Thank you DDD and CAC... ^~^
finally, I found a video showing how to prune fruit trees. Excellent! Video thank you for sharing
I'm a fan and this does not disappoint. Off to prune!!
I admit that at this video is one of the most useful information of of to prune a fruit tree I've ever come across. Thanks for sharing Al the pro-tips and how's. For that reason, I subbed 👍🍃🌿☘🌴🌲🌱
I can see. why Ray promotes your channel. I had to come check you out. I must say, I really enjoyed this video. I am impressed. You make things clear and easy to understand.
Complete and concise. Having watched a lot of other pruning videos, this one gets it right! Not too much useless information . I actually could understand the main ideas. DDD. CAC. The idea of Acute Angles made my thinker POP! Got it! I went out immediately and pruned my apple tree. ...and it looks good!
Great video, Luke. Learned something new-- prune clusters and acute angles. Pruning is fun and something that many of your viewers may agree is cathartic for both the plant and the self.
ROTFL the enthusiasm peeking between the branches!!! LOL You're awesome. LOVE your channel and I so NEEDED this video right now! I JUST replanted my 2 year old calamondin citrus tonight (it had poor drainage), fixed the drainage holes, added coco cuir, more perlite, plus the ecoscraps citrus fertilizer. I'll let my tree adjust to the new soil and will keep this video for future (very soon to use) reference. Thank you Luke!!!
WOO! I am so glad you are following the citrus guide we did! You should be off to the races in no time!
+MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living I need this citrus guide you speak of! I have a citrus that is in a container and really needs to be transplanted.
This is exactly the video I was looking for! My lime tree isn’t doing well and needed advice on how to prune it all off to encourage better growth instead of fruiting
I am new to fruit trees and I loved this video! You explained everything expertly!
Thank you so much for this...
My Peach Tree thanks you too! 🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑
We just watched this wonderfully informative video. What a terrific job this young man did! We have now subscribed. Thank you!!
Thanks so much enjoyed the video as it is really helpful with how to prune trees well. Would say its one of the best videos on this subject.
Clear, concise and easy to follow, Thank you.
Luke great content! Short vide and right too the point! Cant wait to prune tomorrow!
A university fruit tree expert told me you can prune different canopy amounts by type: 50% peach, 40% nectarines, 30% apricot and plum, but only 10-15% for apples (a multi year plan required).
Trees do have feelings.
The book:
The Secret Life of Plants
Thanks for the info
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I used to watch my dad do this as a child...hated helping as a kid,but love it now. What you do is amazing. Does this apply to Citrus as well?
This does not really apply to citrus since citrus LOVE growing on round bushy large trees.
Thank you that was very clear and understanding guide. I might have a go myself to do pruning more effectively
I'm NOT an expert, but have a lot of small and some large fruit/nut trees--I would cut the horizontal branch, I like them to angle UP from the trunk. Thanks for the very useful advice!
A nice demo on pruning
yes plants do feel! and yes they communicate to those who know how to listen!
This is so nice! I'm about to receive 2 cherry trees and need this kind of info.
Always the best lessons... and great demos!
Great video, and very encouraging and inspiring! Thanks! I will start pruning the fruit trees this week. 😊🍀🌟
Other sites say prune in winter when dormant? Also can you do a video about removing fruit from diff types of fruit trees and how much to remove? great info, thanks!
Great job Luke. Love all of the info and details. Keep them videos coming! it was VERY VERY helpful
Fantastic video and very clear and detailed. I think this will come in handy for my loquat and sugar apple trees!
Great video.i wasted 2 days on youtube and thanks God i found your video
very informative, i just started gardening so i have so much to learn.
Thanks a lot for the tips for pruning🌿, now I can apply what I learned from you😊....stay safe 🌱and more power💪
Thanks. You did a good job explaining and showing at the same time.
To cut off so much hurts my eyes but I must do it so that’s why I’m here . 😊 thank you for your help
You should teach people how to clone those clippings or graft them or make tea. I make tea with all of my Citrus leaves and it's great. I also make tea with my peels. Look it up super nutritious.
Hi I from Trinidad West Indies i have four nectarine plants and it is growing really nice.
That was fantastic instructional. Currently I believe that I have two healthy either peach trees and a few other fruit trees, i"m not sure which types are the ones that almost immediately got diseased soon as they reached a foot tall losing their leaves during the summer.
So my questions to you is: The healthy peach trees are only about two feet tall should I begin the process of pruning now in fall or wait till the plant is your height? Also I set one of the trees in lower terrain within a small circle about a foot in diameter so it maintains more moisture. Good on not good?
Another question is pertaining to the dead or dying diseased trees which have only reached a foot tall or so, should I destroy them? Transplant them to another location? Or leave them till Spring and do something with them then in case they come around again?
And one more question, sorry: I have preserved various fruit pits, they have been in my freezer since summer. Is it alright to plant them now in containers or outside or should I wait till Spring to do either?
