Thanks so much for all your good tips, didn't realise that I have to prune off branches after fruiting the ...as a beginner, truely I've learned a lot from you. Love your videos very informative
Could I apply this perpendicular V form to apricots as well? Last year - without having any knowledge - I've bought an apricot tree that has - by coincidence or on purpose - this "2 leg system". The tree is a very vigorous grower and left unpruned the nursery said it needs 6-8 meter distance from another tree. p.s. Thank you so much for all your informative videos presented in a didactic way so beginners can understand!
I saw on video when tree is dwarf its best only to leave branches growing at 45 degree angle any at 60 or straight up to pune out those so lower branches aren't shaded from sun and also is it true branches on inside of tree are pruned and ones hanging below limb are left to bare fruit?
This is my first year with fruit. I have thinned the peaches, although it hurts my heart. What about the clumps of five or six that seem to grow right out of the trunk? Should I thin these down to one also? Thanks so much for your great info. Oh, also, I saw a book mentioned in a comment. What is this? Thanks, sheila m
Yes. Prune them the same. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
I have a 2 year old tree in Y shape - and only one branch of Y grew large and with many branches, the other part of Y is very weak. How can I prune it to balance, and can I do it in in the summer? Thanks!
Winter pruning will normally stimulate growth, so you'll want to prune back the shorter side of the V during winter, not during summer. Sometimes a major branch on a tree lacks vigor compared to the other branches. Sometimes a severe pruning, nearly back to the "trunk" of the tree will re-establish the vigor of the weak branch. Here's a series of videos, 3 parts, that demonstrate this technique used on an entire tree: ruclips.net/video/ME7-JlR7qHA/видео.html This is a radical pruning and sometimes the tree will not respond and even die, so there's risk involved. But most of the time the tree mounts a vigorous response. The tree is the above video is now about 6 feet tall and growing quite vigorously. We are removing most of the fruit to allow the tree to put all of its resources into regrowing the structure of the tree. When the tree reaches its desired (our desire, maybe not the tree's) of about 8 feet, we'll leave the fruit on the tree and harvest it. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
@@ucscagroecology Thank you so much! very helpful! I ordered the book! If I may ask another question about fixing past mistakes - I have a two year sweet cherry tree that was planted as a whip and I didn't prune it. Now it has only one strong branch in the bottom, and 1/2 inch main trunk that has good branches very high, at 8 feet or so. Should I drastically cut the main trunk to height of about or below the strong bottom branch making it into a V, and should I do it in the summer or wait till spring? thank you!
@@grower7 A trunk of only 1/2 inch caliper is pretty small to support an 8 foot tree. Without seeing the tree, this is a "best guess" on how to proceed. Suggest cutting the main leader down to about 12 inches about the "strong bottom branch" to start forming an "open center" form. Make this cut in the dead of winter when the tree is dormant. Below the cut, you should see new branches sprouting in the spring. Also, by cutting back the main leader, the caliper of the trunk will increase in size and be able to support the tree's structure and the weight of the fruit.
Yes. Here's another video on peaches. It's important to understand their fruit bearing pattern: ruclips.net/video/HIAGl10RvAQ/видео.html Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
You're welcome! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
@@ucscagroecology thanks again! Out of all the videos I've seen online I like yours the best by far! They're very easy to follow and you have given me a lot of insight on how to prune and why I'm pruning what I'm pruning. I just pruned my fruit trees today and they look amazing. I made the mistake of letting them go for 2 years. They're all young and they look so much better now than they did.
Thanks so much for all your good tips, didn't realise that I have to prune off branches after fruiting the ...as a beginner, truely I've learned a lot from you. Love your videos very informative
Here's another video with Orin with specific information on how to maintain fruit laterals on peach trees: ruclips.net/video/HIAGl10RvAQ/видео.html
These videos are so clear and concise. Thanks.
Could I apply this perpendicular V form to apricots as well? Last year - without having any knowledge - I've bought an apricot tree that has - by coincidence or on purpose - this "2 leg system". The tree is a very vigorous grower and left unpruned the nursery said it needs 6-8 meter distance from another tree. p.s. Thank you so much for all your informative videos presented in a didactic way so beginners can understand!
