Fruit trees are a long-term commitment, and a long-term food provider. I planted our apple and pear trees in the spring of 1983 - 38 years ago - and they are still very productive. Properly maintained apple trees can live 100 years. It is nice getting bushels of free fruit every fall.
YES! But where were you 10 years ago when I decided to plant a peach tree to get a lifetime of peaches.. Turns out peach trees are only good for 15 to 20 years (with exceptions)
Hi James, I am from Trinidad 🇹🇹 and I have been watching your channel for years but this is the first time I've got the courage to make a comment. Although most of the stuff you plant doesn't grow in my country I really enjoy watching so thank you. I don't have space for a food forest but I really wish I did cuz your videos are so inspiring and Tuck just makes it even better. I am so surprised that he loves eating vegetables. Keep up the good work 👏
Hi, just wanted to say that I live in Puerto Rico and I thought the same thing about fruits like apples, pears, etc. I found out there is a local nursery here that sells them, varieties that can grow in the tropics. They said that as long as the plant needed under 300 or 250 chill hours that it could grow and fruit.
It's January 24, 2022 and preparing myself for delivery from Raintree Nursery. I have my son and daughter and friend from church on stand by to plant 120 Trees, Bushes and bare root( strawberry, Sweet potato) PLUS 80 to 100 direct seed tasks. I cut my planting plans in half when I watched one of your video's describing the conditions of wood chips after 6 months. WISH ME LUCK!!! HUGS FOR TUCK AND A HIGH FIVE FOR YOU JAMES.
William's pride and enterprise are my first two apple trees. They're growing great on a g890 rootstock (which is also disease resistant). Disease resistant is really important to me. It's nice not worrying as much about fireblight ripping through your trees... Orange pippin trees has an amazing selection of trees and you can generally get some of the premium rootstock varieties. I plant all my bare-root trees whenever they show up in late winter / early spring. Just dig your holes early if your ground is going to be frozen. :) There's a ton of things to think about for apple selection, here's a few thoughts. Most apples are diploid and good pollinators (but you still have some variation in bloom time, sometimes put into different groups). Triploid apples (i.e. Jonagold, Ashmeads Kernel, Liberty) are a bit trickier. They can't pollinate other trees and will need 2 different diploid trees to set fruit (or one self-fertile apple variety or a crabapple). Some apples are self fertile but most don't seem to be. We put in a crabapple to serve as an additional source of pollen and help ensure good fruit set. You can also graft your trees if bloom time / fruit set is a concern. Beyond that there's a bunch of other things to think about - chilling hours? Heat tolerance? When does the apple ripen? How long does it keep? Flavor - sweet / sharp? How firm is the fruit? Rootstocks are almost as important - some of the smaller rootstocks are pretty weakly rooted and you might have to permanently stake your trees so they don't fall over under the weight of fruit or in a wind storm. Usually the semi-standard (large semi-dwarf) and standard / seedling rootstocks are very well rooted and it's not a concern. As another tip, I'd highly recommend pruning your spur-bearing trees in the summer (as well as a usual winter pruning). The summer pruning totally helps with spur (fruit wood) growth, and you can also use it to manage vigor. My apples are open center, they're growing great.
G'day James, it makes me jealous to see all those apples sitting proudly on your trees without nets etc. Unfortunately, here in the subtropics, we are limited in what varieties we can grow and then we have to deal with the fruit fly and many other animals that target apple crops. Good to see you hitting it out of the park (some of those apples are as big as softballs). Cheers :)
Thanks Mark! Yeah we were really fortunate this year that the squirrels stole all my hazelnuts instead of my apples 🤣🤣 It seems like the critters always outsmart me somehow, but I still have fun. Thanks for commenting Mark, me and Tuck have been enjoying your videos for a long time ❤️
what variety of apples can be grown in the subtropics? please let me know. I watched a video of two gardeners that says any apple can be grown in warmer climates and that what was previously believed about apples is false. apple trees can adapt or are just naturally able to produce in any climate.
Hey Prigioni, I just wanted to thank you with all my heart for your channel. I love watching you because you have so much enthusiasm and it seems like you’ve mastered a lot of the things that you grow. I’ve been growing heirloom tomatoes for the last five years straight because my dad turned me onto them. So this year after being inspired by you I found a good person on craigslist who had some bamboo and I am now in the 10 foot tall bamboo club. I think it’s an excellent idea I’ve been using his little dinky stakes from big box stores for way too long they’re just not big enough. Also I thought it was an awesome tip to plant the tomato sideways I had a buddy telling me plan them deeper and put rocks in the bottom of the hole and that would increase the root size. But I think your way is gonna work a lot better I don’t know why didn’t think of that. Also thanks for the Mykos tip. Your food forest looks awesome keep it up real good to see some healthy live in coming out here take care man if you’re ever out in California give me a call. I’ll hook you up with some of my tomatoes.
Hi James, just wanted to say thank you for all the years of amazing inspirational, entertaining, informing, and uplifting content! Watching you interact and showcase your passion literally helped me get over my fear of the camera and show my own gardening off for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere. You are a gem! Not to mention you saved me a truckload of money in garden beds!!! ❤
James, Once you have tried all the other possible solutions you then need to move to the next level. I understand you not wanting to use the sulfur, I wouldn't want to either. BUT sometimes you need to to set a crop to have a harvest. You never sprayed anything for the Plum Curcuilo _ you just tried to make the best of it and work around it. Now that you can use Surround, which is just natural Koalin clay, you are. You are a great example and an inspiration to us all. Tuck is the very best Garden Manager ever! Love how Tuck checks the produce to make sure it is of the highest quality before he let's you try it -- Hard working and self-sacrificing, he's the best!! Marjorie
My Flaming Fury peach which was planted last year, produced a single peach this year (unexpectedly) and we ate it today. It was really good. Definitely the best peach I have had. Most of my fruit trees (peach, sweet cherry, apple) were planted last year or this spring but the peach we had today is just a preview of what will come in the years ahead.
