Harvesting Apples...How to Tell When They are Ripe. Yummm!

This video opens with Orin Martin talking about the key role that weather plays in the development of your apple crop, followed by demonstrations on how to a Brix meter and simple visual and audio cues to tell when your apples are ripe and ready to pick. IMPORTANT...
Watch this video to learn how to harvest apples without damaging the fruit bud:
• How to Avoid Damaging ...
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Ev...

[@krisbaker9427]

Mouth is watering when he bites that crunchy apple. These videos help me immensely as I an just putting in a few trees for my first time. Please continue to give these college courses to us for free on KZbin!

[@ucscagroecology]

Great to hear the videos are helpful. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”: agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html

[@lvlogger1100]

I watch ALL your videos. I truly enjoy your wisdom, and great sense of humor. Thankyou

[@christiangzn4592]

Carrying out the maturity test according to Dr. J. Streif jod

[@nadeem9485]

Interesting and helpful videos

[@ucscagroecology]

Glad it was helpful! Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/agy9YpI

[@sydneyevans6234]

love this video

[@ucscagroecology]

Thanks! We had lots of fun making it and eating the apples afterwards.

[@tereservsherman4318]

Thank you for explaining! Definitely learned a couple of things here.

[@johnclarke6647]

2023 sucked where I live, misstate SC. A late frost and a dry summer killed my peaches. I got not one, but most of the SC peach crop was destroyed. I lost a young Santa Cruz plum that I planted in the spring due to the dry summer. That was my fault, I should have watered it more during the summer. I hope 2024 will be better.

[@quintoncarroll4828]

Can you eat the apples that the tree has cedar tree rust?

[@socloseagain4298]

Hello, what fertilizers do you use in your garden?

[@mikebetts2046]

I apologize for butting in on your question. I've had a home orchard for over fifteen years and have never needed any fertilizers. My land had been previously planted in corn, wheat, alfalfa, etc. I did take up some soil samples and sent them to a local university lab that offers services to the agricultural industry. The report showed that my soil was already in good balance. Earlier this year I did sprinkle some borax around the trees. Boron is a trace mineral that is important for production of flowers in the spring. Most apple trees with a robust root stock do a good job of extracting the needed nutrients from the soil. I would just have your soil tested to make sure it is not deficient in any key mineral or nutrient.

[@notbatman1001]

Our first two Honey Crisp apples ever--eaten by chipmunks. Guess they were ripe--or the side that was eaten was.

[@ucscagroecology]

Dang! May need to net your tree. It's a pain, but will usually keep rodents and birds from dining on your apples.

[@notbatman1001]

@@ucscagroecology Thanks. Was afraid you might suggest that. I suppose if we had a sizable orchard, the pilfering would be relatively negligible. Problem with netting is it also works on humans. Sigh...

[@RobertMCroft]

I'll confuse my wife and take one bit from a few of her hanging apples. I'll tell I saw a racoon on stilts.

[@ucscagroecology]

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