I just love this guy. Got the book, following it to the letter. So much bad info out there on pruning peaches. Now I understand finally. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
I didn't realize he had a book. What is the title where can I get it?
If my lateral branches didn't set any fruit in the second year I'm assuming that I still need to prune them out?
The details you presented in this video are not seen in any other peach pruning videos I've ever watched. Thank you.
Yer welcome. If you search across this channel for "peach" you find several more videos on pruning peach trees.
Thank you for this educational and useful information!
I saw on video when tree is dwarf its best only to leave branches growing at 45 degree angle any at 60 or straight up to pune out those so lower branches aren't shaded from sun and also is it true branches on inside of tree are pruned and ones hanging below limb are left to bare fruit?
This is my first year with fruit. I have thinned the peaches, although it hurts my heart. What about the clumps of five or six that seem to grow right out of the trunk?
Should I thin these down to one also? Thanks so much for your great info. Oh, also, I saw a book mentioned in a comment. What is this? Thanks, sheila m
Because of the close relationship between peach and nectarine trees, would you use the same pruning technique on nectarines? Thank you!
Yes. Prune them the same. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
I have a 2 year old tree in Y shape - and only one branch of Y grew large and with many branches, the other part of Y is very weak. How can I prune it to balance, and can I do it in in the summer? Thanks!
Winter pruning will normally stimulate growth, so you'll want to prune back the shorter side of the V during winter, not during summer. Sometimes a major branch on a tree lacks vigor compared to the other branches. Sometimes a severe pruning, nearly back to the "trunk" of the tree will re-establish the vigor of the weak branch. Here's a series of videos, 3 parts, that demonstrate this technique used on an entire tree: ruclips.net/video/ME7-JlR7qHA/видео.html
This is a radical pruning and sometimes the tree will not respond and even die, so there's risk involved. But most of the time the tree mounts a vigorous response. The tree is the above video is now about 6 feet tall and growing quite vigorously. We are removing most of the fruit to allow the tree to put all of its resources into regrowing the structure of the tree. When the tree reaches its desired (our desire, maybe not the tree's) of about 8 feet, we'll leave the fruit on the tree and harvest it.
Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
@@ucscagroecology Thank you so much! very helpful! I ordered the book! If I may ask another question about fixing past mistakes - I have a two year sweet cherry tree that was planted as a whip and I didn't prune it. Now it has only one strong branch in the bottom, and 1/2 inch main trunk that has good branches very high, at 8 feet or so. Should I drastically cut the main trunk to height of about or below the strong bottom branch making it into a V, and should I do it in the summer or wait till spring? thank you!
@@grower7 A trunk of only 1/2 inch caliper is pretty small to support an 8 foot tree. Without seeing the tree, this is a "best guess" on how to proceed. Suggest cutting the main leader down to about 12 inches about the "strong bottom branch" to start forming an "open center" form. Make this cut in the dead of winter when the tree is dormant. Below the cut, you should see new branches sprouting in the spring. Also, by cutting back the main leader, the caliper of the trunk will increase in size and be able to support the tree's structure and the weight of the fruit.
On peach trees planted 5 feet apart is that 5 feet from trunk of tree to another trunk in distance?
5 feet from trunk to trunk.
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Yer welcome!
Will this be the same for donut peaches?
Yes. Here's another video on peaches. It's important to understand their fruit bearing pattern:
ruclips.net/video/HIAGl10RvAQ/видео.html
Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
good videos! Thanks!
You're welcome! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
@@ucscagroecology thanks again! Out of all the videos I've seen online I like yours the best by far! They're very easy to follow and you have given me a lot of insight on how to prune and why I'm pruning what I'm pruning. I just pruned my fruit trees today and they look amazing. I made the mistake of letting them go for 2 years. They're all young and they look so much better now than they did.
I thought this was a no no. Isn’t this a bad crotch angle?
You're right, but it works in this particular tree form. There are thousands of peach trees pruned to this shape in the Central Valley of CA.