Orchard walk June 2021 leopard moth damage
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- We stopped using crop protection chemicals about 7 years ago, apart from some herbicide to stop grass smothering the trees. On the whole, it has worked out OK (given that we aren't selling fruit so can live with spots and maggots) but recently we have been having more trouble with the leopard moth.
Good to see some new videos from you again. I have followed and learn from your various tutorials over the years and now have a small orchard of about 60 old heirloom variety dessert and West Country cider apples growing in my garden near Hobart, Tasmania. All doing well after learning from your excellent videos, thank you.
Thanks Steve, that’s wonderful. When we started this project 30 years ago one of our main goals was to promote and preserve old fruit tree genetics, and (mostly due to these videos) we appear to have succeeded way beyond our hopes and expectations. We are very honoured to have been something of an inspiration to others round the world.
This orchard is now in a stage of gentle decline, more of a sanctuary than a fruit production unit. 30 years is a long time in a man and woman’s life. Julia is now more involved in art and caregiving, I am very active in skin cancer diagnostics education, so the orchard is mainly looking after itself. But we aren’t finished yet!
A big thank you to everyone who has planted fruit trees after watching these imperfect but heartfelt videos. You have made us feel the effort was worth while.😊
Thanks for all your videos when you first started I watch almost all videos and made many notes. Most of my selections of apples come from yours and Julia’s orchard. Thanks so much for all your work.
Interesting. I don't know about leopard moths but we certainly have no woodpeckers here so that is not something we have to worry about! Canker on the other hand is, and has ever been, a major head ache. Your orchard walk reminded me of the Japanese proverb, "The best manure is the gardener's shadow"!
For a split second I read this as "leopard damage" and had a truly terrifying mental image for any orchardist.
Thankfully the only leopards round here are in a zoo.
There is a feromone trap I use to catch Leopard moths, in my orchard in June, it works very well. Need to elevate the trap above the trees to be most efficient. Read your acknowledgement of Michael Phillips, and I have learnt you corresponded with each other sometimes. I was also in touch with him occasionally, learnt a lot from his books and newsletters, and today I manage my orchard based on his teachings. Picked some of my apple varieties based on his and your recommendations. Can’t wait to taste my first Kidd’s Orange Reds and Orleans Reinettes! Thank you for your lovely videos!
Leopard moths don’t cause damage like this. In fact, giant leopard moths are rarely even seen in trees or shrubs. The caterpillars tend to stay low on the ground eating weeds and some grass types. Hope this info helps. Good luck with your orchard :)
I have a few English apples , I live in Alabama and my st. Edmond pippen ( russet) is very thick foilage wise and fruit wise. I live in zone 7b. English apples do. Very well here. My great great grandpa was called " old English" and was from Lincolnshire . He brought several seeds including Roxbury russet which I have currently. Nice cropper.
Yea another video of the orchard! I do miss these terribly! The orchard looks very nice.
Its nice to see the orchard again ,thank you both.nick
Glad to see you post, I always like your information
Brilliant advice, learned a lot, thanks♡♧♡
Sorry, this is off topic. I have a tree in my yard that I believe is a Bramley. It's been giving me fits with very few apples and tremendous growth. I tried to post some pictures to help to identify and be sure that it is indeed a Bramley. But discovered I can't post a picture on RUclips comments. Do you have any suggestions that may help me out? Thank you in advance I greatly admire your channel.
I just have a very old single apple tree in my garden and the moths decimated it this year, blossom and leaves gone and the bark looks very much like your ones you highlighted and and we have weed peckers. Don't know whether to get rid of it
Hey Steven. l'v been following your channel for a few years now and learned a lot from you. I have an Allotment and have one apple tree growing, it's a sunset variety ( your recommendation). It's in it's third year and I am delighted with it's yield and quality. Last year I purchased two miniature apple root stocks from Blackmore nurseries, my intention is to graft two of your recommended varieties ( lord lambert and kids orange). Im just wondering are you still sending out scion wood, if so, I would love to get two of each varieties. That's if your still sending scion wood. Cheers john form Ireland 👍👍
Greetings Again from Rural Northeast California!
Well it's been a while, hasn't it?
I have been an arborist since the 1980s. But I seek to continue to learn.
In recent years I have been pruning in my sister's small orchard. Just fourteen trees. It is a young orchard. The trees are beginning to take off. Heights up to eight feet or more in some cases. Now I wish to review the fine points of reducing fruit tree height and spread of the crown.
So I am looking for books and online videos. RUclips et al.
So, I am looking for suggestions from both Stephen and others.
We have various apples, bradford pear, nectarine, apricot, and others I can't recall just now. The elevation here is a bit over 4,000 feet. It is a dry and sunny climate with winter snow sometimes of two feet. Summers get up to 100° now and then. We have painted against sun scald.
So... what say ye all?
My appletrees seem to have not so much leaves and growth than other years. I have the idea the have to recover from last 3 years heath and drought. I think it is the same in your orchard, isn't it?
I think it's normal if you water them, they will grow better.👍ruclips.net/video/BEKYZDPOcmY/видео.html
Hi Stephen. Good to see you back. Could you do a bridge graft or two on that first tree.
In theory, yes. I tried it once and failed.
Any problems caused by the cold windy spring we've just had Stephen? My young trees took a beating here in Dorset, I found lots of young leaves got wind burn and many shoots are badly bruised.
We get a lot of protection from our tall leafy poplars. Their leaves get blown off but they protect the fruit trees, as we planned when we planted them.
Would neem oil help for the leopard moth? Would lime sulphur work for the canker?
Good to see you both.
Could you paint your trunks to prevent those borers??
I doubt it. We can bear this level of loss.
Are you going to do a bypass graft on the first tree?
No. I tried once and failed, b ut it's a young-ish tree and we have 600 others to think about. We can stand the loss.