Pruning A Rather Sad Peach Tree

# Pruning A Rather Sad Peach Tree #Pruning peach trees made easy #Guide to pruning peach trees #When to prune peach trees #Why do fruit trees need pruning
Description: Gary L. Heilig, retired Horticulture Educator for Michigan State University Extension describes step by step how to prune an rather sad 6-7 year old peach tree.
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[@cidneyko9977]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I just bought a property with some peach trees that haven’t been maintained very well. This was so helpful!!

[@bethreth5151]

Great lesson! Just what I needed to know. I recently moved to a house where there is a sad peach tree that was effected by that big Michigan freeze a few years back. Thanks!

[@michaeldougfir9807]

Greetings from rural NE California. Thank you for a good pruning video. I have been an arborist since the '80s, and I am still studying: videos such as this, books by Harris and Pirone, and materials from various Extension agencies and tree Commissions. Never would I call myself an expert. I just enjoy learning and growing. It makes for happy customers as a result. I like your tools. I also have a very old pole pruner that makes nicer cuts like good bypass loppers. It is very helpful. I think I saw a tree in the background with anti sunscald paint. Good idea. Last, I wish to thank you for a nice music selection in the sound track, and a low volume. You are skillful at making a good quality video. And I thank you. Many Blessings, and with respect, Michael.

[@bobmckee1531]

Thank you Mr. Heilig. I appreciate your expertise. I view pruning videos to better my skill and fruit yield. Your videos are the most logical, informative and well reasoned. I will use only your videos for my fruit tree maintenance in that the methodology they contain are simply the best in terms of the health of my orchard and fruit production.

[@cheryldahl9192]

Thanks. Your tree looks similar to mine so this was helpful, and without fast forwarding!! Amazing! The black screen at the end was nice and peaceful too :P

[@scootin123]

Top flight video presentation. Tripod steady screen view. Leafless branch clarity. Excellent contrast against a grey sky, in a majority of scenes. Audio. Yes audio. I can clearly hear you talking even when you step away from the camera and evident wind about but the wind noise is suppressed. . AND one of my favorite gripes "background music interfering with speaker's narrative" HERE you beautifully edited a quite music overlay .

[@GaryHeilig]

I have had some issues with background music being too loud for some people. I will improve it in the future. Thank you for your comments.

[@oh_k8]

​@@GaryHeiligThese are incredible videos. I can tell your are/were an extension man. The only videos of this caliber of pruning big old out of control fruit trees have been state extensions.

[@JFC360]

Wonderful video! Looking to prune my peach tree and this gave some great info on what to look for, now on to the curly leaf video!

[@dennisvieira2590]

Well done on the video and music. How is the tree and fruit production today 6 yrs later ?

[@moniquemonicat]

He looks fantastic! Amazing transformation. Love that pruning. I wonder if he's giving good crops of peaches since then?

[@michaelodds2007]

Nicely explained mate, very informative.Thank you.

[@GaryHeilig]

Glad you liked it. Thank you for watching.

[@robmontgomery9711]

i watched alot of peach true pruning videos and i like yours the best.nice job, tree and video.!

[@inhibited44]

It's March in Massachusetts. Next week is supposed to be warm and I want to try to prune some peach trees in the yard. A school in PA has a video where they advocate only having 10 shoots off each of the four or five scaffolds coming off the main trunk. The tree is nearly naked when they are done pruning.

[@virginian3390]

From Virginia, thanks for an interesting and educational video. I just planted my very first 2 peach trees today, an Elberta and a Contender. So sorry to hear you lost so many that 1 year. Hopefully you have replaced what you wanted. What's your favorite variety?

[@passant4]

So satisfying! Thank you!

[@GaryHeilig]

I am glad you liked it, but alas, the tree cracked and fell over in 2020. I am in the process of planting new ones. Thanks for watching

[@49testsamiam49]

very precise and clear will help me alot

[@crtomirrozman]

Great video. It seems that growth is weak. We usually cut prune more intensive and also apply nitrogen in cases like that. I would also like to see how the tree looks right now.