I’ve been waiting to plant an apple tree for our house and I’m glad I got to see your video before investing in a tree. I’m excited to get it ready during the fall to plant in spring, I appreciate you being real and showing us what you use! Much Aloha 🌺💚
I moved to NC from NJ and started a garden. Having problems with grasses over growing 😣. I need to get more mulch. But!!!! I was telling one of my patients about your channel and she started laughing saying yours is the only channel she listens to!!!!! Just know your amazing influence is reaching so many of us and we love you and Tuck. Your joy and enthusiasm is so inspiring and brings so much happiness!!! Thank you, James!!!!! And TUCK!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
I see happiness in your face while you’re explaining how you focus in your fruit bearing trees ❤️ and I know that’s the best feeling when you can harvest already 🥰
I have a Gravenstein that produced for the first time last year - only five blooms thst the birds enjoyed This year, there are over 80 blooms. I hope the birds save me some this year.
Thank you and I love your garden! Early spring flowers under the trees, such as: hyacinth, tulips, daffodils, and also nearby planted bushes like forsythia and witch hazel are helping the trees pollination. Bee hives and white acacia are the combo we use on the Balkans for the orchards. Tagetes and calendula under the peaches and apricots are must against aphidis.
It seems to me You have to know what sort of soil you have And Know what kind of soil the plant in question prefers. And then you may want to amend your soil
I'm newly growing apple trees and needed to just do more research and learn. As soon as I searched his video came up. I said out loud oh I'm watching this he, he knows shit. I've learned so much from him. I'm also an animal lover, him and Tuk in the garden are like myself and my cat Moo. Right down to her eating snacks 😂 Thanks James for all you do to help teach the future of where humanity around the world needs to evolve. One video at a time gives home growing a whole new hope and gardens are popping up all over 🤗
My apple trees did so well this year! I have invested so much time to taking care of my garden! I pray they keep paying off for years to come! Great video!
Holy!!! Me and Tuck love to hear that, and you are the person me and Tuck still make videos for. You’re a bigger part of the garden and channel than you know.
Hi James!🖐 Thanks for sharing your amazing tips in growing apple trees!👏 Enjoy all your fantastic videos and tips!👏 I just purchased three fruit trees (Golden Delicious & Pink Lady apple trees and a Elberta Peach tree) this Spring (2021) and potted them in 18 gallon containers for now. The Japanese beetles started eating a few of the apple tree leaves but really homed in the the peach tree leaves. When they discovered my rose of sharon bush flowering, they changed and went for that. I was happy about that because I no longer had to capture and put them in a sudsy bucket of water! Blessings to you and Tuck!♥️ 🦋8/12/2021🦋
I've had issues with hornets and wasps attacking apples as they ripen. Once a hornet discovers your tree they keep coming back (with friends). For me, the solution was a kind of bottle that has a raised hole in the bottom. You put a mixture of white (malt) vinegar and sugar inside, close the top and hang it in the tree. The hornets/wasps are attracted to the bait rather than the apples and can't escape because the bottle is clear.
I feel you on the whole being greedy thing. I lost 32 pears about a month or so ago because I wanted to get all the pears I could. The morning I decided I was gonna string up that branch, it snapped a few hours later. I was able to ripen and can some, but most didn't do well.
The whitish color on the outside of your fruit is called the 'Bloom' of the fruit. It is a wax like coating that is made by the fruit to protect it from water loss. Ain't Nature Grand! Marjorie
I potted 30 cuttings, yesterday - Gala and Pink Lady comprised about half of them. The others were Ox Heart plums and Heart of Georgia Peach. I potted what cuttings that I had. These were cuttings from two new apple trees I planted several days ago. My Home Depot apple trees were root bound but I straightened them out before planting. The plum and peach tree had been in the ground over a year and I just took some cuttings from them for rooting. I hope a majority of them survive but won’t know for several weeks. I did my part now for them to do theirs. If they don’t survive I will try again in the spring. I pruned my new apple and plum into an open architecture via a modified leader. I put Epson salts water on the apple trees after planting to prevent root shock. They also got a good dose of lime and bone meal in their planting hole. I also spread lime all over the area where they were planted before I planted them. I live in a low Ph area, so I have to lime everything. I had to add 300# of lime to my yard to get the Ph up to above 6.0 and apples require a minimum of 6.5. I will lime them like I do my yard in the future. If I do not lime all I get is dead sticks, flowers or fruit trees. The atrial Ph of my soil is about 4.5. I will lime them again before spring and then again next summer. Hopefully, my apple trees survive until I get the soil close to 7.0, neutral. You ought to cover soil Ph in your videos. I also aerated the soil around my apple trees with my Mantis tiller before I planted them, so the lime could get in the soil. I also dug the holes for them with my Mantis. It is a great hole digger.
Thank you for being so informative!!! I'm in Bergen County, NJ and your channel helped me so much! I've done my very first veggie/fruit garden!!!! I've been harvesting as everything grows. I go to Alpine Nursery in Belleville - they're great!!!
Thank you for this! We just moved to our farm last week! Leaving our 5 year BTE established property for 34 acres farther north! Looking forward to ordering trees from this nursery for next spring!
Thanks for yet another great video! I have already started checking out Raintree Nursery for my next tree and berry additions to my fledgling food forest. You and Tuck are true inspirations!
You have so much knowledge and I love how you have tried so many different ways to garden. I was wondering if you might consider using a small space in your garden to plant and grow something like 2 small square foot (like 4' x 4') gardens and best practices for those of us who only may have a few feet of space. You have shared so many great ideas... would appreciate any input
James, It's a pleasure watching you tutorials, your knowledge and presentations are very helpful and informative. Your enthusiasm is contagious. I surprised public television in New Jersey doesn't have to hosting a gardening show yet. Have you have tried to clone your trees via Air Layering? I've tried multiple times but have not had any success after watching tutorials from southern climates, and I was wondering if you have tried and had any success. Keep up the great Job!!
Hey James, and Tuck from Mid Wales, UK. Just love your enthusiasm, it has such a feel-good factor! I wonder if we could actually put chopped garlic in between the rows of plants to keep slugs and cabbage whites away, or grow it between all the plants - just a thought from a previous video of yours I watched earlier. I'm always trying out new ideas and doing little experiments in my garden. Recently I took cuttings from my sweet potato foliage, put them in water and they produced roots. Maybe it is a cheap way of making slips, as in the UK it takes months for them to grow and they are very expensive to buy-in. Anyway, keep it up, my friend. Keep smiling and take good care.
