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  @___LC___2 күн бұрын

  I have so many suckering trees owing to buying a 100 year old home that was empty for three years between the original owner and my move in date. Then I became disabled and was sick out for two year, totally. Then I took care of my parents property during a part of Covid and then my dad died of neglect because he was hospitalized but DIDN’T have Covid. (Bad time for a high blood sugar spike as diabetic supplies were more difficult to obtain…and no, not because of supply issues…I recently learned from my cousin in pharmacy the whole “not enough precursors” has been a lie. It’s been a created shortage.). So then I was caring for my mom for over a year after my dad passed as she can’t do anything but cook and clean and have hobbies…she never realized the physical plant portion of home ownership was WORK! She also wanted her actual forest groomed….in the meantime I have three lots in a city with dozens of trees, from a maple planted by the city that suckers like mad, to fruit trees. I haven’t even gotten diatomaceous earth spread from last fall to this spring to keep the Japanese beetles from eating all the foliage off a 100 year old grapevine!

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  @fruitpruningchannelКүн бұрын

  Wow! Sounds like a lot of work! Sorry for your loss.

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  @iamSketchH7 күн бұрын

  I think we've noticed that the fence trick is really the only thing that really works. Our deer kept destroying our trees, tearing branches out of them or injuring them beyond salvation with their antlers. The fences kept them from breaking or eating the trees so that they actually had a shot of reaching maturity.

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  @fruitpruningchannel7 күн бұрын

  Yeah, I don't know any other way that works as good as a simple fence around each tree.

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  @nolandonohue35149 күн бұрын

  Google lens works great too!

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  @fruitpruningchannel9 күн бұрын

  Yeah, good tip!

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  @fatchungus14739 күн бұрын

  Nicee 👍 I also have some fruit trees and they are a great bonus to the garden 😁

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  @fruitpruningchannel9 күн бұрын

  I don't think a garden is complete without them.

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  @ColeMetge10 күн бұрын

  Just curious do all blossoms turn into fruit?

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  @fruitpruningchannel10 күн бұрын

  All blossoms that aren't damaged by frost, and they must be pollinated. So usually a percentage of the blossoms don't turn into fruit, but they could.

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  @ElizabethSanchez-oo9nm12 күн бұрын

  If you mean fruit trees, apples are pretty easy

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  @fruitpruningchannel12 күн бұрын

  Apples are pretty easy, but it's hard to keep bugs out of the fruit.

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  @kristakriener83lilblueyz12 күн бұрын

  What tree do you think is the easiest to grow?

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  @fruitpruningchannel12 күн бұрын

  I think apples are the easiest trees, but in most climates they are the hardest to keep bugs out of the fruit. Peach trees are hard, but easier to keep bugs out of fruit.

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  @tatecore12 күн бұрын

  I wondered what easiest way to do this would be. Thanks!

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  @fruitpruningchannel12 күн бұрын

  Pinching off each blossom is extremely tedious.

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  @ColeMetge14 күн бұрын

  Love the Element in n the leaves

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  @fruitpruningchannel13 күн бұрын

  Isn't that fun!?

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  @Konabigbonah14 күн бұрын

  This is a dream for children

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  @fruitpruningchannel14 күн бұрын

  Adults are just big children.haha

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  @ColeMetge14 күн бұрын

  @@fruitpruningchannellol

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  @cadeneveling692014 күн бұрын

  Amazing brother

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  @fruitpruningchannel14 күн бұрын

  Glad you like it!

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  @ColeMetge14 күн бұрын

  That’s awesome!

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  @bonniehiniker41922 күн бұрын

  Might effect presence of pollinators doing their job. How cold did it get?

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  @fruitpruningchannel22 күн бұрын

  The forecast said it got to 32° f. I don't have a thermometer in the orchard, but it seemed a little colder than that. There was frost everywhere the next morning.

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  @bonniehiniker41922 күн бұрын

  I had a grandma tell us to put bad or old eggs into the gopher holes so they would move along & leave youe trees be.

