Pruning Orchard trees and a Small Ficus, Part 1, The Bonsai Zone, Dec 2023

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@t3dwards13 11 ай бұрын

I've never been to Canada...But in all my travels, I've never seen a black squirrel in person. It's funny, even the animals love you!!!

@TheBonsaiZone 11 ай бұрын

He is very friendly and always wants to play!!

@michaelmcduffey5358 11 ай бұрын

It’s fun to see you apply many of your bonsai principles on a larger scale. Giant Loppers! 👍🏽

@TheBonsaiZone 11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 11 ай бұрын

Cool squirrel. I see you have a new helper in the yard. Boston Blackie would be a cool name for the squirrel. From the old radio and tv shows.

@gaeangardensbyizabela 11 ай бұрын

Nice updates, squirrel friend has quite a good time with you and the trees look great

@TheBonsaiZone 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Izabela, he always hangs out and usually plays with me!!

@airford13 11 ай бұрын

ive never seen a black squirrel before, very cool!

@TheBonsaiZone 11 ай бұрын

Yes, he or she is my buddy!!

@nicholaswaitz3441 11 ай бұрын

It looks black but is actually a Sciurus carolinensis (eastern grey squirrel) carrying a variant pigment gene@@TheBonsaiZone

@ianrowe9337 11 ай бұрын

We have grey squirrels here in England, so its great to see your black one Nigel... by the way do you manage the orchard all on your own or do you have a team to assist you ? @@TheBonsaiZone

@TheBonsaiZone 11 ай бұрын

It's usually just my wife, me and Shellie that do all the work. We do have a core group of about 5 people but life gets busy for most people and attendance is slim to none!! Lol!! @@ianrowe9337

@deMANvannederland 11 ай бұрын

Great video Nigel! On our apple trees I've noticed a huge difference in how the tree responds to pruning in winter vs summer. Winter pruning encourages rapid response growth, straight up. Summer pruning results in more modest growth responses, and generally less work with removing suckers the year after. Seems to stimulate more flowering spurs also. So we do big structural work in winter, detailed pruning for more fruit bearing branches in summer.

@baldyeti 11 ай бұрын

Those younglings are gonna grow to be some strong warrior fruit trees! I’m diggin the pruning!

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 11 ай бұрын

Winter is the best time to prune. You can see the bones of the tree better. Nice pruning.

@FrostBiteBonsai 11 ай бұрын

Awesome information Nigel!!

@lukasmihara 10 ай бұрын

Hopefully lots of fruit next season! 🍏

@viktorsbonsai 11 ай бұрын

Aw man I love squirrels, we have a few at my summerhouse probably up to five, I remember in fall i was doing some garden work and one climbed up in the oak tree beside me and just stared at me. He later jump like 12 feet to a willow tree and climbed down and gave a freindly squeak, lovely little things 🤣 Only thing that scares me is if the babies are petted too much and get your smell mama squirrel will eat them out of instinct.

@therisingofroninbonsai 11 ай бұрын

no nuts, get it, to the nigel room, ha ha ha....the location look hot shiny and cold Mr. nigel

@t3dwards13 11 ай бұрын

Great tutorial!!! I would add that it's a good idea to label your bottle of alcohol.

@TheBonsaiZone 11 ай бұрын

Good idea, I don't want anyone to accidentally drink it!!!

@carlossoares712 11 ай бұрын

You got a new friend 😊

@hmhmhm998 11 ай бұрын

realy nice i always enjoy your videos👍

@DavidMFChapman 11 ай бұрын

In my experience, if I pruned my pear tree that hard, I would get a lot of foliage growth the next spring, with very few flowers (and hence few fruit). I have read that one should not remove more than 1/3 of the branches at one time. What am I missing here?

@dk2614 11 ай бұрын

If I can steer you in the direction of Stephen Hayes here on YT. He's a medical doctor in England who has a medium sized orchard that he and his wife maintain. They have mostly heirloom English varieties of fruit. And he gives great instruction on a variety of methods for maintaining your trees. Just from hearing your question it could be a matter of timing, cultivar, maturity of the tree, is it grown from seed or grafted. Are you cutting off the fruiting spurs without knowing what you are looking at? Stephen Hayes has a good many videos and you are likely going to learn a good many things about fruit trees. Best wishes

@TheBonsaiZone 11 ай бұрын

Hello David, I should have mentioned that these trees are young. In the first 3 to 5 years, pruning should concentrate on developing the structure of the tree. A young tree can't handle producing a lot of fruit, it will actually bend and break the branches off! As these trees mature, less heavy pruning will take place!! Thanks, good comment!!