James and Tuck, thank you so much for this information! I've been wanting to grow fruit trees but wasn't sure how to go about it. This video (as all of them) was very informative, interesting and helpful! Thank you!🙃❤
James! I am a lover of your videos, my husband told me that he hopes that watching all your videos benefit me. L, it really does but I am now pregnant with my 6th child and have all the time in the world to watch you and tuck. I wanted to ask you a favor since we do not get to grow apples here in Guyana 🇬🇾. Can you send me a few clippings of your best apples and grapes so I can try growing them in my garden? It will be a great surprise if it really does. BTW you are making my mouth water biting into that apple.
Hi James. Trying to grow a golden delicious and a crab apple tree in North Florida. The crab apple will pollinate with the golden delicious just fine, right? You have the ideal yard! Thanks for the tips!
Hi James! New sub here.... sharing your valuable knowledge and experience with growing apples is so impressive..... you have an enormous heart.... am learning a lot from you.... would like to try growing apples.... I’m from the Philippines... Some say that apples will not grow here, since we are in zone 12-13.... but someone from the South, an Agricultural Student was successful in growing the Fuji Apple variety... will keep in mind all your tips in caring and growing Apple trees.... thank you so much and keep safe and healthy! ❤️🍎🍏🍓🍇🥒
Great information and we grew up with an “Early Transparent” apple tree in the back yard. Some of my favorite memories was smelling mom cooking applesauce from it in July. Sometimes as early as late June here in the mountains of North Carolina. Mom had it removed after we grew up because it’s a lot of work to maintain and pick up all the fruit from year to year. I returned home after my military service and planted another YT in a different location on the property but also put a honeycrisp in the same spot as when I was growing up. There’s nothing that will stoke the memories like fresh apples picked straight from your own tree.
Another awesome video James. Added this to my spring plan. Those apples look so good I can almost taste them. Lol Really enjoy your posts and enthusiasm
Thanks to you I planted 3 yearling apples this past winter/spring. The hardest part was removing the flowers from the Granny Smith, she was in such a hurry. Well, I think maybe the research was a little more difficult… I had a hard time remembering which would pollinate which. Of course I found out after I had researched, ordered and planted the trees that crabapples will pollinate almost any apple variety! Can’t wait until we have a harvest.
I like many live in the South and have issues finding apples that grow well in our short winters which doesn't give most apples the required chill hours they need, or the trees get tricked by late frost and kill the flowers, but luckily I've found that Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Spitzenburg, Cripps Pink, Fuji and GoldRush do well as far South as Georgia. Any further than Southern Georgia you can go with Israeli varieties like Ein Shemer, and Anna Apples which don't require hardly any cold. Do you have any issues with late frost coming in and killing your fruit flowers in Jersey?
Yes!!! The April 20th frost I got this year killed my golden delicious blooms and most of my pink lady blooms. Only got 2 apples that made it and of those 2, the deer got one
That is super helpful info about varieties that grow well here. I was wondering which to try - Fuji is my favorite apple anyway, happy to know I may be able to grow my own in the SC Lowcountry!
Great video, so insightful. To respond to your thinning tip... my best buddy used to have an apple orchard in the Okanagan. He told me that if you want to have great apples, thin them out, leaving one from each clump. He said it's kinda counterintuitive and very hard to do, but it's worth it
I love your channel!!! And I just realized you’re in New Jersey as I am! I’m looking to plant trees for wildlife. I’d like the fruits to stagger into winter, because I’ll be moving from my house in 5-7 years and I want to leave lots of food for wildlife and hope the new owners won’t mind sharing their fruit with all The wildlife I have given my yard to. I planted a peach tree for a big box store 7 years ago and I could t figure out why the fruit would never get ripe, well when the squirrels didn’t wipe the peaches out every year. So I think I know why now. You talked about thinning out the fruit before it matures. I bet that’s the problem, because I had so many peaches pop out and they would never ripen fully, but the squirrels ate them anyhow and buried some for winter food supply. Thank you for the advice about planting apple trees in spring, because I found this video in hopes of buying apple trees this weekend to plant for my wildlife, but I’ll wait until spring now. 9/20/23!- thanks so much! I’m addicted to your channel now
I'd like to see you grow them in my back yard. I gave up after this year. Critters ate everything, all the apples, all the peaches, most( they still have time) cantaloupe, even cherry tomatoes. They don't touch squash, raspberries, basil,lettuce and watermelon... I don't want to kill them, I just don't want them eating my food...open to suggestions...Stay Well
Hey James, great video and harvest! How do you keep the squirrels out of the fruit trees. They devastate my trees. I see half eaten fruit on the ground that's not even ripe. It's frustrating. Love seeing little Tuck, keep up the good work.
We have a border collie trained to chase the squirrels.. a great job for her. Our cats are too lazy, or scared of the squirrels. Before that we trapped them and released them 3 miles away.
you help us so much ! all the world, climate change and reconnecting people with nature - and you purify me and I have a dream a vision which slowly I'll try to manifest to the world as education is most important at this moment and you are one of this great teachers! we can create world wide movement through planting healthy seeds :)
@@johnnybgoodusa1 go ahead jon try and grow a tree that needs 800 chill hrs in south where u only get 400 yes ur tree will grow but will not bare fruit
You inspired me to try to grow an apple tree from seed! I can’t wait to taste them ... just planted this Spring so it’ll be a while. Plan to research some good varieties to grow in my area (6B) and plant more but really looking forward to my own!
LETS GO!!! I was hoping you would do an apple video at some point. I’ve been struggling with disease and pest as well while trying to remain organic. Thank you for sharing your methods. I will definitely apply.
Absolutely love your energy and your desire to share knowledge!! You have definitely inspired me to try growing apples. I'm in zone 8b, so we'll see how it goes. :) Just subscribed!
Oh thank you so much for this. I've read apple seeds can take 5 to 7 years to fruit. And the clay, I didn't even realize I would need it. I also found you can get gopher netting, and since we have the pests, I'm going to plant with that
I learned my family has an apple named after them bcuz great great grandpa brought it as seeds to Hawaii from Portugal called Bugado apples. I've been looking for it and now watching your videos is helping me prepare for if or when I find it by considering your tips! Maybe now I'm getting prepared it will show up 😊 TY so much for your informative channel ❤
Thanks for the great content! You have on numerous occasions recommended Raintree Nursey. Do they provide a promo code? You're doing a lot of promoting, hopefully they'd return the favor and offer your viewers a discount.
