Pruning Fruit Trees | Rejuvenate fruit trees through pruning | Pruning old neglected fruit trees 

Thanks for the comment and support, Mika. I appreciate it.

You're welcome! Thanks for the comment.

Thanks for the comment, David. I appreciate it.

You're welcome!

This is true it can but fruit tress are in there fruiting time during spring and summer so you wouldn’t want to prune them then. I typically prune my fruit trees in late February early March as winters were im at get below 32 at night.

Hi. Thanks for the comment. Yes, the Olive trees can also be pruned and rejuvenated much the same way. I also have several, very old, Olive trees that are in bad shape and would benefit from it. If I have the time to prune them this year, I might try to film it to show the before and after.

@@JSacadura thanks for the reply! That would be so great! Most if out trees are cometely silvado (covered in brambles to the top). I'll wait with pruning them untill your video comes out :)

@@healthyrootsstrongwings538 Get the secateurs or loppers out now, remove the brambles and burn them. Then get a pick and a pitchfork and dig out as much of the root of the blackberries as possible. They will only get in your way otherwise, when you prune the tree. There are many, many videos on pruning olive trees, so don't procrastinate. Get to it during this fairly slow-growing season and the trees will have time to recover. But don't expect a lot of olives in year one. Oh, and help the tree put on new growth by: 1) probing and loosening some of the soil around it. 2) Putting animal manure on for a meter or so around the tree. Rain will help this nutrition seep in, and the worms will come up and drag the organic matter down, thus helping to aerate the soil, which is needed so the tree can get more water.

@@judeirwin2222 Thanks for the advise! We haven't been sitting still and a lot of the brambles have been dealt with sort off with all kinds of tools. It is so much work though that digging the roots out is low priority for now. In stead of burning we have actually shredded the dried brambles up and made raised garden Beds out of them building the soil and using waste as a resource. I will make a video about it at some point :) Before I start pruning the trees I really want to make sure I'm doing it the right way and study it a bit more as not to ruin the trees. Actually today I picked up our first olive oil from the press and we just tasted it with some bread. Best thing ever!

No es necesariamente la Arbokol más moderna, pero las que tienen una base de hidrocarburos pueden mantener la humedad en la herida, lo que puede potenciar hongos y otras enfermedades.

You're welcome. I was planning on doing a summer pruning video in a few weeks that will include plums. If the tree is young and you want it to concentrate its energy on the main branches, you can remove the watersprouts (vigorous vertical branches), as these will have to be removed anyway. Next spring you can concentrate on the other branches and shape the tree to your liking.

@@JSacadura Thank you, I will watch for summer pruning of plum video.

I would prune them in late winter, while in dormancy (February, early March, where I live).

It depends on the tree's age and condition. In younger trees in good condition you can prune it in the summer and finish the job the same winter without fearing too many overgrowth (water sprouts). If the tree is older I would prune it only in the winter and its better to divide the pruning job over a couple of years to reduce stress. These trees in the video reacted quite well and they are beautiful now, in full bloom and producing again. I might include them in a future video to show the result.

@@JSacadura The tree is about 20+ years old and has 3 trunks left, right, and center. The center is about 13-14" diameter and the two sides, which are both leaning about 45 degrees on each side, are about 12" dia..... The branches start at about 7 feet and plenty of giant water sprouts. My end goal is to eventually cut the 3 large trunks to about 5 ft height and develop new branches from there over a span of maybe 3 years or so. Do you think that's still possible for the said trunks to heal and close? If it doesnt fruit for a year or two, nobody would miss it really coz the fruits are substandard. Thanks so much for your inputs!

@@JSacadura For old neglected apple and cherry trees around 20 years old, would it kill the tree if about 75% of the wood was removed during dormant season? Both trees are not producing useful fruits--the apple has bland sour fruits while the cherry is good but always cracks and gets infested with worms every year so nobody would miss the fruits even if it didnt appear for a couple of years. I plan to top-work both anyway so my only fear is the trees dying. Would they?

Here are some links regarding that issue: www.arboristnow.com/news/wound-paint-falling-out-of-favor www.researchgate.net/publication/238752200_Tree_care_a_new_look www.researchgate.net/publication/242620700_Wound_dressings_results_of_studies_over_13_years In most pruning, i don't cover small wounds anymore. In old trees, and larger wounds, i am still using some cover material, but a resin based one (not the black, petroleum based, that was common in the past), but try to use a very small layer only, so callus tissue can form easily.

Your best option is to leave the pruning wounds uncovered. Modern studies show that most trees have their own means of covering wounds and do better without any artificial sealing products.

Its a resin base pruning mastic (Arbokol). Unfortunately, I believe its only available in Europe, but there are several other brands that are similar.

@@JSacadura Thank you! I'll have to find out what other methods people resort to in the US. Thank you for answering.

In most cases you can just let the wounds dry out for themselves. Most trees cure very well without help. Nevertheless, if long periods of rain are expected and the trees are quite old, I prefer to apply a light layer of a resin based pruning sealer.

You are right. At the time I didn't do voice overs and I used the same subtitle color in all my videos. in this one, it was not a good choice. I might redo the video, with a few updates and voiceover.

@@JSacadura Thank you. It was a nice video. I'm looking to find the best way to prune an old, neglected pare tree in our side yard. Nothing to loose, everything to gain. Thank you, Roland

Not all pear trees varieties are self-pollinating. It may need pollen from another pear variety to be able to fruit. If its a seedling (fruit tree obtained from seed) you might have to wait a few more years for fruit production. it might also lack the number of chill hours needed to produce fruit - Check my video on Grafting a LOW CHILL variety to know more about chill hours - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ppMoQWyskbY.html

@@JSacadura Thank You

I like to keep my trees small, so I keep the spacing pretty close and prune aggressively. These older trees are further apart, around 10 feet.

@@JSacadura I have a small mix orchard with 10 by 13 feet spacing.trees branches starts at 3ft.i thought I left too much space.

Hi, Jude. Thanks for the comment. I didn't bother with those details in this video has I had done a previous one explaining and showing all those essential points. I didn't see the point of doing it all over again has the theme of the videos was different - the most important point was rejuvenating the trees, not learning pruning techniques. If you check my first pruning video "Pruning Fruit Trees | Pruning Techniques | Essential Pruning Course" - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-buziSuLiUhY.html all those details are there.Also, in more recent pruning videos "Pruning Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard | A step by step video guide - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ispF8zyr4pU.html, I change viewpoints and show more detail. All those videos are grouped in a Pruning Trees Playing list in my channel, so viewers that want to know more, can easily do so, by checking the other videos in that list.