Pruning a Crabapple Tree | Ask This Old House

[@MAR108]

I like how these professionals let the homeowner do allot of the work, I think it’s more gratifying in the long run

[@robgeach8105]

back in the day they used to just show the homeowners how to do it and then film the homeowners doing it. now most work is installing something new where the warranty gets voided if the pro doesn't do the install so they basically have to have the pro do it.

[@dancooper6002]

Yep, they don't want people to be able to do anything for themselves

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

RIP Roger Cook, a great landscaper and a great teacher!

[@vasquezrigo]

“That looks good Mahk”

[@evan4856]

I love these trees, my parents had one in the front yard when I was a kid, except it was a lot bigger and it bloomed in the spring. The low hanging branches were the coolest part and were fun to climb on as a kid

[@MrRaymondyates]

I just love this old house and ask This Old House and all the guys on there they're all the best

[@soundwave4prez]

I'm so glad you look like you're feeling better. Here's to many more years

[@sergeyb8]

soundwave4prez What happened to him?

[@soundwave4prez]

Sergey Bebenin I am not sure I couldn't find anything specific but you could see in his previous few videos he just looked like he was in pain or stiff and uncomfortable. But now he looks like his older (older videos) self

[@Luckingsworth]

@@soundwave4prez Skin cancer and thus chemotherapy.

[@145inA]

Roger’s lookin vibrant again 👍

[@stefanmuller2313]

145inA pl.

[@maxh2755]

145inA de.

[@kysondawson8347]

instablaster...

[@grabbaloot]

i have a test tomorrow and I'm watching videos of people do yard work

[@jerseyrailvideos4139]

Big Banana Swirl ahahhaahah

[@UpcomingJedi]

I need to make a couch out of a boulder and i am watching this old house videos too.

[@amandawilliams2266]

Lol😂😂😂

[@jak71113]

Just curious how you did on your test, it’s been a year.

[@grabbaloot]

@@jak71113 i dont remember what subject it was even in lmao but i think i passed it

[@poeticthoughts06]

Glad to see Roger looking healthy.

[@OscarM.94]

Roger the Legend miss him on the show

[@coreybessasparis8895]

This is how many times he said I can do that 👇

[@yourson2385]

Corey Car so 2...

[@jackrogers9320]

9...

[@fergie9389]

82...

[@youseemeeverywhere324]

115

[@thestargamer4480]

218

[@marko_s1000r]

4:20 That's exactly what I am in my family tree.

[@max88s]

I like this video. The best place to buy fruit bearing crabapple trees is Ty Ty Nursery that is located in Georgia, with several kinds of trees.

[@jackscott3728]

Very helpful. A boarder for the tree looks even better. Plant some summer annuals at the bottom that won't effect the tree what so ever.

[@Parmesana]

I have a 'dwarf' apple tree that is way taller than I ever expected...and I need to trim it back.. thanks..also, i have a tree(magnolia type?) that I hve been pruning and trimming like this crabapple..and it has flourished .. I trim out those thin vertical branches. Like most things that I've seen you prune...Hand pruning to allow light in..helps immensely

[@TristanKeddy]

"Because I want to preserve and improve the health of this tree. Now, let's drill a half inch hole straight through it."

[@Cloud-ls5id]

He’s the expert, not u pendejo

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

@@Cloud-ls5id not really that "solution" only promotes diseases and insect damage chico.

[@Cloud-ls5id]

OhMyGulay so just let the water sit there right? Sure thing buddy, I’ll listen to the experts instead

[@Tryinglittleleg]

@Dmac 740 nah hes right

[@Rosicrisp]

@@Dsano that’s something my wife says lol…to me 🤣🥲😑

[@jacrispy8802]

“I can do that”

[@r.d7035]

Ja’Crispy ffgfsfffsvsfg

[@redshift1976]

@@r.d7035 Laaaaarrrrry!!!!;;

[@bereketmol4227]

You bat

[@kevino1489]

The hole in the tree will compartmentalize pulling up the roots that close to the surface are called the absorption roots they take in nutrients from the soil

[@2012bigPerm]

Rest in peace, Roger. Thinking of you today.

[@BruceAUlrich]

Really interesting to drill that hole in the trunk. I would not have thought of that.

[@sergeyb8]

Bruce A. Ulrich Yes it even works on existing rotted "holes". We have a maple tree with a 4" rotted hole (from unhealed cut) and it was full of soil, literally. I cleaned it out, made an hole and washed it with hose. It's dry now and at least slowed down the rot

[@BruceAUlrich]

Good to know!