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  @fruitpruningchannel22 күн бұрын

  I've heard of that, but I've never tried it.

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  @tjfav2524 күн бұрын

  Are you using this mix every year on “all” your fruit trees? Exactly which month do you spray? I live in Italy and have a wide variety of fruit trees and I spray them in November and February with just a copper mix but spray my peach and nectarine trees at least four times and the trees always end up with leaf curl problem. Using your mix on your peach trees do you have the same problem as i do? Lastly, how much neem oil and copper is in your mix? Thanks for your feedback

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  @fruitpruningchannel24 күн бұрын

  I just mixed the products according to the label. What I use here may not be the right thing for your specific area. I guess the point of the video was to explain The importance of understanding your specific pests and using specific products for those specific pests at specific times in order to manage your orchard according to your area.

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  @ejfoodguy26 күн бұрын

  Interesting, is there much pressure from codling moth up there on your apples?

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  @fruitpruningchannel26 күн бұрын

  We don't have coddling moth. Our winters are cold enough that many pests can't survive.

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  @ejfoodguy24 күн бұрын

  @@fruitpruningchannel Wow! That's nice! What zone is your orchard?

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  @fruitpruningchannel24 күн бұрын

  @@ejfoodguy we are in zone 4a

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  @ejfoodguy26 күн бұрын

  Thanks for posting, its fun to see progress updates!

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  @fruitpruningchannel26 күн бұрын

  Thanks for watching!

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  @ZukiGrL127 күн бұрын

  I have a Redhaven peach tree and for the last couple of years I'm getting leaf curl on it. Not too much, enough that I just physically pick off the leaves, but what can I do to prevent it all together....what natural spray could I use?

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  @fruitpruningchannel26 күн бұрын

  Chelated copper mixed with your dormant oil spray in the spring is a good start. If you don't have a real severe case, pulling the leaves, though tedious, is a pretty good way to eliminate the disease before it spreads.

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  @ZukiGrL126 күн бұрын

  @@fruitpruningchannel thank you!

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  @beckyschlegel677729 күн бұрын

  I think you’ll need a higher fence!😂

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  @fruitpruningchannel18 күн бұрын

  Sure do!

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  @beckyschlegel677729 күн бұрын

  Dinner!!

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  @fruitpruningchannel18 күн бұрын

  I love venison steaks!

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  @MasterKenfucius29 күн бұрын

  Have you tried the Irish Spring soap bar trick? I'm wondering if that works.

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  @fruitpruningchannel29 күн бұрын

  Yes, it seems to help some, but like most methods deer get used to seeing, smelling, and tasting things, and end up disregarding things that are no longer a threat.

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  @MasterKenfucius29 күн бұрын

  @@fruitpruningchannel Thank you for your response.

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  @JustMikeAАй бұрын

  Black berry’s are awesome

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Agreed!

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  @arseniz5948Ай бұрын

  Gotta love those water SHPROUTS!!!

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Putting an SH in front of anything makes it better. Like shuper, shtupendous, and sharcastic.

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  @joshmontoya5136Ай бұрын

  Are you beekeeping?!

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  We have a local bee keeper who keeps hives at our orchard.

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  @ColeMetgeАй бұрын

  Sounds like the weather is a little crazy. It looks super nice over there!

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Yeah, we finally got some good spring weather.

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  @Katie.511Ай бұрын

  I agree with you. Although leaves by themselves also can be useful as a top dressing. One of the best things I ever did for my raised garden beds was putting a layer of leaves over top. Almost no weeds and it holds soil moisture in during the hot summer months.

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Yes! Where leaves create a barrier that is hard for moisture to penetrate, it also creates a barrier that keeps weeds at bay and can hold in moisture when the weather is hot. Thanks for your comment!

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  @ColeMetgeАй бұрын

  My wife does this too

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  She must be a smart woman!

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  @ColeMetgeАй бұрын

  I’m thinking about doing rubarb in our yard. Just cause they are super cool looking.

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Yeah, I think it makes a good landscape plant just for the visual.

