40 PRO TIPS that make growing Fruit Trees EASY - 30+ years of experience
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- Do you have fruit trees? Do you want fruit trees? Do you hesitate having fruit trees because they're too much work? Here is 40 low maintenance tips for growing fruit trees.
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Thanks for all the information you put out. It’s been truly helpful. God bless
Glad it was helpful!
You have so much knowledge. I remember asking you a few years ago about trying some temperate climate apple trees in my sub tropical central GA. You said don't bother, but I decided to try. Of course you were right, and none of them did well. Most of them are dead or barely alive.
Why are they dead?
@@Mashiamape22 they couldn't stand intense summer heat and sun I guess. Plus for most apple varieties there isn't enough chill hours here. The ones still alive are not doing the best.
On the other hand figs, persimmons etc are growing like weeds.
your best video to date - so informative. well done!
Wow, thank you!
Many thanks Stefan :-)
GREAT summary of 30 years of hard earned experience :-)
Best,
Richard
Merci Richard, je pensais passer pour récolter quelques boutures de ton mûrier illinois everbearing.
@@StefanSobkowiak
Il me fera grand plaisir d’en partager avec toi :-)
Une amie a trouvé que la meilleure façon est de bouturer de morus est de procéder avec du bois semi-aoûté, à l’étouffée, vers le mois d’août.
Thanks for your informative and engaging videos. I always learn from and enjoy them.
Glad you like them!
The only thing i disagree with is the when in doubt space them out. I personally go with the when in doubt double down. Which means i plant even closer together, with the plan on removing or transplanting every 2nd tree when they fill out enough to encroach on each other's space. More work in some ways, but the higher density seems to work well for me
Thank you! I just bought a dwarf Chojuro Asian pear and I'll be using these tips!
Best tip you told me: Put up a guard. We have lots of rabbits and they took out my young Honeycrisp apple several years ago, just chewed it up and killed it by girdling the trunk. I cannot let that happen to my Chojuro -- it wasn't cheap $$
Question - can you apply a lime wash to save young trees from rabbits etc ? Thanks Roger
Wonderful video as always.❤
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you, Stefan.
Great information. Thank you.
Interesting. I was always told downwards branches leads to broken branches with weight of fruit. Super interesting.
THANK YOU!
Thank you Stefan. I do love your tips and avoid mistakes videos the most❤
Happy to hear that!
Disease resistance is very good. I swapped out Bartlett pears for Moonglow, warren and Kieffer. Fireblight is nasty. Something also to consider, flowering time in many climates. Example, here in Missouri, peaches can get frosted off. So I made sure to get mid to late season trees to avoid that. Sunglo nectarine blooms are frost resistant too. Just something to consider. I've planted about 90 trees and 30 cherry bushes. Cherry trees can crack, but bushes don't. If you're looking at tart cherries, juliet bushes are nice.
True, nice point.
Thank you!😊
❤ the info! A very spot on video! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing info
Glad you think so!
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Merci
I have sandy soil, and I amend my holes with carbon (peat, compost or anything else i can get my hands on) for water retention and nutrient retention, since I dont have a drip irrigation, I dont have the time to go watering all the time.
we added tree guards in saskatchewan that look exactly like that and the small rodents made nest in it over winter, at the cambium and killed the tree:(
Much of what I learn from you deviates from what I learned in the 1970s, but your methods seem to produce a far greater return on investment. One trick I would recommend to all is to plant lots and lots of MINT. This'll help deter field mice and moles and seldom chokes out other plantings... (Greek Oregano will however).
Sounds great! I have lots of spearmint and I cut it up including the stems which have a LOT of flavor and dehydrate it for tea. I have so much, I can drink "free" all day, which has saved me a fortune replacing the simple afternoon Cokes. Mint tea is the taste you never get tired of.
Hi thanks for all your helpful information. Are horizontal branches beneficial on citrus trees as well?
Thank you
I had to check the book I use as a reference on the technique and they don't cover citrus. There can be exceptions but I would guess yes they respond the same. Test it on one tree if you have a couple.