Save your spurs! Don't pull apples off the tree, you kinda have to pivot the apple around the stem-spur junction and it should just pop off cleanly. Stefan Sobkowiak - The Permaculture Orchard has an excellent video on how to carefully harvest apples. Spurs are really long lived (10 years or more), don't beat them up :)
I LOVE watching and learning from you. My son, granddaughter and HER daughter WILL EAT FROM A FOOD FOREST BECAUSE OF YOU❣️❤️👏🏻😊😎🦩🌴👍🏻🌺 Imagine THAT for a moment!!!!! Or longer 😁❣️
Great video, very clear and passionate about how to get apple trees INTO THE GROUND. Clearly becoming a more confident presenter with each and every video, great guide to the green thumb lifestyle!
Great video amigo. Excellent and simple explanation of how to do the right thing in the orchard. I love how you keep those apple trees and other fruits.superb presentation.
Great video, right to the facts, well-explained and knowledge transferred quicker. I am planning and Orchard in a couple acres I have and this video simplified a lot of the steps. I recommend to watch it before getting deeper in every step to strength the knowledge. Some missing detail: How to spray the micronized sulfur and the Kaolin?
Sadly apple trees are difficult to grow in the Caribbean,i tried once... it germinated into seedlings and i was very excited about that, then it all die.Will try back again and see how it goes.Yours apples looks very delicious💯
You're probably too busy to read this, but thank you for making this video. I don't have any apple trees, but after seeing you picking all those massive apples off your tree and eating them, it was inspired to grow my own! Thanks to this video you made, I'm going to try growing an apple tree in my garden next year.
James! I loooove your energy and your chsnnel! You've helped me feel more confident! I purchased a property with 3 large apple trees and 3 plums. 2 apples are too large to pick and apples drop on cement or rock. One is very small and low. I've opened it up and it's great. My question is can I cut a very large tree back to a small tree to save the large ones? I've read not to over prune but innorder to use these two large trees I need to really bringb them down to 1/3 the size. I don't mind a few years without fruit. I'd just like to salvage the trees. Next Q is I've been told apples under the tree cause worms next year but I want to encourage bugs in my garden soil. I want softer soil. And I want to emulate a forest floor. Do I need to remove old apples or allow natural compost to happen? Any replies from people in the know would be great. Thank you!
Hi James I always enjoy your videos. My fruit orchard is just starting to produce. Last summer I got a lot of apples, pears, peaches, and plums. My oldest trees are about six years old. I battled the deer for several years. They destroyed many of my trees until I built an eight foot fence. I live in the high mountain desert where there are a lot of hungry critters. In addition to the fence I have to net everything. I hate netting as I think it's an eyesore. But no nets, no fruit. Tuck is a cool little garden buddy. My little dog Martha likes to hang out in the garden with me and I can never eat an apple without giving her some. Keep up the great videos, I always learn something. Jack
Hi James .. I'm going to grow some fruit trees when I relocate to zone 7 in the spring. Your channel is a wonderful source of knowledge for me. You certainly have found your calling in life, and keep up the good work !!
Good evening I love apple I want here in the Philippines... I like to plant apple tree in my backyard but cannot because my country is tropical seens in my childhood I see apple tree one time only in Japan in the house of my cousin when I see apple tree I'm very happy because... I pray to God I want to see apple tree and he answered my prayer.....Godbless u♥️
Fruit trees are a long-term commitment, and a long-term food provider. I planted our apple and pear trees in the spring of 1983 - 38 years ago - and they are still very productive. Properly maintained apple trees can live 100 years. It is nice getting bushels of free fruit every fall.
YES! But where were you 10 years ago when I decided to plant a peach tree to get a lifetime of peaches.. Turns out peach trees are only good for 15 to 20 years (with exceptions)
Nothing brings more joy than harvesting your own produce. I watched this video with a smile from start to finish. 👍🌺🇦🇺
We planted 3 apple trees this past spring and this video has been so helpful -- thank you so much for all that you and Tuck do to help new gardeners!
Hello Stacey
any update to how they've been doing for you?
Hi James, I am from Trinidad 🇹🇹 and I have been watching your channel for years but this is the first time I've got the courage to make a comment. Although most of the stuff you plant doesn't grow in my country I really enjoy watching so thank you. I don't have space for a food forest but I really wish I did cuz your videos are so inspiring and Tuck just makes it even better. I am so surprised that he loves eating vegetables. Keep up the good work 👏
Hi, just wanted to say that I live in Puerto Rico and I thought the same thing about fruits like apples, pears, etc. I found out there is a local nursery here that sells them, varieties that can grow in the tropics. They said that as long as the plant needed under 300 or 250 chill hours that it could grow and fruit.
Your enthusiasm for gardening is contagious. Keep up the great work!
It's January 24, 2022 and preparing myself for delivery from Raintree Nursery. I have my son and daughter and friend from church on stand by to plant 120 Trees, Bushes and bare root( strawberry, Sweet potato) PLUS 80 to 100 direct seed tasks. I cut my planting plans in half when I watched one of your video's describing the conditions of wood chips after 6 months. WISH ME LUCK!!! HUGS FOR TUCK AND A HIGH FIVE FOR YOU JAMES.
