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29 Comments
I was literally going to ask you about this! Thank you! 👋 from West Michigan
That’s why I watch your videos you do the KISS ( keep it simple stupid) method for people like me !
Way to brave the squall! Thanks for the info!
I hope this also works for Nanking Cherry. Mine have been beautiful in spring, and we love the cherries. I'm nervous that will change and not for the good.
Wow, torturing yourself and employees for content😒 I hope there's a heater running in the background
Wondering if this method applies to peach trees?
Thank you. Next, I'd like to know more about preventing pests on my apples trees, perfer organically.
Im new to caring for fruit trees.
This is absolutely amazing!!! Thank you for braving the elements to give us this so early in the season!
Thanks so much for the reminder. We actually use the backyard orchard method to keep our trees small, so we usually use the central leader pruning style. We modify it at times to accommodate a 3 in 1 or a 4 in 1 hole but that essentially means treating all 3 or 4 trees as one. Occasionally we have a lone tree that we can prune with an open top. Peaches like that method. Maybe you should look into that backyard orchard style and plant a group just to try it out for your viewers 😎. But thanks again for all you do and it was so fun watching you in the ❄️ 😊. God bless https://youtu.be/u4qpL5pDKd4?si=PYseDWv7qhhiKgcx
To know a little bit about something is worse than not knowing at all
Just had my annual reminder to prune stone fruit pop up this morning. The orchard is an ice skating rink this week so I think I'll just wait. Any suggestions on when to transplant an Italian plum? Want to do it while it's dormant but it may not thaw out until closer to bud break. Four year old tree, east coast, planted in a sub-optimal location and need to move to a new spot.
I thought you were suppose to use modified central leader for apple and pears and use open center for stone fruit (peach, prune, cherry…)
Not only in You Tube many infos in Google AI, Chat GPT and many other sites with AI are contradicting each other. You don't know who to believe or follow. Go Figure!!!
I love Orin Martin's pruning videos hes great and very clear
I would suggest that you also cover espalier, which is yet another pruning style to keep an apple tree in a plane along a fence or wall. Also, how would you prune peaches, plums, cherries and pears that would differ from apples? Then, I have a persimmon that was just planted, how would you prune that fruit?
I learned a ton in this video, and it makes perfect sense. Thank you. But what do you do about the suckers that grow off of the stubs you left on the tree?
Hey Luke excellent video laid it out simple for everyone
Very good video thank you are you gonna do a peach tree video?
An old garderner in his 60s has been pruning my cherry tree every year and my cherry tree barely produced any fruit, it is almost 10 years old. Meanwhile some cherry trees on the top of the hill in the wild that have never been pruned produce a lot of cherries. So it isn't always such a great idea to prune. Sometimes you have to let nature be and let it grow naturally. Only prune once a few years, not every year!
Very informative thank you
Almost all my trees are open center. Some are more persistent to modified leader like pears. I knee cap most my trees when planting bare root. But like Luke said, im a small CSA farmer, not growing on 15ft spacing like an orchard would. I want my trees harvestable from the ground.
Thank you. I would be very interested in any organic spraying/insect/disease control methods on your apples this year. Everyone I talk to says you have to spray fruit trees to get a decent yield….
I had that problem along with grapevine pruning videos! I finally am sorting this all out though. With apple trees, I started out very confused and pruned them wrongly the past couple years. Now I've learned to prioritize building primary scaffolds in young apple trees, looking at crotch angles, maintaining the central leader- the basics. And have gained more knowledge of the "whys" just by gleaning info from articles and some youtube videos. The other day, I took a pic of one apple tree and printed it out so I can study it before I prune.
awesome thank you
Make sure you do a video at the same time next year comparing the tree growth of the two trees that you just pruned. Would be nice to show their progress.
Thank you Luke. I have two apple trees that are on their second year at my house. Last year the center grew to about six feet. Can you change your pruning method after a while? I don't really want them very tall. When would be the latest time to prune? I am also in Michigan. I never understood about pruning. You explained it wonderfully.
You left your "floors" in the central leader system too close
Thanks Luke, for braving the elements to bring us this very detailed and well explained pruning video! I have two new apple trees in my yard, now I understand their pruning needs better. 👍
Now I have to decide which one I want. I hope you will be showing pear, and peach and otter stone fruit.