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  @ColeMetgeАй бұрын

  Looks like fun!

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  I was just cutting up fruit wood, once I let it cure it'll make for great meat smoking wood.

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  @ArbitraryLifestyleАй бұрын

  Are you Steve Martin's son?

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  😂

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  @ColeMetgeАй бұрын

  Good stuff!

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @motley100Ай бұрын

  "Sun Scald" in the winter. Is that like from the sun's reflection in the snow?

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  @ColeMetgeАй бұрын

  Yeah I’m curious about that too

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Sun scald happens when the sun heats up the bark in the day expanding it, and then low night time temperatures cause it to contract. This freeze and thaw or expansion and contractions causes the bark to peel away from the wood underneath.

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  @ColeMetgeАй бұрын

  Do I need the tree wrap in Spokane? And at what age of the tree do you not need the wrap anymore?

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  When I was in Spokane I saw a large weeping birch tree with lots of exposed branches on top. There was no sign of sun scald anywhere. Birch trees are susceptible to sun scald in many locations, but I think Spokane's mild, overcast winters are such that sun scald is probably not an issue.

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  @ColeMetgeАй бұрын

  Very interesting!

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Glad you liked it!

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  @tiffanybigler5071Ай бұрын

  Easily the most helpful video on peach tree pruning I’ve found!! Thank you!

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  I'm so glad you found this video helpful!

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  @chancepaladinАй бұрын

  yeah whoever trimmed the pears and apples here created about 10 billion water sprouts and I'm kind of at a loss for what to do. will the ones along the top eventually shade the trees so bad that they won't be able to function?

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Yes! The water sprouts will definitely shade out the older wood where the Spurs are found. There's no way to prune a pear tree aggressively without it responding with a lot of new water sprouts. It's just part of the process. You just have to accept that every year you will have to thin out most of the water sprouts to make room for the good fruiting wood to produce.

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  @mikethompson7406Ай бұрын

  I pruned my first peach tree last weekend. I'm afraid I went a little too aggressive. oops Hope it comes back or my wife will be sad.

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  It is good to be aggressive with peach trees, but there is a balance. If too much of the canopy is removed then it can inhibit the tree's ability to collect sunlight during the summer and weaken the tree long term. I hope it bounces back so your wife doesn't get sad. Nothing worse than a sad wife. Haha

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  @ejfoodguyАй бұрын

  Really good ideas for doing a little each year; thanks for posting!

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  I'm so glad you like the video.

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  @ejfoodguyАй бұрын

  Do you have any recommendations regarding types of bark mulch that are better or types to avoid? I have been using red cedar bark mulch but as I was recently researching it seems there are different opinions (e.g. barks with tannins are a problem) out there. It seems to me that issues would be negligible but I would be interested in your opinion.

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Any mulch under the tree is better than no mulch. Because I have access to branches with my pruning business my preference is to chip up all of my cuttings and make my own mulch. I like it best because it has a mixture of wood, bark, and leaves. I feel like it has a good diversity of material and it seems to decompose really well but also has a good structure so it lasts a while and doesn't blow away in the wind or after heavy rains.

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  @WaCkO744Ай бұрын

  Very good video . Thank you

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful.

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  @marklam8548Ай бұрын

  Yes , It's not good for fire blight... especially with pear trees😮😢.

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Yes, if your trees have fire blight it's best to prune them in the winter because the fire blight will freeze and die if it's exposed to the cold temperatures. It's also important to make sure that you spray your fire blight infested trees with copper during the dormant stage and again when the pedals drop. You may need to do additional pruning and spraying throughout the season in order to keep the fire blight under control.

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  @davidhazen2394Ай бұрын

  I put a plastic wire fence up they door my stakes up and crawed Under it. I woke up one morening and saw three deer in my 10x10 fenced area. Use metal wire. I don't think they like the way it pokes them.

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Yeah, they're funny like that.

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  @SunflowerGalleryАй бұрын

  Just what I needed to know about spacing - thank you!