William's pride and enterprise are my first two apple trees. They're growing great on a g890 rootstock (which is also disease resistant). Disease resistant is really important to me. It's nice not worrying as much about fireblight ripping through your trees... Orange pippin trees has an amazing selection of trees and you can generally get some of the premium rootstock varieties. I plant all my bare-root trees whenever they show up in late winter / early spring. Just dig your holes early if your ground is going to be frozen. :)
There's a ton of things to think about for apple selection, here's a few thoughts. Most apples are diploid and good pollinators (but you still have some variation in bloom time, sometimes put into different groups). Triploid apples (i.e. Jonagold, Ashmeads Kernel, Liberty) are a bit trickier. They can't pollinate other trees and will need 2 different diploid trees to set fruit (or one self-fertile apple variety or a crabapple). Some apples are self fertile but most don't seem to be. We put in a crabapple to serve as an additional source of pollen and help ensure good fruit set. You can also graft your trees if bloom time / fruit set is a concern. Beyond that there's a bunch of other things to think about - chilling hours? Heat tolerance? When does the apple ripen? How long does it keep? Flavor - sweet / sharp? How firm is the fruit? Rootstocks are almost as important - some of the smaller rootstocks are pretty weakly rooted and you might have to permanently stake your trees so they don't fall over under the weight of fruit or in a wind storm. Usually the semi-standard (large semi-dwarf) and standard / seedling rootstocks are very well rooted and it's not a concern.
As another tip, I'd highly recommend pruning your spur-bearing trees in the summer (as well as a usual winter pruning). The summer pruning totally helps with spur (fruit wood) growth, and you can also use it to manage vigor. My apples are open center, they're growing great.
G'day James, it makes me jealous to see all those apples sitting proudly on your trees without nets etc. Unfortunately, here in the subtropics, we are limited in what varieties we can grow and then we have to deal with the fruit fly and many other animals that target apple crops. Good to see you hitting it out of the park (some of those apples are as big as softballs). Cheers :)
Thanks Mark! Yeah we were really fortunate this year that the squirrels stole all my hazelnuts instead of my apples 🤣🤣
It seems like the critters always outsmart me somehow, but I still have fun.
Thanks for commenting Mark, me and Tuck have been enjoying your videos for a long time ❤️
We can grow mangoes, oranges, limes, etc which I think are better and I know you probably do too mark 😂
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what variety of apples can be grown in the subtropics? please let me know. I watched a video of two gardeners that says any apple can be grown in warmer climates and that what was previously believed about apples is false. apple trees can adapt or are just naturally able to produce in any climate.
Loved seeing this comment just got into gardening this year and you are the first two I started to watch
Hey Prigioni, I just wanted to thank you with all my heart for your channel. I love watching you because you have so much enthusiasm and it seems like you’ve mastered a lot of the things that you grow. I’ve been growing heirloom tomatoes for the last five years straight because my dad turned me onto them. So this year after being inspired by you I found a good person on craigslist who had some bamboo and I am now in the 10 foot tall bamboo club. I think it’s an excellent idea I’ve been using his little dinky stakes from big box stores for way too long they’re just not big enough. Also I thought it was an awesome tip to plant the tomato sideways I had a buddy telling me plan them deeper and put rocks in the bottom of the hole and that would increase the root size. But I think your way is gonna work a lot better I don’t know why didn’t think of that. Also thanks for the Mykos tip. Your food forest looks awesome keep it up real good to see some healthy live in coming out here take care man if you’re ever out in California give me a call. I’ll hook you up with some of my tomatoes.
Hi James, just wanted to say thank you for all the years of amazing inspirational, entertaining, informing, and uplifting content! Watching you interact and showcase your passion literally helped me get over my fear of the camera and show my own gardening off for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere. You are a gem! Not to mention you saved me a truckload of money in garden beds!!! ❤
James, Once you have tried all the other possible solutions you then need to move to the next level. I understand you not wanting to use the sulfur, I wouldn't want to either. BUT sometimes you need to to set a crop to have a harvest. You never sprayed anything for the Plum Curcuilo _ you just tried to make the best of it and work around it. Now that you can use Surround, which is just natural Koalin clay, you are. You are a great example and an inspiration to us all. Tuck is the very best Garden Manager ever! Love how Tuck checks the produce to make sure it is of the highest quality before he let's you try it -- Hard working and self-sacrificing, he's the best!! Marjorie
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My Flaming Fury peach which was planted last year, produced a single peach this year (unexpectedly) and we ate it today. It was really good. Definitely the best peach I have had. Most of my fruit trees (peach, sweet cherry, apple) were planted last year or this spring but the peach we had today is just a preview of what will come in the years ahead.
I’ve been waiting to plant an apple tree for our house and I’m glad I got to see your video before investing in a tree. I’m excited to get it ready during the fall to plant in spring, I appreciate you being real and showing us what you use! Much Aloha 🌺💚
You need two apple trees to pollinate for fruiting if I understand correctly unless it’s multi grafted I think he said.
"I feel so Blessed and Thankful". Love it - THAT's how your joy just radiates! :D
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I moved to NC from NJ and started a garden. Having problems with grasses over growing 😣. I need to get more mulch. But!!!! I was telling one of my patients about your channel and she started laughing saying yours is the only channel she listens to!!!!! Just know your amazing influence is reaching so many of us and we love you and Tuck. Your joy and enthusiasm is so inspiring and brings so much happiness!!! Thank you, James!!!!! And TUCK!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
James, your significant other is really lucky to have you and Tuck. Enjoy all your videos. LaNita
I see happiness in your face while you’re explaining how you focus in your fruit bearing trees ❤️ and I know that’s the best feeling when you can harvest already 🥰
I have a Gravenstein that produced for the first time last year - only five blooms thst the birds enjoyed This year, there are over 80 blooms. I hope the birds save me some this year.
@@swannoir7949 Ahahaha how lucky birds is goodluck this year👍🏻
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Thank you and I love your garden! Early spring flowers under the trees, such as: hyacinth, tulips, daffodils, and also nearby planted bushes like forsythia and witch hazel are helping the trees pollination. Bee hives and white acacia are the combo we use on the Balkans for the orchards. Tagetes and calendula under the peaches and apricots are must against aphidis.
Hi James! I hope you and Tuck are enjoying the week and all it's blessings!
Hey a. Marie! Yes we are having a great week, eating lost of snacks. We hope you are having a great week also!
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Friend taught me " put a $10 tree in a $50 hole" meaning prep is important
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Know what kind of soil the plant in question prefers.
And then you may want to amend your soil
My mother used to say, don’t put a fifty dollars tree in a five dollar hole.
Huh. My little apple trees cost $200.
Guess I need a D9 caterpillar for my >$1000 hole?