[@75MalcolmX]

This is very bad practice to drill the tree. Water pockets cause no damage to trees. I love this series but this time he got it wrong.

[@sergeyb8]

malcolm chaffer I guess you also think that tree houses are also bad practice? Because there are many holes that are even bigger. Trees live on though

[@75MalcolmX]

I have worked with trees for 25 years as a profesional arborist. I have drilled trees for cabeling, endotherapy and tree houses. I have also cut trees down and examed the damage many many times. Some trees block the rot well others do not. However I have never drain a cavity for two reasons. 1, If there is rot I will make it worse and 2. Fungi need oxygen to grow and a pocket full of water does not give them that. This is my experience, obviously I read it in text books but I also looked for myself during tree removals. Next time you have a chance to cut a tree down that has had a drill hole cut it horizontally and vertically and you will see how the rot spreads. You may also want to look up CODIT in trees if it intrests you further.

[@porkchop1343]

1:28 “you can grib it really good with 2 hands” that is what I tell my wife

[@benbisek8698]

Damn the string idea 🔥

[@fastsetinthewest]

My highest regards to Roger. JMJ. Teagards...

[@joseleon7439]

I miss spring 🌺🌹🎋🌱🌿

[@joblessalex]

Drill a hole straight through the tree, yet worried about surface roots....

[@kevino1489]

The hole in the tree will compartmentalize The Roots at the surface are the absorption roots that take in nutrients from the soil so destroying those routes could affect tree more

[@Cloud-ls5id]

Kevin O edit it more cause your punctuation sucks

[@daviddesilva4971]

@@Cloud-ls5id routes?

[@brianfong5711]

Well the only alive part he damaged was the bark from the drill holes. The inner wood of a tree is dead and only supports the bark and leaves structurally (like concrete or house framing) not biologically (like the people inside). It's all about the bawhk!

[@versatileduplicity9313]

Very smart idea with that shovel and tree

[@flyeaglesfly5260]

1:32 just a couple guys cutting tree branches lmao

[@phillysub5115]

The home owner sounds like Napoleon Dynamite's brother

[@amandawilliams2266]

Kip lmao

[@AStanton1966]

Kip, the cage fighter?

[@middy774]

Dang I think the tree was like “nah a little rot is okay, I don’t want a root canal, Roger!!” 7:35

[@cardo1111]

Gotta love Roger

[@lendavidhart9710]

Could you put mortar in that cavity? I seen a tree on a golf course, where someone filled a cavity with red bricks and mortar, it was there for years.

[@allenstevenson5986]

these are water spouts or suckaaahs lol love roger. wish he was back in the new vids

[@AlienOne2]

That's a major pruning and in the summer too! Everywhere I look they claim trim only in spring or winter and no more than 25%. I have a crab tree that I'd like to trim as you did here, did your tree survive?

[@felipepubillones2768]

I feel that having filled in that section with something would have been better than drilling a hole. Now any existing bugs can go straight into the tree.

[@maddoxomeara]

“ these a called wata spouts, or suckas”

[@superzeke1000]

Roger styling and profilin!

[@Laynenelson320]

You can tell that guy has never picked up a tool in his life, never too late to learn i guess

[@kevinjuarez541]

Canna Gaming it pissed me off just watching him 😂😂😂

[@michaelree1412]

@@kevinjuarez541 same

[@joshmiller241]

The Philosopher's Stoned that’s why he didn’t let him use a chainsaw

[@ambrosiohernandez2898]

From a distance two men standing there, one cutting a branch with difficulty looks hilarious 😂

[@MaMa-qh4dy]

Gloves Mama!

[@Micah__]

This guy definitely has somebody tied up in his basement.

[@iceman242436]

Haha, I thought the same thing, but didn't have the heart to say it. Apparently I have the heart to acknowledge it, though!

[@stevenmoomaw6173]

Same thing you both probably have someone 6 feet under your basement people that talk like that are the ones that do crazy things like that someone else said that you buy 50 pounds of lime every week 😨😕😲😲

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

Talk about projection lmao

[@moejoejoe]

I have never heard anyone claim grass could possibly prevent a tree from getting enough water or nutrients. Most trees roots spread many, many feet down and out from the trunk. Furthermore, I'm fairly certain rain cannot cause a living tree to rot, even if a couple ounces pool on it.

[@patrickkennedy3786]

True, but mower and weed wacker damage at the base can seriously imperil a tree. I believe for ease of maintenance a moat would be around every tree so lawn tools can safely navigate around them. Grass can also hide girdling or sinching roots, which can strangle entire portions of a tree if not caught early in a tree's development.

