3 Reasons to Prune Your Fruit Trees in Summer
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Because of you, last fall I gave growing garlic a try. I decided not to be hung up on getting the right seed garlic since it was just an experiment in an old container I had. I stuck 4 cloves (from a grocery store bulb that had sprouted) into a container with some potting soil in early November. Pretty much ignored them after that. I now have 4 small bulbs curing on my screen porch. Theyre not brag-worthy and yet Im very proud of them!
Date: 2022-07-18
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Ottawajames
So I found out that I have been growing a hallucinogenic flower for years, besides morning glories that is. Datura Innoxia (aka. Jimsonweed, Downy Thorn Apple) is a gorgeous large flower trumpet shaped flower that pollinators and hummingbirds alike really enjoy. They are completely legal to own and cultivate but the plant produces a chemical that makes a person trip out like on acid. Every part can get a person high, root stem, leaf, flower, seed or nectar. Obviously I'm not growing it for nefarious purposes but i thought it was a nifty little factoid about a plant I love.
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So I found out that I have been growing a hallucinogenic flower for years, besides morning glories that is. Datura Innoxia (aka. Jimsonweed, Downy Thorn Apple) is a gorgeous large flower trumpet shaped flower that pollinators and hummingbirds alike really enjoy. They are completely legal to own and cultivate but the plant produces a chemical that makes a person trip out like on acid. Every part can get a person high, root stem, leaf, flower, seed or nectar. Obviously I'm not growing it for nefarious purposes but i thought it was a nifty little factoid about a plant I love.
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Dineen
I used to prune my desert trees in Phoenix, because the growing season makes so much weight, that storms will rip them out of the ground or break off branches. I saw my peach trees(new to me, getting too big and heavy. It just seemed natural to nip off new low branches, and sacrifice the lower fruit or ones out on long branches. I also cleared out the interior crowded branches, so I could reach the higher fruit. Seems like I did the right thing. Gonna nip some more in the fall, once the leaves fall.
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I used to prune my desert trees in Phoenix, because the growing season makes so much weight, that storms will rip them out of the ground or break off branches. I saw my peach trees(new to me, getting too big and heavy. It just seemed natural to nip off new low branches, and sacrifice the lower fruit or ones out on long branches. I also cleared out the interior crowded branches, so I could reach the higher fruit. Seems like I did the right thing. Gonna nip some more in the fall, once the leaves fall.
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Johnny
This is perfect for me. I just started pruning my apricot and loquat tree. Rats were getting to the ripe loquats before I could but a bunch are still ripening; I even bagged a branch and they chewed through the bag. Is there a way to tell where loquats will flower? Not sunny/warm enough to produce sweet apricots but got maybe 30-40 this year. The tree is incredibly tall with branches reaching way too far out so Im being aggressive with the pruning.
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This is perfect for me. I just started pruning my apricot and loquat tree. Rats were getting to the ripe loquats before I could but a bunch are still ripening; I even bagged a branch and they chewed through the bag. Is there a way to tell where loquats will flower? Not sunny/warm enough to produce sweet apricots but got maybe 30-40 this year. The tree is incredibly tall with branches reaching way too far out so Im being aggressive with the pruning.
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Cut
I instantly thought about The Law of Orlah (Leviticus 19: 23-25. No harvesting of any fruit from a tree for five years after a tree is planted. The Sages reasoned that it was for the good of the tree because it would let the tree grow larger, thrive longer and produce more fruit. It upshot is that nobody, Jew or Gentile, may eat from any of that fruit and the fruit must be destroyed.
I learned all of this in shul.
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I instantly thought about The Law of Orlah (Leviticus 19: 23-25. No harvesting of any fruit from a tree for five years after a tree is planted. The Sages reasoned that it was for the good of the tree because it would let the tree grow larger, thrive longer and produce more fruit. It upshot is that nobody, Jew or Gentile, may eat from any of that fruit and the fruit must be destroyed.
I learned all of this in shul.
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Adam
So I know that each kind of fruit tree you have is it's only one in the garden, but as I've known you always need another flowering tree of the same kind in order to pollinate and start the fruiting process. How is it that your individual fruit trees are being pollinated and fruiting? Is it because they are all citrus and that's close enough for it to pollinate?
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So I know that each kind of fruit tree you have is it's only one in the garden, but as I've known you always need another flowering tree of the same kind in order to pollinate and start the fruiting process. How is it that your individual fruit trees are being pollinated and fruiting? Is it because they are all citrus and that's close enough for it to pollinate?
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Gary
I heavily prune my apricot tree about every 2 years in the week after harvesting the fruit.