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I'm newly growing apple trees and needed to just do more research and learn. As soon as I searched his video came up. I said out loud oh I'm watching this he, he knows shit. I've learned so much from him. I'm also an animal lover, him and Tuk in the garden are like myself and my cat Moo. Right down to her eating snacks 😂
Thanks James for all you do to help teach the future of where humanity around the world needs to evolve. One video at a time gives home growing a whole new hope and gardens are popping up all over 🤗
My apple trees did so well this year! I have invested so much time to taking care of my garden! I pray they keep paying off for years to come! Great video!
Great video James! Never missed your videos… because of you I got myself 9 garden beds. First year doing gardening.
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Here is zone 7a all the ol timers suggest planting fruit trees in the fall. What do you think?
Wooo hoooo ! Good deal ! And Good Luck !
So happy you have Tuck to help you garden. I can't believe he likes cucumbers! Lol
My Pepper is a big help to me in my garden. ☺️
I’ve been watching this guy for over 10 years. .
Holy!!! Me and Tuck love to hear that, and you are the person me and Tuck still make videos for. You’re a bigger part of the garden and channel than you know.
Hi James!🖐 Thanks for sharing your amazing tips in growing apple trees!👏 Enjoy all your fantastic videos and tips!👏 I just purchased three fruit trees (Golden Delicious & Pink Lady apple trees and a Elberta Peach tree) this Spring (2021) and potted them in 18 gallon containers for now. The Japanese beetles started eating a few of the apple tree leaves but really homed in the the peach tree leaves. When they discovered my rose of sharon bush flowering, they changed and went for that. I was happy about that because I no longer had to capture and put them in a sudsy bucket of water! Blessings to you and Tuck!♥️ 🦋8/12/2021🦋
I've had issues with hornets and wasps attacking apples as they ripen. Once a hornet discovers your tree they keep coming back (with friends). For me, the solution was a kind of bottle that has a raised hole in the bottom. You put a mixture of white (malt) vinegar and sugar inside, close the top and hang it in the tree. The hornets/wasps are attracted to the bait rather than the apples and can't escape because the bottle is clear.
I got zapped 5 times on my right hand a few days ago because of this. Hornets love sugar smelling fruits
I feel you on the whole being greedy thing. I lost 32 pears about a month or so ago because I wanted to get all the pears I could. The morning I decided I was gonna string up that branch, it snapped a few hours later. I was able to ripen and can some, but most didn't do well.
The whitish color on the outside of your fruit is called the 'Bloom' of the fruit. It is a wax like coating that is made by the fruit to protect it from water loss. Ain't Nature Grand! Marjorie
I potted 30 cuttings, yesterday - Gala and Pink Lady comprised about half of them. The others were Ox Heart plums and Heart of Georgia Peach. I potted what cuttings that I had. These were cuttings from two new apple trees I planted several days ago. My Home Depot apple trees were root bound but I straightened them out before planting. The plum and peach tree had been in the ground over a year and I just took some cuttings from them for rooting. I hope a majority of them survive but won’t know for several weeks. I did my part now for them to do theirs. If they don’t survive I will try again in the spring. I pruned my new apple and plum into an open architecture via a modified leader. I put Epson salts water on the apple trees after planting to prevent root shock. They also got a good dose of lime and bone meal in their planting hole. I also spread lime all over the area where they were planted before I planted them. I live in a low Ph area, so I have to lime everything. I had to add 300# of lime to my yard to get the Ph up to above 6.0 and apples require a minimum of 6.5. I will lime them like I do my yard in the future. If I do not lime all I get is dead sticks, flowers or fruit trees. The atrial Ph of my soil is about 4.5. I will lime them again before spring and then again next summer. Hopefully, my apple trees survive until I get the soil close to 7.0, neutral.
You ought to cover soil Ph in your videos. I also aerated the soil around my apple trees with my Mantis tiller before I planted them, so the lime could get in the soil. I also dug the holes for them with my Mantis. It is a great hole digger.
This video made my heart melt during harvest time 🍎 you're like a kid in a candy store, I love it
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About 67% of the fruit grown in the U.S. is for fresh consumption, while 33% is used for apple products, such as juices, applesauce, and slices.
Thank you for being so informative!!! I'm in Bergen County, NJ and your channel helped me so much! I've done my very first veggie/fruit garden!!!! I've been harvesting as everything grows. I go to Alpine Nursery in Belleville - they're great!!!
You are so smart James.Thank you for helping us to become self suffcient...what we all need to be in this world.
Thank you for this! We just moved to our farm last week! Leaving our 5 year BTE established property for 34 acres farther north!
Looking forward to ordering trees from this nursery for next spring!
I can feel the enthusiasm for plants this guy has.
Thanks for yet another great video! I have already started checking out Raintree Nursery for my next tree and berry additions to my fledgling food forest.
You and Tuck are true inspirations!
You have so much knowledge and I love how you have tried so many different ways to garden. I was wondering if you might consider using a small space in your garden to plant and grow something like 2 small square foot (like 4' x 4') gardens and best practices for those of us who only may have a few feet of space. You have shared so many great ideas... would appreciate any input
Nothing better then reaping what you sow. pawpaw trees actually like staying wet but they're probably the hardest fruit to grow in my experience.
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Aside from just being so darn knowledgeable, your energy is infectious! Thank you for these videos!
Let's Gooo Rev K! 😁🐕❤️
Beautiful! Thanks for all the great info and I love how you’re so grateful! That is why GOD blesses you with such abundance! Hi, Tuck!
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I love watching your chips harvest agricultural products
Ooh this is useful because my apple seeds just sprouted. Thank you for this wonderful video
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Same, saw the video about growing apples from seed and it inspired me to do so
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Do you sow them directly in the dirt outside ? Where do they grow best, in full sun or shade, I’m afraid the summer heat will kill my apple plants……..
Greetings from Texas. James and Tuck are always a breath of fresh air. We love this channel.
James, It's a pleasure watching you tutorials, your knowledge and presentations are very helpful and informative. Your enthusiasm is contagious. I surprised public television in New Jersey doesn't have to hosting a gardening show yet. Have you have tried to clone your trees via Air Layering? I've tried multiple times but have not had any success after watching tutorials from southern climates, and I was wondering if you have tried and had any success. Keep up the great Job!!
I planted 2 dwarf trees this spring. A Williams Pride and Liberty on your recommendation from Raintree. Great video.