[@johncarreon8040]

Hi Gary, thank you very much for uploading your videos. I really enjoy watching them. I have one question in regards of Bacterial spot on peach tree. I have planted a Frost peach tree and Contender lastyear, I have notice that leaves are infected with bacterial spot. Is there something that should worried about? What can do to prevent them from spreading? Thought I sprayed them with Copper. Your response is greatly appreciated. John C.

[@georgeEPC]

Great video...helped me. Did you ever do a video on spraying these trees?

[@30quaker]

Very informative video. Thank you for taking the time to share it with us! May I ask - what kind of paint would you use for cuts bigger than a quarter?

[@GaryHeilig]

A pruning wound sealer. It is usually a spray on product, but don't do it on a windy day unless you don't care about the clothes you are wearing.

[@30quaker]

@@GaryHeilig I appreciate the response, thank you!

[@michaeldougfir9807]

@@GaryHeilig No no no! The "healing" of pruning "wounds" depends entirely upon proper pruning cuts. This allows the callus, and later the bark, to grow over the wound. To apply anything on a pruning wound will seal IN any problems that are waiting there: -Fungus spores, -Viral, -Bacterial, -Insects. And most of these are not very visible. Let the tree do its' work as God designed it. So... it all comes back to making proper pruning cuts so the tree can grow over the wound.

[@davidlexmusic3524]

Hello Mr. Heilig, what time of year do you prune? Do you wait for the first little pink buds? Thanks for the helpful video!!! Also, what tree pain do you recommend? Thx

[@hosoiarchives4858]

davidlexmusic prune January through April

[@HealthyTrailsLiving]

great video thanks!

[@fisherman7510]

Gary (2 questions) What did you use for fertilizer? When was the last time this tree was pruned?

[@GaryHeilig]

The tree was pruned some in 2016. Since it is so close to the strawberry bed, it gets some of the fertilizer applied to the strawberries. I will fertilizer it sometime in late April.

[@douglassutherland4646]

How to grow ginger from roots ?

[@tilesetter1953]

When do you prune it, spring or fall?????

[@GaryHeilig]

Fruit trees should be pruned late winter to early spring, preferably before growth starts.

[@funlityoung]

Did they ever produce peaches?

[@GaryHeilig]

Yes I does. It had a small crop last year. As I mentioned, the weather has been brutal on my peaches over the last 3 years. This is the only one left.

[@carl3233]

you should move to south carolinia if you want to grow peaches period.

[@GaryHeilig]

Believe me, it is tempting. It seems the weather get colder the older I get. Thanks for watching.

[@wrvcn]

About 10 minutes in, I started wondering if you were going to turn it in to a parody by inventing reasons to cut off every branch and dig the tree from the ground. I enjoy nonsense like that, so that was my only disappointment. Thanks for sharing your thought process.

[@angiejefferys5779]

Any answers for tree fungus? 🥴 That's what it looks like.

[@AngelaR-qw5cp]

I found the music to this video very distracting. You don't need it. I'd rather listen to what you have to say than the music

[@shriaingnama]

cosmic dwarf music

[@jisa39]

What's sad in this video is not the tree, but the music. Also that it has like five minutes of blackness.

[@GaryHeilig]

I am sorry that you didn't like it. Was it the choice of music or the volume level? Thanks for watching and your comment. I will try to do better next time.

[@jisa39]

@@GaryHeilig Don't be sorry, it's ok. It feels a somewhat sad, but maybe it's just me. Nevertheless, IMHO these videos shouldn't have any music at all.

[@GaryHeilig]

Must of been my mood

[@jisa39]

@@GaryHeilig Don't worry, you make fantastic content 🙂

[@vitoamos2815]

just drive the truck over it ! oh dear !

[@vitoamos2815]

or set fire to it/burn the canker

[@theavrgfisherman]

That's sad

[@roghoff1959]

Lose the background music. It distracts from from what you're saying.

[@scootin123]

roghoff1959 I fill your pain but on my android tablet the background music was very quite and didn't interfere with his speaking