Thanks for the reply. Wow I've watched so many of your videos it's like talking with a celebrity and to think you took time to research it for me, I'm honoured. Thank you so much.
+, 33 совет логичен, НО, сладкими плодами дерево кормит микробиоту, что даёт "лучшую жизнь" дереву. Вы наверно слышали про Эффективные Микроорганизмы? И при их разведении/размножении добавляют сладкое: сахар, старое варенье, милассу. Тоже самое делает дерево, сбрасывая свои плоды. Стоит над этим подумать, Земля-Матушка мудра.;)
На самом деле всё проще и сложнее одновременно. Дерево "желает" - в этом году не хочу сильно расти. И Вселенная говорит ей: "ОК", и куча тли нападает на него, исполняя его желание:) Но чаще дерево исполняет желание человека, ведь сейчас мысли его ОЧЕНЬ хаотичны. Достаточно часто замечаю, причины того или иного роста/ослабления растений, связанных с моими "пожеланиями", правда осознаю их только когда дерево "исполнило" его:)
П.С.: куры в помощь, не зря же их Боженька сотворил;)
I have some apple trees that seem to be affected by cedar apple rust. I have removed the cedar trees in my yard but I believe some others are in the nearby area. What’s the best way to prevent ?? I have liberty and Jonathan planted
Best is to plant rust resistant cultivars. Just check with the name if they have proven resistance to it. Since you’ll never get every host tree.
The only problem here with long grass is snakes and tics
Long grass can be roller crimped using even a lawn tractor. It keep the grass lower and holds moisture.
How to treat Justaberry with white powder on leaves at the end of the branch?
try spraying diluted milk with water , the higher ph of the milk helps with the mildew, repeat if it rains
Thx MrB
Question: Is there recommended method for planting fruit trees in dark, rich and heavy clay soil?
I add a heavy wood chip/leaf mulch layer to the planting spot in spring to plant in winter. It makes digging way easier. I have alot of clay.
Be thankful you have dark clay. I really depends on the drainage especially of the clay. If it holds water on the surface at some time (ok if it happens when the soil is frozen) the I would suggest mounding or berming and planting on top to get better drainage.
I need a plum curculio predator
Use feromones.
Me too.
....All pests, so predators have food. I have yet to find a predator for Japanese beetles!
So I do this too - so it is not a ding - just wondering so I can do better also - but why talk in almost a yell? it is hard to listen to - and doing it for every tip doesn't allow an increase in volume for a big point .... it is all the same hyper energy --- again - I do this when talking on the phone or transcribing and am trying to stop - but I fall back into the habit - but still - I am not posting on youtube
I guess as I get older I don’t hear myself so I speak louder. Age.
@@StefanSobkowiak I wish that was MY excuse LOL I do it and I'm mid-aged .... I'm still trying to figure why so I can better change it :)
You can always just lower the volume of the whole video during editing.
all I have is frost pockets and poor drainage... don't tell me where I can fruit tree!
Lol. Yup my whole orchard is in poor drainage.
My 2 sites are totally different. One is an old pecan orchard(12 trees) the is on a hill. Now planting apple, pear, and chestnut in there.
2nd is old house site that is full of gravel and clay. This is the site I 'officially' started planting fruit trees on years ago. Finally learned what likes it(fig and pear mostly) .
one thing steve says that makes a lot of sense is you gotta find what grows for you. for me it seems to be stone fruit. I think it's too wet for the pears where I am despite what I read saying they're more tolerant of clay soils.
@@kristingoettlicher3503 willow trees help
When he says he maintains 6 arces by working 4 hours a WEEK implies he has no employees.
I rhink that is deceptive
AT 0:43
Correct, no employees.
@@StefanSobkowiak
I have seen your videos where you employ French speaking people on your orchard
Again
Seems deceptive
We occasionally get interns, volunteers or people completing their stages (for school). We monitor time of maintenance vs projects. Projects are any task that improves the orchard or expands it rather than maintaining what we've already put in.
@@StefanSobkowiak now you are being plainly deceptive
I guess then it depends what you classify as maintenance.