Winter pruning a peach tree | Year ONE 🍑🍑🍑 Creating the primary branch structure

[@MattiasBlom]

Thank you! This is exactly what i want with my peachtree :)

[@MySustainabilityJourney]

@@MattiasBlom yaaaay, I am so glad to hear that and thank you for taking the time to leave me a comment 🌻

[@simonemary8559]

Your pruning videos are invaluable! I so appreciate them thank you!!!

[@MySustainabilityJourney]

Ah thank you so much 💚 I'm absolutely thrilled to hear you enjoy and find value in my pruning videos! I must say I am really excited to see how this tree evolves over the next couple of years and being able to document all the changes 🌻

[@kayceb4503]

Yes very informative, love your videos!

[@MySustainabilityJourney]

Thank you so very much Kayce 🌻

[@Melanietucker]

SUPER helpful video! Thank you

[@MySustainabilityJourney]

Oh wow, thank you Melanie, I am SO happy to hear this was such a helpful video for you and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment with your thoughts. I really do appreciate it 🌻

[@simonemary8559]

Once again, super interesting and informative thank you so much!!! Also keeping all my fruit trees small for manageable harvests and so we can fit more variety without overcrowding 😁

[@MySustainabilityJourney]

Ah, thank you Simone and it is only a pleasure 💚 So glad to hear you have a few fruit trees in the ground and are keeping them small. I'll do regular check-ins on my trees and share updates so you and anyone else with a small home orchard can can see what I'm up to and how growth is doing 🌻

[@teresamcneal512]

Thank you for your informative video. How old are your fruit trees that you’re cutting if I had to guess I’d say they’re about a year to two. I have a question for you. I have a nectarine tree where the center of it broke off completely because of a storm and it is set up a bunch of suckers from the base. Is it best to try to shape those suckers to start producing something or is it better just to remove it and plant a new tree

[@JFThunder-n2k]

Thank you so very much for sharing such a informative and helpful video Love from Pakistan.

[@MySustainabilityJourney]

Oh wow, thank you for the wonderful comment 💚 it makes me so happy to hear that this video was informative for you and that you can use this information to help you in your local climate. Wishing you many a massive harvest ahead 🌻🌻🌻

[@simonemary8559]

Does that apply to all fruit trees- hard pruning the weaker branches so they catch up with the strongest branch?

[@MySustainabilityJourney]

Hey Simone, good question and the answer is no 🙂 Peaches and nectarines not apically dominant, unlike apples and pears, which is why pruning these 2 groups of trees is so drastically different 🌻

[@alvenaheyl9859]

Thank you! So I informative. Do I feed after pruning? If yes what which fertiliser could I use?

[@MySustainabilityJourney]

It is only a pleasure and I am so glad you found value in watching this video! I do not fertilise after pruning, but rather after flowering. I pretty much only give my fruit trees a combination of bone meal and seaweed chips as I find that gives them the most balanced feed. I also add regular mounds of green mulch (weeds, prunings, etc.) to add around the base of the fruit tree for the nitrogen addition. Generally speaking through, I try not to feed them, but rather use healthy soil, brown mulch for worms and bugs to break down and green mulch for fresh nutrients. I hope this helps 🌻

[@alvenaheyl9859]

@@MySustainabilityJourney thank you ! It does.

[@teresamcneal512]

Thank you for your informative video. How old are those trees if I had to guess I’d say a year or two. I have a question I have a nectarine tree that the center snapped off in a storm and it is sending up shoots. Is it best to try to prune those shoots so that they can start shaping & 0:00 producing or is it best to take the tree out completely and plant a new tree.

[@MySustainabilityJourney]

I'm sorry to hear this Teresa! It's never great having your trees experience damage but that's nature I guess 💚 The only thing to determine is if the growth is coming from below or above the graft point. If it is above the graft then 100% yes, keep it and work with it. If it is below the graft then I would replace it as you don't know what the rootstock is (it could be a completely different stone fruit) and could taste terrible or not fruit at all. I hope this helps 🌻