Watching your videos makes my day better it is so relaxing and educational. Thanks bro 🤜
Hey James, and Tuck from Mid Wales, UK. Just love your enthusiasm, it has such a feel-good factor! I wonder if we could actually put chopped garlic in between the rows of plants to keep slugs and cabbage whites away, or grow it between all the plants - just a thought from a previous video of yours I watched earlier. I'm always trying out new ideas and doing little experiments in my garden. Recently I took cuttings from my sweet potato foliage, put them in water and they produced roots. Maybe it is a cheap way of making slips, as in the UK it takes months for them to grow and they are very expensive to buy-in. Anyway, keep it up, my friend. Keep smiling and take good care.
James and Tuck, thank you so much for this information! I've been wanting to grow fruit trees but wasn't sure how to go about it. This video (as all of them) was very informative, interesting and helpful! Thank you!🙃❤
James! I am a lover of your videos, my husband told me that he hopes that watching all your videos benefit me. L, it really does but I am now pregnant with my 6th child and have all the time in the world to watch you and tuck. I wanted to ask you a favor since we do not get to grow apples here in Guyana 🇬🇾. Can you send me a few clippings of your best apples and grapes so I can try growing them in my garden? It will be a great surprise if it really does. BTW you are making my mouth water biting into that apple.
Hi James. Trying to grow a golden delicious and a crab apple tree in North Florida. The crab apple will pollinate with the golden delicious just fine, right? You have the ideal yard! Thanks for the tips!
Hi James! New sub here.... sharing your valuable knowledge and experience with growing apples is so impressive..... you have an enormous heart.... am learning a lot from you.... would like to try growing apples.... I’m from the Philippines... Some say that apples will not grow here, since we are in zone 12-13.... but someone from the South, an Agricultural Student was successful in growing the Fuji Apple variety... will keep in mind all your tips in caring and growing Apple trees.... thank you so much and keep safe and healthy! ❤️🍎🍏🍓🍇🥒
Thanks for the guide love your videos and I can really see your passion for gardening especially when you and your assistant (tuck) are harvesting！
I love you and Tuck. Y'all are such avid gardeners. Thanks so much.
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Long term sustainability is a challenge I wish more folks attempted. One things all folks have in common is food.
Great information and we grew up with an “Early Transparent” apple tree in the back yard. Some of my favorite memories was smelling mom cooking applesauce from it in July. Sometimes as early as late June here in the mountains of North Carolina. Mom had it removed after we grew up because it’s a lot of work to maintain and pick up all the fruit from year to year. I returned home after my military service and planted another YT in a different location on the property but also put a honeycrisp in the same spot as when I was growing up. There’s nothing that will stoke the memories like fresh apples picked straight from your own tree.
Another awesome video James. Added this to my spring plan. Those apples look so good I can almost taste them. Lol Really enjoy your posts and enthusiasm
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Thanks to you I planted 3 yearling apples this past winter/spring. The hardest part was removing the flowers from the Granny Smith, she was in such a hurry. Well, I think maybe the research was a little more difficult… I had a hard time remembering which would pollinate which. Of course I found out after I had researched, ordered and planted the trees that crabapples will pollinate almost any apple variety! Can’t wait until we have a harvest.
The honey bees will take to crabapples too and help out!
I like many live in the South and have issues finding apples that grow well in our short winters which doesn't give most apples the required chill hours they need, or the trees get tricked by late frost and kill the flowers, but luckily I've found that Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Spitzenburg, Cripps Pink, Fuji and GoldRush do well as far South as Georgia. Any further than Southern Georgia you can go with Israeli varieties like Ein Shemer, and Anna Apples which don't require hardly any cold. Do you have any issues with late frost coming in and killing your fruit flowers in Jersey?
Yes!!! The April 20th frost I got this year killed my golden delicious blooms and most of my pink lady blooms. Only got 2 apples that made it and of those 2, the deer got one
That is super helpful info about varieties that grow well here. I was wondering which to try - Fuji is my favorite apple anyway, happy to know I may be able to grow my own in the SC Lowcountry!
Those apples look DELICIOUS!!
Very informative video. Thanks Tuck and James Prigioni. I had to take notes on this one.
Glad you enjoyed it Samuel! ❤️
Great video, so insightful. To respond to your thinning tip... my best buddy used to have an apple orchard in the Okanagan. He told me that if you want to have great apples, thin them out, leaving one from each clump. He said it's kinda counterintuitive and very hard to do, but it's worth it
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James, I don’t know what’s better, your intros or your content ha! Love you channel and thanks for providing such relevant content. Let’s Go!
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I love your channel!!! And I just realized you’re in New Jersey as I am! I’m looking to plant trees for wildlife. I’d like the fruits to stagger into winter, because I’ll be moving from my house in 5-7 years and I want to leave lots of food for wildlife and hope the new owners won’t mind sharing their fruit with all
The wildlife I have given my yard to. I planted a peach tree for a big box store 7 years ago and I could t figure out why the fruit would never get ripe, well when the squirrels didn’t wipe the peaches out every year. So I think I know why now. You talked about thinning out the fruit before it matures. I bet that’s the problem, because I had so many peaches pop out and they would never ripen fully, but the squirrels ate them anyhow and buried some for winter food supply. Thank you for the advice about planting apple trees in spring, because I found this video in hopes of buying apple trees this weekend to plant for my wildlife, but I’ll wait until spring now. 9/20/23!- thanks so much! I’m addicted to your channel now
I'd like to see you grow them in my back yard. I gave up after this year. Critters ate everything, all the apples, all the peaches, most( they still have time) cantaloupe, even cherry tomatoes. They don't touch squash, raspberries, basil,lettuce and watermelon... I don't want to kill them, I just don't want them eating my food...open to suggestions...Stay Well
You could leave food somewhere for the critters to eat and hope they leave your fruit alone. Or just catch them and release far, far away.
@@jngx80 thanks, i've done both...Stay Well
@@MooshkiJ Thank you, I'm buying a net to cover the whole tree and see if that works...Stay Well..
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Hey James, great video and harvest! How do you keep the squirrels out of the fruit trees. They devastate my trees. I see half eaten fruit on the ground that's not even ripe. It's frustrating. Love seeing little Tuck, keep up the good work.
