Hy Busy, Those Loppers look good! I need to pick myself up a pair of those. Beautiful Orchard!

@TheBusyGardener

3 жыл бұрын

You should! They mean business, and have been leaving very clean cuts to the pruned wood. These loppers can be found here: amzn.to/3bx0Grc

They grew alot. Good job. Chop up the cuttings and use it as mulch organic mulch

@TheBusyGardener

3 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

Stay Tuned for Part 2 of How and Why to Summer Prune your Fruit Trees! If you're interested, I think the Corona shears and loppers I used represent a good value, and can be found here: Shears - amzn.to/2F4j7ao Loppers - amzn.to/3bx0Grc A whole list of quality pruning gear: amzn.to/3jN4RSp Have you done your summer pruning yet?!?

Sorry Cameron, but I laughed my ass off when you bite into that pluot. I've done it many times 🤣. Great 👌 video as always 😊

@TheBusyGardener

3 жыл бұрын

So did the ants...😂 Thanks!

I planted five pluotes about 4 feat apart from each other like a dice. Your video just scared 😱 me 🤣

Can you do a video on how to look for and spot the signs of borer damage? Best time to spray and with what in the southwest.

@TheBusyGardener

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea for a video. I'll add it to my future video idea list!

I'm having trouble finding a flavor grenade pluot. If you know where I can find a 15 gallon, please let me know. I'm in the inland empire. Thanks!

@TheBusyGardener

Жыл бұрын

You'll want to use DaveWilson.com to find the specific fruit, and click on the "where to buy" button which shows the nurseries that have ordered it. I'd call the individual nurseries to see if any are still in stock

I still haven’t done summer pruning because it makes me nervous 😬 this might be a dumb question, but this is my first year with fruit trees - once the second-year wood fruits, will it fruit again the following year? Or does it just become a structural part of the tree?

@TheBusyGardener

3 жыл бұрын

Just do it! Best case is your trees will thrive, and worst case is your will recover, lol. With the repeat fruiting, it depends on the tree. Apples repeatedly fruit on the fruiting spurs that develop, while Jujubes and pomegranates fruit on new wood. In general, the older the wood (even if still fruiting), the more of the structure of the tree it becomes.

Eating a Parfianka while watching this video. Mine is out of control too. Most of the branches are bending over to the ground they're so loaded.

@TheBusyGardener

3 жыл бұрын

We picked a couple, but they weren't quite there yet. TONS this year is madness!

What month summer can prune , after or before fruit

@TheBusyGardener

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there Khang! Summer pruning isn't an exact date, but rather, a style of pruning that emphasizes size control, and setting the tree up to grow additional fruiting wood this season. I would personally wait until the fruit is harvested, only because I hate to see fruit go to waste. If you needed to for some reason, you could harvest before or after. It's up to you.

I hate spraying chemicals that is why I started a small orchard. I only get bug ridden fruit. Do you think I should spray a chemical. I wanted to stay organic. This doesn’t seem possible.Nothing really bothers the Quince or cherries,mostly the apples. I bought most of my trees from Trees Of Antiquity.

@TheBusyGardener

3 жыл бұрын

There are very effective organic pesticides which cover a range of bugs. Some options (depending on your pests) include spinosad, a pest-killing soap, and natural oils.

Where do you live because I heard your not to prune pass September/in September

@TheBusyGardener

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Southern California. what's the reason for not pruning in/past September?

Oh lawd, you got me about to go out and violate my trees - once the weather cools.

@TheBusyGardener

3 жыл бұрын

Get out there! Your trees are asking for it lol

I would rather have ants than Yellowjackets. No way to get rid of them. Never had this kind before. They are a black and white kind of wasp.

@TheBusyGardener

3 жыл бұрын

Don't they have those yellowjacket traps?