Today we're thinning out the fruit set on our Anna Apple Tree. Help support the channel for free by starting your Amazon shopping here! www.amazon.com/shop/edgeofnow...
With our bunnies and birds they're gone before the next day, so it essentially turns into fertilizer for the trees. But that's correct, most folks would probably want to compost those.
Thanks for your videos. I'm learning so much from them. I'm in Tempe & planning on getting a couple apple trees (and peach & fig) soon. When is the best time to put the trees in the ground?
Daughter Of A King, that's a great question. The best time to plant deciduous trees such as these is Fall (late September) through early Spring (no later than March or so). Even though the weather has been amazing this spring, we all know we're about to get hammered with 110+ degrees days which would just crush little baby trees trying to get their legs underneath them. Hang in there until fall and go for it!
Hey Candid! We definitely will once we have new trees going into the ground at the new property. We did a video a couple of years back on how we plant our trees that may be helpful in the meantime. I'll link that for you here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ggvLy_nXJsk.html
Nice explanation. Wouldn't it be better to do the pruning when the fruit are smaller though? All the energy that has gone into the fruit that gets removed could have gone into the fruit that is left on the tree.
Great question and yes you definitely can thin them sooner than this. We usually scramble to get thinning done during the spring with all of the different varieties fruiting at the same time, so we were a bit behind on this one.
Great question. On this property we had 8 varieties, but we've narrowed that down to 7 on the new one. Of those, there are really 4 that do well here in the desert. Those are Golden Dorsette, Anna, Tropic Sweet and Ein Shemer.
The Dude, these are usually ripe around the beginning of June. We had some late fruit set this year so we may let them go a little longer, but we start testing these guys out in about a week or so. These tend to get a bit "mealy" if you let them completely ripen on the tree, so we pull them a little early.
We feed the culled apples to our pigs and they devour them. Chickens will eat some as well although not as much. Otherwise they make great compost or addition to a worm bin.
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@@EdgeofNowhereFarm yes they are... I did one big long row front and back it takes forever those trees were loaded the row was 2 Acres Long sometimes you just want to start shaking the tree LOL
Sir can be plant Anna apple in hot climate and at low chilling climate region । Will it bear fruit like yours in this video. I mean to say that will Anna apple give fruits where the temperature is between 45 to 50 degree celcius
@@EdgeofNowhereFarmsir, what is the minium total chilling hours for it to bear fruit, I am from India and the region where I stay is hot in summer and cold in winter the summer temperature is between 46-50 degree celcius. And winter temperature lies between 5-7 degree celcius for about one month.will it fruit plz reply
What a beautiful apple tree! I'd love to see a cameo of the thinned tree in some future video so I could see the end result. Also--meaning not to pressure you--I would love to see a video of your spray schedule: how; when; what you use; in the near future because your trees look so undamaged. Thanks!
Hey boinerz. So we don't do any spraying on our trees. I suppose we would probably see better results in some instances, but we just don't have the time to go through and take that extra step. We concentrate on building the soil the best we can in hopes the tree can uptake what it needs from there. Assuming we're still on this property, we'll probably do a harvest video on this tree so we can give everyone an update. Great suggestion!
Thanks for letting me know. I live in the Southeast U.S. and though I've spent years conditioning and babying the soil my trees are planted in, still I have to spray. However, I try to be organic so I use only cold--pressed Neem oil. It helps some but no way do my trees look as pretty as yours. I thought perhaps there was some special regimen you went through. Since you don't spray, however, I suspect now that it may be not only your soil but also your dry desert air that keeps your trees looking so nice. Thanks again for the response. I really enjoy your videos. @@EdgeofNowhereFarm
