How to Keep Your Fruit Trees Small

This video is part of my fruit tree pruning series, and will discuss how to keep fruit trees small. Some other resources are:
Dave Wilson Nursery Back Yard Orchard Culture:
www.davewilson...
Dave Wilson Nursery KZbin
• How To Care For Backya...
"Grow a Little FruitTree" by Anne Ralph
Music:
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[@yuliay4418]

Thank you for your great workshop. I learned a lot! Will probably try this method with my peach trees.

[@gardenwiseadventures]

Thank you! It is a great way to grow fruit trees!

[@annadavis6361]

YESSSSS, this is great! I will be doing this with my plum tree for sure. I used this method with my apple and I love it. I put plum, nectarine and apple near each other and I keep them controlled, works perfectly.

[@brendan5232]

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[@gardenwiseadventures]

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[@fluffymarshmallow7605]

Shame those blokes are talking over her

[@mannyordunez3949]

Wow i learned so much! Thank you for that!

[@gardenwiseadventures]

I am glad it helped!

[@UtahSustainGardening]

I'm glad you finally got rid of the yahoo in the red hoodie....

[@gardenwiseadventures]

😂😂😂

[@khanghuynh144]

My jujube grow ground 1year ,tree don’t have branch in bottom just top only can I still prune knee height Can I grow jujube in container and cut to knee height just buy 2 more branch top only thanks

[@gardenwiseadventures]

Yes, you can grow it in a pot, and you can prune it to knee height even if there aren't lower branches. Pruning it that way will encourage new branches to grow.

[@RestorationAcresTN]

With this method, should I still hope and expect to grow enough root of three or two to be able to can extra or just enough for fresh eating?

[@gardenwiseadventures]

Yes! I get enough peaches to eat fresh, can, and share with friends and family!

[@kunjupulla]

So if I do this with a mango tree, will it also die earlier than a normal tree? I'm asking this because I never knew mango trees had a lifespan, since we have a grandfather mango tree at our property that is well over a 100 years old and still produces fruit. It is crazy high and crazy wide, so we only get to eat mangoes that fall down.

[@gardenwiseadventures]

It is better to start when a tree is young. Older trees don't take heavy pruning well.

[@budfetterley8912]

It’s late September and the plum trees I just bought have a few branches and leaves. The main trunk is just over 1/2 inch in diameter. Should I make the drastic cut as soon as I plant them or wait until they’re dormant later in the winter?

[@gardenwiseadventures]

Definately wait until they are dormant.

[@catherinerosenbaum9934]

i planted my trees two weeks ago, they are two and three yr old stock, can i still cut them back now

[@gardenwiseadventures]

Congratulstions in your new trees! I would wait until next spring, or whenever the best time is in your area for dormant pruning, to do any significant pruning. You can do summer pruning g where you basically give ut a haircut and remove up to half of the new growth for this year.

[@misslove1083]

Please any advice for those who live in the tropics?

[@gardenwiseadventures]

I haven't lived in the tropics, so my knowledge about growing fruit trees there is limited. The main difference would be that trees in the tropics will have a different dormancy cycle than temperate climates, and that will change the timing of pruning. I wish I could help more!

[@dandeleona4760]

Decreasing lifespan by 5 years doesn't mean fruit trees pruned to manageable size only live 5 years. It means a 30 year old apple might expire at 25 years. People don't want to invest big money for nice trees if they're only going to live 5 years, then they'll have to dig them up, and buy another expensive tree.

[@gardenwiseadventures]

Thank you, that is correct! I am sorry if I was unclear on that.

[@niveanbazhagan]

We planted the fruit trees a week ago , I live in zone 5B, it seems like the trees that we got are approximately 4 years old. I have definitely Missed the timeline for aggressive pruning. My question is is it okay if I wait until next year end of winter to do aggressive pruning or is it too late?

[@gardenwiseadventures]

You can start next year with agressive pruning, but you can also do some summer pruning in August this year. Take off half of any new growth that you get.

[@DucPham-ok5ko]

I have couple Asian pear. I want to prune and keep it small. So, We keep central leader or open center or....something else. Thanks

[@gardenwiseadventures]

A modified central leader is best for pears if you would like to keep them small.

[@tamaratamrot2681]

I have done very similar with woodglut designs.

[@gardenwiseadventures]

I have not heard of woodglut designs! Do you have videos showing what you do?