Thanks for your help!
This is a wonderful mini tutorial. Thank you!!!
Great video! Nicely summarised. Excellent guidelines for a complete noob like me!
Thanks!
Absolutely loved your 3Ds and CAC. Thank you.
Enjoyed this video, will definitely help with my fruit trees. Clear concise information, just what I needed
Nice video, simple and clear instructions and explanations; thanks. I see the video was posted almost four years ago. How does the tree look now?
I truly needed this info badly. I have a new Apple tree that looks like yours, but didn't pruned it after planting it, and my peach tree that we can never seem to get rt just because we don't know how, we were afraid of killing it. Thanks again Luke
Prityboylu Villa Oh no, you won't kill it. Just keep searching for good pruning videos on TH-cam. There's a lot of good ones out there. Not much difference with peach. Happy growing!
Prityboylu Villa: I wouldn't say this guy is wrong. But there is another side to this. Food for the tree is made in the leaves. (1)So I leave a few more leafy branches on after planting the trees, for at least a year. It is to encourage growth, and therefore establishment of the tree. (2) Did you notice the extra branch he left on, in the lower right? That is called a temporary branch. Its job is the work of more leaves, it helps to increase trunk diameter, and it can be removed when the crown of the tree gets fuller.
(3) When pruning away on those branches, note the direction of buds. Prune just outside a bud that faces the direction a future new branch should grow. As he said, branches are to face or grow outward.
(4) Did you notice his pruners? They are the kind you need. They cut with a scissors action, and therefore don't crush anything. And they are good for making proper cuts, which will grow in importanxe as the tree grows older.
Very helpful video as I've been pruning my fruit trees the wrong way! Thank you so much!! Do you also do a video Mr Gardener, on how to support branches of fruit trees that have lots of crops that causing the branches to droop? Thank you again!
Hi Betsy,
There are three considerations about branches that are heavy with fruit.
•First, what kind of fruit is it?
•Second, you are welcome to prop up branches with a board, etc. When you do that, would you cushion the place of contact please? We don't want rubbing, which would cause an open wound. That would lead to other problems. •And third, if your tree is an apple or a pear, it is a good idea to thin the fruit. This is both for weight reduction and fruit quality. The tree has X amount of energy for the season. If that energy is divided among fewer fruit, then each fruit gets more attention and will be bigger and better. The goal is not more fruit, it is higher quality fruit. A good way to determine the amount of fruit thinning is like this: hold out your hand. Curl your fingers but leave your thumb and pinky out. Spread these two fingers wide. Hold these fingers on the branch. This is the distance you want between fruit. Come back some time if you try these things. Let us know how you did.
I love this channel so much, always answers my questions.
Great video, although I'm a bit confused because I was just reading about newly planted trees and how you shouldn't prune them because you may be pruning off stored auxin, which is needed for root development of the new tree, and that the foliage is needed to produce photosynthate, also important for root development. So much conflicting information makes for one confused student! If anyone can offer input to help de-confuse me, I welcome comment. Thanks!
Deanna Brand simply put Deanna...the young man is wrong and you are correct. Ty for giving his viewers a chance to learn from the books this kid needs to be reading before just doing what he is told.
I've got apple trees older than this guy ..don't do this
Luke, really enjoy your channel and all the tips and the individual video you have done no a number of different vegs. Thank you for all you do to help people to grow there own food. Think about creating your own book. I would buy it.
Well thank you! It means a lot to hear that! We would love to write a book, but sadly I just don't have the time!
very well explained. Thanks for the tips. yes! trees have no feelings. They don't have a mind.
Very informarive and easy to follow.
Thanks.👍👍
Wow, this video was fabulous! Thank you so much!
Great video! Clear and concise. Just learned how to prune my trees in 7 minutes!!!!
Ive got a 15foot bush of a pomegranate tree that need alot of work. Thanks for the info!
Very well done--simple, practical, and easy to follow. Thank you very much.
Luke have 10 trees on order and would like to know two things. 1- I want to keep them from growing too tall, so I am thinking the goblet style of pruning for all that do well with it. I thought I heard some prefer to have a leader. In your opinion, would the goblet style work for peach, cherry, plum, apple and pear trees?
2- Which trees are More aesthetically pleasing, so I can put the prettiest towards the road. I am thinking cherry would be pretty on the road/house approach side. What would be your second pick as prettiest/cleanest? Plum? Pear?
Just thought I would ask for your opinion.
Thank u for the wonderful sharing. I definitely gain so many new things from u guys. Now, I can adhere to a specific guide when pruning. Previously, I just cut randomly. I think I actually prune some of them too much.
Thanks, I love the 3Ds and CAC to apply a theory like this at the tree is helpful, and not the copious notes I have written in my garden notes from other apricot tree pruners.
The part where you were talking about the tree crying was the exact moment I was watching The Chamber of Secrets as they were repotting their mandrakes 😂🙉
Thanks Luke, I've got a few trees to prune before spring!