Gump Posted March 25, 2019 Share #1 Posted March 25, 2019 Been trying to get this done the last couple weeks. Decided to leave work early today and get it done. Hopefully a good year for apples and cherries. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 25, 2019 Share #2 Posted March 25, 2019 How much snow do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2019 Share #3 Posted March 25, 2019 32 minutes ago, Longjohn said: How much snow do you have? Probably 18 inches here and 3 feet up on the Hill. We skied yesterday and it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 26, 2019 Share #4 Posted March 26, 2019 I never tried pruning my trees when we had snow on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2019 Share #5 Posted March 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, Longjohn said: I never tried pruning my trees when we had snow on the ground. You should do it when they are dormant. I prefer to prune earlier in the winter so the wound heals before sap starts moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 26, 2019 Share #6 Posted March 26, 2019 Do the birds know exactly when the cherries are perfectly ripe? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 26, 2019 Share #7 Posted March 26, 2019 Post some pics so I can critique your pruning. Close up of some cuts with a bud in the picture and some at distance to show branch structure. Also briefly describe how you sharpened disinfected your pruning equipment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted March 26, 2019 Share #8 Posted March 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Zackny said: Been trying to get this done the last couple weeks. Decided to leave work early today and get it done. Hopefully a good year for apples and cherries. I planted 6 of them, dwarf and semi-drawf, in the yard of my first house. My favorites were a Bing-like cherry and Japanese Plum. I also had a 5-in-1 apple tree, though it didn't bear very well. If I plant a couple in my current yard, I'd go for one of those "bird-proof" wax-type or otherwise not-red-when-ripe cherries and a Japanese plum, whose pale redness didn't seem to attract the birds as much as the cherries did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2019 Share #9 Posted March 26, 2019 10 hours ago, jsharr said: Post some pics so I can critique your pruning. Close up of some cuts with a bud in the picture and some at distance to show branch structure. Also briefly describe how you sharpened disinfected your pruning equipment. You don’t want to see pics as I have neglected these a bit for the last couple years. as for disinfecting the pruning saw, I just peed on it? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted March 26, 2019 Share #10 Posted March 26, 2019 11 hours ago, Airehead said: Do the birds know exactly when the cherries are perfectly ripe? Birds know when cherries are almost perfectly ripe. My BIL had a couple of cherry trees and the birds would get to the cherries just before they were ready for harvest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 26, 2019 Share #11 Posted March 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Zackny said: You don’t want to see pics as I have neglected these a bit for the last couple years. as for disinfecting the pruning saw, I just peed on it? Back when I was in the nursery business and I would prune first year peach trees for customers I had to make sure I took some time and explained best practices. I would normally leave three branches with good crotch angles just to ease their pain.https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/homefruit/stone/stone.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted March 26, 2019 Share #12 Posted March 26, 2019 14 hours ago, Airehead said: Do the birds know exactly when the cherries are perfectly ripe? I had a bing-type semi-dwarf cherry tree and had a huge net plus one of those Japanese plastic owls to try to keep the birds away. I had to pick the cherries as soon as they began to turn red or else the birds would still get the majority of them. If I plant a sweet cherry tree in my current yard, it's going to be one of those semi-dwarf "bird proof" varieties that don't turn bright red when ripe - sort of wax-cherry in appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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