Orin, the fruit tree whisperer!

@ucscagroecology

16 күн бұрын

He sure has the "magic sauce" for growing fruit trees. 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: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9ioGcl7gHgc&list=PLdNOdHei9NV0QjOJDbUTx6wgD-qkiNGah

@krisbaker9427

15 күн бұрын

Professor Fruit Tree Whisperer ❤

Apple snobs rejoice! Orin is back with all his marvellous horticultural powers! 🍎

Excellent as always, Orin. Thank you.

@ucscagroecology

16 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 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: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9ioGcl7gHgc&list=PLdNOdHei9NV0QjOJDbUTx6wgD-qkiNGah

What a treasure Orin is!

@ucscagroecology

16 күн бұрын

All of us here at the farm think so, too! 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: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9ioGcl7gHgc&list=PLdNOdHei9NV0QjOJDbUTx6wgD-qkiNGah

Thank you.. bless your heart for all the details.

@ucscagroecology

16 күн бұрын

You are so 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: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9ioGcl7gHgc&list=PLdNOdHei9NV0QjOJDbUTx6wgD-qkiNGah

Thats a lot of food for a small tree😂Abundant nice work Orin

@ucscagroecology

15 күн бұрын

Thank you 😋. The fertilizer used in the video is called Sustane because it releases slowly over a period of about 3 months. If that were a quick release type of fertilizer, that would indeed be a bit too much.

Great timing! (Here in SE Idaho, zone 5) Thanks for this update and timely advice! I wish you well! I have 3 apple trees to prune. 2 Harrellred and 1 Honey Crisp. Harrellred makes THE BEST applesauce!!

@hkkhgffh3613

16 күн бұрын

Wicked! Can recommend a site to figure da zone out?

@ucscagroecology

16 күн бұрын

Sounds yummy! 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: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9ioGcl7gHgc&list=PLdNOdHei9NV0QjOJDbUTx6wgD-qkiNGah

Interesting!

Wonderfully explain ❤🙏

@ucscagroecology

16 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful. 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: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9ioGcl7gHgc&list=PLdNOdHei9NV0QjOJDbUTx6wgD-qkiNGah

I’ve got a 10 year old peach tree and it’s producing enormous sizes. Never added anything fertilizer nor spray anything since it was a stick from another peach. Only thing i have been doing is pruning the tops anytime throughout the year regularly and it loves it keeps growing and growing back and the fruit are divine. Never added any synthetic stuff nothing to produce a root system from a stick. Never placed it in water first nothing. Luck of the draw i suppose.

@ucscagroecology

9 күн бұрын

Maybe some luck, but trees thrive when they get ample sun, a good location, and good soil. You probably have some degree of all three. Best of luck with your tree and more good harvests!

I've got two pear trees where every branch goes vertical just after leaving the trunk. How do I prune these trees to get some decent branch angles? If I prune off all these vertical branches, there won't be anything left.

@johnjennings7999

16 күн бұрын

A young tree? Perhaps tie them down a bit. I use camping pegs and soft twine.

@ucscagroecology

16 күн бұрын

Ah pear trees and how they grow...like a candelabra! Straight up. Here's a video where Orin shows how to use spreaders to open up the center of the tree and tilt the branches away from vertical: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p3eltLmfirq2fc4.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 And here’s the playlist for all of the tree care videos: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9ioGcl7gHgc&list=PLdNOdHei9NV0QjOJDbUTx6wgD-qkiNGah

How would this protocol and its timing be different for a young fruit tree of fruiting age? I’ve watched many but not all of Orin’s videos so apologies if this is covered elsewhere on this channel.

@ucscagroecology

14 күн бұрын

Same protocol with any age tree. Orin explains it in this video regarding 7 year old trees that are in full production: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIyeqK2xcbeqZ9Y.htmlsi=VvhaZX7mXsD1RI2Y&t=538

@runnerkid100

14 күн бұрын

@@ucscagroecology Thank you! Mine are about that age. We also have countless 100+ y/o apples, pears, and wild plums here in the highlands of West Virginia that were once on homesteads and many of which are on public lands now. I’ve been pruning and caring for several of the tastier specimens by the light of the full moon 🥷🏼 Better to seek forgiveness than permission and best to never get caught.

@ucscagroecology

14 күн бұрын

@@runnerkid100 There's a hard apple cider company in the Hudson Valley that makes cider from abandoned apple trees found throughout the Hudson Valley and Catskills: www.abandonedcider.com/

What are reasons NOT to cover crop, use compost and fertilize a tree older than three years?

@ucscagroecology

14 күн бұрын

Can't think of any reason if you follow the same methods. Same protocol with any age tree. Orin explains it in this video regarding 7 year old trees that are in full production: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIyeqK2xcbeqZ9Y.htmlsi=VvhaZX7mXsD1RI2Y&t=538

Sir, I am from India. How I can learn "how to grow grow apple" at large scale as a beginner. Is their any course you provide or any book 📖📖

@ucscagroecology

15 күн бұрын

If you are in southern India with a tropical climate, apples will not grow that well. Apples require a cool to cold winter. In Orin's book below, there is a section on "chill hours" (hours when the temp is between 32-45F) that explains the chill requirements of a large variety of apples. There are some apple that require only 100 hours of chill and you may have that in the area where you live. However! I also found an article about people growing apples in the hotter parts of India and it appears they have solved the problem warm winters: modernfarmer.com/2021/08/indian-apples/ You can start with Orin'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: kzread.info/head/PLdNOdHei9NV0QjOJDbUTx6wgD-qkiNGah&si=9tNUp2fbvm-Syq5j Best of luck with your trees!

@anshulfishta

15 күн бұрын

Basically iam from the northern part of India ,with much coller environment and have some orchid with the variety royel (12 year age) ,gale Galla (2 year age )of ,but the problem is initially I was not interested in growing apple, so there was no proper care of trees and there is wear and tear and trees don't look strong .what should I focus on to make trees stronger and get back on track.

@ucscagroecology

14 күн бұрын

@@anshulfishta You may want to consider a severe pruning method that can get your trees back on track. Here's a series of videos that demonstrate how to do that: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3lrj6ylgprXeKQ.html

@anshulfishta

14 күн бұрын

🙌🤌

Why the use of a machete instead of a lawn mower with a mulching blade?

@ucscagroecology

15 күн бұрын

Good question. The slope is too steep and the ground is too soft to safely operate a mower.

I'm growing a number of Ontario apple trees. Im eagerly waiting for da weekend to inspect them.