My neighbors cat helps. She stalks around outside my fence.
We have a border collie trained to chase the squirrels.. a great job for her. Our cats are too lazy, or scared of the squirrels. Before that we trapped them and released them 3 miles away.
you help us so much ! all the world, climate change and reconnecting people with nature - and you purify me and I have a dream a vision which slowly I'll try to manifest to the world as education is most important at this moment and you are one of this great teachers! we can create world wide movement through planting healthy seeds :)
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James the biggest thing to look at chill hrs.... You have to make sure your tree gets the right chill hrs.....some trees need 800 some need 400
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Your a proud papa. Thanks to all your growing tips I harvested beautiful Cauliflower and Broccoli shared with my neighbors and nice Fumes 💟
You inspired me to try to grow an apple tree from seed! I can’t wait to taste them ... just planted this Spring so it’ll be a while. Plan to research some good varieties to grow in my area (6B) and plant more but really looking forward to my own!
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LETS GO!!! I was hoping you would do an apple video at some point. I’ve been struggling with disease and pest as well while trying to remain organic. Thank you for sharing your methods. I will definitely apply.
Absolutely love your energy and your desire to share knowledge!! You have definitely inspired me to try growing apples. I'm in zone 8b, so we'll see how it goes. :) Just subscribed!
what a blessed man with a blessed harvest, your hard work pays much!
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Hey Maria Rea!!! Me and Tuck appreciate the comments and support 😁🐕❤️
Oh thank you so much for this. I've read apple seeds can take 5 to 7 years to fruit. And the clay, I didn't even realize I would need it. I also found you can get gopher netting, and since we have the pests, I'm going to plant with that
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I learned my family has an apple named after them bcuz great great grandpa brought it as seeds to Hawaii from Portugal called Bugado apples. I've been looking for it and now watching your videos is helping me prepare for if or when I find it by considering your tips! Maybe now I'm getting prepared it will show up 😊 TY so much for your informative channel ❤
Thanks for the great content! You have on numerous occasions recommended Raintree Nursey. Do they provide a promo code? You're doing a lot of promoting, hopefully they'd return the favor and offer your viewers a discount.
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Save your spurs! Don't pull apples off the tree, you kinda have to pivot the apple around the stem-spur junction and it should just pop off cleanly. Stefan Sobkowiak - The Permaculture Orchard has an excellent video on how to carefully harvest apples. Spurs are really long lived (10 years or more), don't beat them up :)
I LOVE watching and learning from you. My son, granddaughter and HER daughter WILL EAT FROM A FOOD FOREST BECAUSE OF YOU❣️❤️👏🏻😊😎🦩🌴👍🏻🌺
Imagine THAT for a moment!!!!! Or longer 😁❣️
Great video, very clear and passionate about how to get apple trees INTO THE GROUND. Clearly becoming a more confident presenter with each and every video, great guide to the green thumb lifestyle!
I don't know but it makes me feel relaxed when watching you gardening... KEEP UP!
Every time i see someone who harvest apple in their backyard is such a stress reliever for me.
Alway good stuff on this channel!
Great video amigo. Excellent and simple explanation of how to do the right thing in the orchard. I love how you keep those apple trees and other fruits.superb presentation.
Thank you for all the helpful apple seletion, maintenance and harvesting tips.
Great video, right to the facts, well-explained and knowledge transferred quicker. I am planning and Orchard in a couple acres I have and this video simplified a lot of the steps. I recommend to watch it before getting deeper in every step to strength the knowledge. Some missing detail: How to spray the micronized sulfur and the Kaolin?
I finally will harvest apples and pears this year. I'm so excited 😊 Thanks for the helpful tips.
Sadly apple trees are difficult to grow in the Caribbean,i tried once... it germinated into seedlings and i was very excited about that, then it all die.Will try back again and see how it goes.Yours apples looks very delicious💯
You're probably too busy to read this, but thank you for making this video. I don't have any apple trees, but after seeing you picking all those massive apples off your tree and eating them, it was inspired to grow my own! Thanks to this video you made, I'm going to try growing an apple tree in my garden next year.
James! I loooove your energy and your chsnnel! You've helped me feel more confident! I purchased a property with 3 large apple trees and 3 plums. 2 apples are too large to pick and apples drop on cement or rock. One is very small and low. I've opened it up and it's great. My question is can I cut a very large tree back to a small tree to save the large ones? I've read not to over prune but innorder to use these two large trees I need to really bringb them down to 1/3 the size. I don't mind a few years without fruit. I'd just like to salvage the trees. Next Q is I've been told apples under the tree cause worms next year but I want to encourage bugs in my garden soil. I want softer soil. And I want to emulate a forest floor. Do I need to remove old apples or allow natural compost to happen? Any replies from people in the know would be great. Thank you!
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I always enjoy your videos. My fruit orchard is just starting to produce. Last summer I got a lot of apples, pears, peaches, and plums. My oldest trees are about six years old. I battled the deer for several years. They destroyed many of my trees until I built an eight foot fence. I live in the high mountain desert where there are a lot of hungry critters. In addition to the fence I have to net everything. I hate netting as I think it's an eyesore. But no nets, no fruit. Tuck is a cool little garden buddy. My little dog Martha likes to hang out in the garden with me and I can never eat an apple without giving her some. Keep up the great videos, I always learn something.
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Hi James .. I'm going to grow some fruit trees when I relocate to zone 7 in the spring. Your channel is a wonderful source of knowledge for me. You certainly have found your calling in life, and keep up the good work !!
So many tips for apples here. It's always the energy in your delivery for me.😄😄
Good evening I love apple I want here in the Philippines... I like to plant apple tree in my backyard but cannot because my country is tropical seens in my childhood I see apple tree one time only in Japan in the house of my cousin when I see apple tree I'm very happy because... I pray to God I want to see apple tree and he answered my prayer.....Godbless u♥️
Thank you,the information was very resourceful..i had already got 2 variety of trees,Fuji and State Fair variety.:).
🙂thank you.take care:)
Thank you for your video I learned a lot of how to get rid off the worms from my trees
You give me hope with growing a successful apple tree in my yard 😄 I love your educational videos in your garden and your pup is so sweet
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