If you want to grow successful fruit trees in your backyard, you must work hard to maintain your trees in order to give them the best chance to thrive. I’ll show you how we take care of annual winter tasks. We will weed, feed, mulch, prune, and paint a protective coating on our fruit trees to prepare them for the upcoming growing season.I will also introduce you to one of my favorite products, IV Organic’s 3-in-1 Plant Guard. If you like what you learn about this product, you can get 10% off your order from there online store using the promo code below. @IVOrganic
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15 Comments
First? Haha
What is the name of that for trees?
What if you see that where you trimmed that it is dead,?
Very good lesson on pruning and shaping for efficient and safe fruit picking in the future.
Thanks Scott!
worm castings are definitely worth using. I have found that having a worm "farm" is an easy way to create your own. Doesn't take up much room and won't take long to create enough castings for your personal use. One day, I would like my own space with fruit trees… Have a great day.
Glad to find a fellow Texan growing an orchard in their backyard. This is timely and useful information. I am in North Texas (8a). I have a number of fruit trees, mostly dwarf. I am growing my apple and pear trees as espaliers. Keeping my stone fruit small as well. I was thinking it was time to spray them, but maybe I need to use the paint on IV Organics instead. I will certainly look in to it.
Excellent DEMO Scott! We’re so happy to be a part of your growing success! 🌱🙌
Phoebe's hips look like a million dollars man!!!
Timely info! Your trees look great.
Just FYI. I kept saying "crown" but meant to say "collar." Mental brain fart. Sorry.
I live east of ATL and have noticed the buds swelling on my fruit trees this weekend. I was thinking it's just about time to trim and spray them with dormant oil. I've had a lot of trouble with plum curculio on my peach, plum and almond trees (I ended up using a systemic insecticide last year because it was so bad). All of them have damage at the base and I'm not sure if it's from rodents, weedeaters or bugs. I've lost so many fruit trees over the years that I've started moving them to large pots.
With your recommendation, I'm giving a shot to the 3 in 1 paint and I'm going to try the worm castings as well.
Thank you for your videos.
Never heard of worm castings – interesting video, well done!
I got tired of paying for worm castings so I started a worm bin 6 years ago. I use them mostly in my up-potted seedlings and worm casting tea
question I have been trying to grow a rasphberry plant the last 2 years, from seed by the way, this year they are still growing I have rounded them around some sticks to help climb but still no flowers, when will the flowers come?. help oh and my single seed challenge butternut pumpkin has now 3 leaves to it… so excited.