A. Raise the canopy back up to 7-8 feet.
B. Remove crossed branches.
C. Restore inner air flow
D. Top the tree at about 13 feet (where I can reach on a 6 foot step ladder.
This year, this activity also removed 75% of a massive aphid infestation.
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I heavily prune my apricot tree about every 2 years in the week after harvesting the fruit.
A. Raise the canopy back up to 7-8 feet.
B. Remove crossed branches.
C. Restore inner air flow
D. Top the tree at about 13 feet (where I can reach on a 6 foot step ladder.
This year, this activity also removed 75% of a massive aphid infestation.
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Stephanie
We have some WAAAAY overgrown cherry trees that came with the property that Id like to prune back to a manageable size. How much is too much to prune down in any given pruning session or year, surely lopping off 1/2 the length of all the branches cant be good. These guys are massive (like 15-18 feet tall) Ideas/suggestions?
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We have some WAAAAY overgrown cherry trees that came with the property that Id like to prune back to a manageable size. How much is too much to prune down in any given pruning session or year, surely lopping off 1/2 the length of all the branches cant be good. These guys are massive (like 15-18 feet tall) Ideas/suggestions?
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ralph
What you say is true. I had some new citrus like the size you showed and removed all the fruit. By the next year, it doubled in size. The large water catcher you show at the end of the video, did you paint it black? And how is it connected to catch water? Water catching may be a subject for a video. Thanks have a great day.
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What you say is true. I had some new citrus like the size you showed and removed all the fruit. By the next year, it doubled in size. The large water catcher you show at the end of the video, did you paint it black? And how is it connected to catch water? Water catching may be a subject for a video. Thanks have a great day.
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Cee
Personal emotional support. lolol. OMG, just love your sense of humor. Loquat - I grew up with these in central FL. As well as a number of citrus trees. As kids, we loved to steal the fruit from neighbors. Those trees got massive. and, subsequently, diseased. For your entire orchard, will live through you vicariously.
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Personal emotional support. lolol. OMG, just love your sense of humor. Loquat - I grew up with these in central FL. As well as a number of citrus trees. As kids, we loved to steal the fruit from neighbors. Those trees got massive. and, subsequently, diseased. For your entire orchard, will live through you vicariously.
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Andrew
hey, just wanna to take a second to appreciate the effort put into all of this. its inspired me to start my own garden and already have food! also the more informal videos do just right there not lead you in the wrong direction and give you a better general understanding, which is very helpful
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hey, just wanna to take a second to appreciate the effort put into all of this. its inspired me to start my own garden and already have food! also the more informal videos do just right there not lead you in the wrong direction and give you a better general understanding, which is very helpful
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Duy
What I thought you only prune tree at the end of the season. But that is what are all hear say but I find it ridiculous idea. I personally think pruning best when plant most active and strongest in the season for it sap to seal it cutted off limb and use resources of the season to recover.
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What I thought you only prune tree at the end of the season. But that is what are all hear say but I find it ridiculous idea. I personally think pruning best when plant most active and strongest in the season for it sap to seal it cutted off limb and use resources of the season to recover.
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areftify
Thanks for your videos. I'm learning a lot from you. We have cherries, apples, a pearl, and an apricot tree next to few walnut trees. They're all getting so tall. I can't harvest the top anymore. Is it OK to cut some of the big branches from the top after the harvesting season?
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Thanks for your videos. I'm learning a lot from you. We have cherries, apples, a pearl, and an apricot tree next to few walnut trees. They're all getting so tall. I can't harvest the top anymore. Is it OK to cut some of the big branches from the top after the harvesting season?
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Stacie
Thanks for the info. I just finally removed the mesh bags that were protecting our young fruit trees from the Cicadas (Brood X. I was wondering if I can prune off the damaged branches that suffered from being confined in the mesh bags for so many weeks. This video was so helpful!
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Thanks for the info. I just finally removed the mesh bags that were protecting our young fruit trees from the Cicadas (Brood X. I was wondering if I can prune off the damaged branches that suffered from being confined in the mesh bags for so many weeks. This video was so helpful!
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Massimini
I just moved into my house and wanted to get some fruit trees, but I thought you were supposed to plant them in the early spring. You mentioned planting some of your trees soon. Is that just cuz you are in zone 10? I'm in zone 7, is it ok to plant fruit trees right now?
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I just moved into my house and wanted to get some fruit trees, but I thought you were supposed to plant them in the early spring. You mentioned planting some of your trees soon. Is that just cuz you are in zone 10? I'm in zone 7, is it ok to plant fruit trees right now?
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