Dr. Matthew Whiting (WSU) on the UFO Cherry Training System 2020

[@junzeng2329]

Thanks for sharing this information is very helpful 😊

[@junzeng2329]

How about when the side shoots not germinate evenly, how to adjust?

[@jfelshaw]

This is fascinating

[@Nightmares_by_ibo]

Hello! I also want to plant (14 ha)cherry orchard in the UFO system this year. Can Maxima 14 rootstock be used in UFO systems? Thank you in advance.

[@lucianchiriacescu82]

Hello! I am from Romnia and i begin this year a project for an ufo cherry orchard. Can you tell me if you know if i can use the power hurrow to clean the row between the trees, due to the fact that the trees are plamted on a 45 angle? Thank s a lot!

[@catalincretu]

Poti folosi ce vrei, atata timp ca nu lovesti trunchiul.

[@wildrangeringreen]

These newer 2-d systems for trees are very similar to grape vineyards. Vineyard equipment is what I would look at (including towers for spraying). Many Vineyards spray or wipe 2,4-D and a grass herbicide (like Sethoxydim) down the row, others use a spring-loaded / hydraulic controlled guarded string trimmer to cut the grass/weeds between trees (what I do, to eliminate the chemicals). Another option is heavy mulching, but that can become costly unless you have a sawmill or similar cheap source of chipped wood. Keeping the canopy thin and the trees short (1.25x the alley width (mine are kept at between 8-9ft (2.5m) (allowing narrow alleys between the rows, mine are 7 feet (2.25m)) makes the experience working in the orchard much better. I planted an acre of tall spindle apples and half an acre of UFO cherry, and from now on, I think I'll use UFO for everything. My goal is to only need a small step ladder to harvest, and eventually only need a very low (and safe) platform.

[@jayantatreta3069]

​@@wildrangeringreenProduction on ufo increase or decrease what root stock is suitable for apple in ufo

[@mp-jr3jc]

미친 짓이다