[@jonbar140]

The advice about cutting at the collar is very important. If you cut any branch, you ought to go back to a collar

[@flat-earther]

Jon Bar I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@dancooper6002]

Do you have nothing better to do than troll this old house comment sections? Put down the cracks pipe and get some fresh air

[@jonbar140]

@@dancooper6002 It's crazy how far the irony of your comment flew over your head. You're the SR-71 of ignorance.

[@jonbar140]

@@flat-earther I suggest you read up on fourth grade science.

[@flat-earther]

@@jonbar140 okay. BTW jonbar, what do you think about all gubments drawing a line around you(Antarctic Treaty) and saying you are not allowed to leave? If you don't know what I mean, read my about tab.

[@dylanstrong2914]

That Looks good mahk

[@RaddMan89]

Is drilling the hole technique able to be used on a live oak

[@brad-dv5hj]

Yes

[@brad-dv5hj]

Yes

[@RightOnJonCrane]

I’m retiring next week so let’s drill a hole through that tree! 😂

[@stacyhackney6100]

Informative, thanks gentlemen

[@Henry.donath1]

The only cut is at the bottom a few inches from the sod

[@xgum]

that looks good mahk!

[@patriotamerican62]

I started a grape wine, my question is when and how do i trim the wine? The wine is about 4 years old. It just started bearing fruit.

[@flat-earther]

Excuse me Allan I'm not familiar with that but how did you get your wine to bear fruit?! BTW Allan I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@cmc6112]

‘What I wanna do is pull this off with our haaands” 😂

[@gan_the_white]

"do you wanna come behind me Mahk with yaw loppa?"

[@darwinpaguay914]

That’s great. the video help me a lot.

[@jadedragonfilms8784]

the Crab apple tree destabilized the sacred timeline. prune it

[@Airbud.17]

It’s the dude off Napoleon dynamite

[@Toronto6ix]

kip lol

[@Airbud.17]

Toronto6ix is that his name?

[@kumarnatwarsingh1712]

*Nice weather and beautiful garden* 🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴 🌴. 💦 🌼 🌴 🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴

[@gangisspawn1]

Now it can rot from the core, great mark!

[@krazytaxicabbie]

Hello everyone! Welcome to my laboratory where safety is number one priority. How kul is that!

[@toddesobia462]

I like the sunglasses

[@1806StoneHouse]

What’s the best time of year to do this?

[@1806StoneHouse]

anonymous “time of year”

[@patrickkennedy3786]

Mid summer is best. You can also do it in mid-winter, but avoid pruning on wet cool days. Generally speaking avoid pruning more than 1/6th of the tree's foliage. Crab apples are very susceptible to fungal decay.

[@samsngdevice5103]

Tree: Oooouuuccchhh!!!

[@bethrichardson7335]

3-cut method: 1:33 to 2:37

[@derricdueker64]

Roger that.

[@flat-earther]

Derric I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@davefreeman1499]

I would use a chain saw pruner.

[@mosiaotunya44]

What if you trimmed your tree before consulting KZbin and totally butchered it 😬? I took off the whole canopy. Is it going to survive?

[@flat-earther]

I don't know. Is it still alive? BTW Aimsmall I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@johnames6430]

go to harbor freight and get their cheapest reciprocating saw for less than 20 bucks, then buy a pruning blade for 5 bucks and you'll be done with this in 2mins

[@patrickkennedy3786]

Yeah, I like to do weight reduction with a sawsal and switch to a hand saw for the finish cut. Power tools often shake a branch too much to make a clean finishing cut.

[@sirjonaz]

What's the best time of year to prune a crab-apple tree in the North-East ? I've heard that pruning it in mid - summer may be bad for the tree.

[@AStanton1966]

I'm in the NE and there's an apple orchard by my house. The field hands prune the trees in the early spring.

[@suezotiger]

Winter or early spring is best but if you have diseased or dead branches it's best to take them out right away

[@KershawIII]

What’s better than guys being dudes?! Hell yeah bröther

[@user-ig7qt1gb3u]

"You want to come behind me"... "I can do that". Ohhhh I bet you can

[@matrixprison4761]

I thought you don't print them until winter?

[@axelperez3561]

This guy makes every home owner work more then he does 😂

[@kevino1489]

That's part of the show have you ever seen it

[@the_OCD_Garage]

I’m going to cut the grass away because it competes with the tree. Meanwhile, I’m also going to take a drillbit and go straight through the middle of it…

[@bgrady24]

“Ok, good job with the mulch. Now let’s go into the shed and get weird.” “ I can do that!”

