Dormant Fruit Tree Pruning
This is the most important time to prune your fruit and nut trees! Learn from Dean Gunderson, Director of Education here at Seed St. Louis, the basics of how to prune them properly so you can keep your orchard growing strong.
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0:05 Distinction Between Pruning & Training
2:13 Why Trees are Trained
6:15 What if I do it wrong?
8:23 Tree Structures: Common Fruit Tree Training Structures
9:05 Training Structures: Central Leader
13:23 Training Structures: Open Vase
15:32 Training Structures: Modified Central Leader
17:17 Branch Angle
22:10 Creating Structure
30:00 Pruning Tools
32:39 Sanitation
34:59 Thinning vs. Heading Cuts
39:11 Root Suckers
41:03 Broken, Damaged, Diseased
42:19 Growing Straight Up or Down
43:22 Anything Growing Inwards
44:40 Rubbing Branches
45:28 Minimize Shading
47:22 Review
48:41 Peaches
49:45 Shrubs
50:47 Cane Fruit
53:58 Vine Crops
54:29 Flowers & Fruit
57:54 Remember Your Goals