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  I'm so glad this was helpful.

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  @ejfoodguyАй бұрын

  Wondering, with all your hands-on experience, if you have any thoughts on this pruning idea that I came across that aims to keep scaffolds and secondary branches at the right sized ratio to help moderate the tree's energy economy: Especially when the tree is young (and later in crowded areas) remove every scaffold (or secondary branch) that exceeds 1/3 to 1/2 the diameter of the trunk (or scaffold) at the point of attachment to the trunk (or scaffold). The idea is that relative diameter of a scaffold branch at its point of attachment to the trunk strongly influences its access to sap and access to sap is the same as access to the roots. The smaller diameter stem tends to store relatively more of its carbohydrates and sends less to the roots creating a cycle of fruit productivity instead of vegetative vigor.

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  What you're describing sounds similar to the KGB method of pruning cherry trees.

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  @MultiEldridge2 ай бұрын

  Good information here.

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @joshmontoya51362 ай бұрын

  Thank you! We opened up the canopy on some newer trees this spring! Keep the videos comming! I have one request, start the videos with a good dad joke 😊

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  I might have a few jokes up my sleeve.

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  @ColeMetgeАй бұрын

  Great video, I did not know that. So if your tree is pruned properly, you shouldn’t get very much drop?

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  @fruitpruningchannelАй бұрын

  @@ColeMetge Correct!

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  @johndowns75362 ай бұрын

  Sounds like kamala harris.

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  @fruitpruningchannel2 ай бұрын

  Not sure what that means.

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  @beckyschlegel67772 ай бұрын

  I love having bulbs around my fruit trees!

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  @fruitpruningchannel2 ай бұрын

  It's like Christmas when they come up!

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  @ejfoodguy2 ай бұрын

  Curious about how the rootstock associates with scion once the scion turns into the tree? On a mature Jonagold tree (not sure the rootstock, say M.7), I grafted a Granny Smith scion (which I took off of a more dwarfed tree--not sure the rootstock, say M.9), and now the branches of the Granny Smith look like the branches of the Jonagold (they are no more dwarfed looking like they were when I gathered them). So is the Granny Smith graft now growing under the command of the Jonagold tree's rootstock (as opposed to the Jonagold part of the tree)? And, if I were to have grafted the other way (e.g. a Jonagold scion onto the more dwarf Granny Smith tree), would the grafted Jonagold branches looked dwarfed (shorter, stockier) like the rest of that tree?

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  @fruitpruningchannel2 ай бұрын

  Yes the root stock determines the size of the tree. No matter the fruit, the root stock will determine wheather the tree is dwarf, semi-dwarf, or standard, and everything in-between.

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  @ejfoodguy2 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the excellent demo! Its nice to know the reasoning behind general thinning rules (e.g. one fruit every 6 inches, etc.). A related question: To correct an alternating yearly fruiting pattern, would you just remove all the fruit from say every other spur, instead of leaving the one apple? Then, in theory, next year the empty spur would produce blossoms? Or is it better to remove all apples from one entire branch and thin the next branch like you show in the video, leaving one apple per spur?

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  @fruitpruningchannel2 ай бұрын

  Yes, thinning all the fruit from every other spur would help your trees produce every year instead of every other year. I have more thinning videos coming up.

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  @RachelRamey2 ай бұрын

  What is the central leader on a multi-variety tree? Is it the rootstock? One of the varieties?

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  @fruitpruningchannel2 ай бұрын

  A multi variety tree will be composed of rootstock, a scion (which I refer to as the mother tree) and several other varieties grafted to the mother tree. The mother tree is one of the varieties.

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  @RachelRamey2 ай бұрын

  @@fruitpruningchannel Thank you!

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  @ejfoodguy2 ай бұрын

  I have always wondered how something like this would work. Curious about the elevation and hardiness zone? It would be really interesting to see how things are going in a couple years.

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  @fruitpruningchannel2 ай бұрын

  Zone 4b. Approximately 6500 feet above sea level. I'll do an update this spring when the snow melts.