[@jasonsgroovemachine]

Step one. Put on safety glasses for hand saw. Step two. Grab blade of hand saw. Step three. Safety?

[@aaronlaluzerne6639]

And we no use electric saws why?

[@thomasvitale2987]

Skip to 2:27

[@kalijasin]

Roger 👍🏻

[@shahbazkh2885]

Good job

[@blakenielsen9955]

How did nature ever get along before us?

[@everything2872]

Blake Nielsen half of those problems didn’t have to be fixed if humans didn’t have to cut the grass or wall on that sidewalk. Lol where half the problem don’t flatter yourself

[@seededsoul]

Blake Nielsen Lol. Also, a lot of these species were bred by humans.

[@lifewithnature3907]

“That was perfect”

[@rockhills]

Someone enlighten me. How is it possible to drill a hole through the tree and have it be safe? Seems like a direct injury to the tree.

[@victorbaeza295]

Much like trimming the beaches, it's will heal eventually. Rot however, is a much worse problem as it is irreversible

[@rockhills]

Victor Baeza So is rot created by standing water and is that why drilling a hole straight through the tree won't hurt it? That's the part I don't get.

[@victorbaeza295]

rockhills yes when water can't drain from wood, it will Rot. It is also a big deal in construction, if water sits on wood without the wood being able to dry, it will rot.

[@75MalcolmX]

Victor you are right about dead wood but not a living tree. It is full of water, pumping from the roots to the leaves. Many times it is a weak branch attachment that is at fault. Drilling breaks the trees natural barriers and allows fungi to collenate the surface area. Cavity draining and filling cavities would be seen as creating more risk in a court of law.

[@patrickkennedy3786]

I second Malcolm's point. The drill method is frowned upon by many ISA certified arborists. Allot of people don't know that the cores of all trees are dead. Only the outer inch or so is alive. Put a hole exposing that dead wood, and you grantee decay. My solution would be to just manually soak up excess water after bad rains and to blow out snow from the crotches in winter. Trees never heal, they just grow over the decay. The fewer the holes the better. I can't blame Rodger though, many landscape texts haven't adapted to more recent scientific discoveries. Refer to Dr Shigo's "New Tree Biology", or Cass Turnbill's "Guide to Pruning" if you care for more info regarding pruning techniques.

[@lordalcatraz000]

meanwhile tree: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! AAAH! AAAAAH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

[@XavierKatzone]

"RIP it"? He's cross-cutting it! Get a Stihl!

[@TekkitwithZander]

Do a video on installing a inline booster fan for ducts

[@budeiri123]

love the tips thanks

[@iceman242436]

Roger Cook is a freaking legend, despite his sometimes odd and/or contradictory advice. His replacement sucks.

[@dyl8539]

If hitting the tree with a string trimmer is bad then why did you just drill a hole? How is that better

[@Transportia]

But why is he doing this in the summer? Late winter is best for the tree.

[@itsseph6521]

Rip Ms.Crabapple 😔 If you know you know

[@UpcomingJedi]

That was Ms. Crob-bopple.

[@ethannachmann8565]

and now i know how to fix the trees i dont have

[@ozzy2753]

Nice

[@jgruv9876]

1:26. Yeah you can grip it real good with 2 hands. Bet you can mawwwwrk

[@Hannibhaal777]

2:30 roger is missing the tip of his finger

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

You could have also just filled that pit with wax or something instead of putting a wound in the tree, reopening and preventing it from healing it every year.

[@flat-earther]

ohmy I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

[@convinth]

The top-cut should be further out from the undercut, not further in!

[@dvxAznxvb]

He might as well grab the saw by the blade while pruning, looks so dangerous even for a simple task

[@sammie5758]

Let me guess .. recommended?

[@pierre2740]

‘’Yeah, you can rip it pretty good with two hands’’

[@ColinBeirneSYR]

Can you eat crab apples?

[@patrickkennedy3786]

Some varieties. They cook and preserve very well. However their are many strictly ornamental varieties too.

[@lm2193]

but the crab could.

[@Bessmaster2000]

Cider bruh

[@agrogym1380]

Дренаж через ствол это что-то 😀 , надо было лучше ветвь от пилить

[@clemire83]

Cordless sawsall?

[@patrickkennedy3786]

Weight reduction cuts only. Only an experienced sawyer can make a clean finishing cut with a power tool. Make the final cut by hand for best results.