old3dogg Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I hope I didn't kill my apple tree. Guess we'll find out in the spring. One thing about it. If it is dead come spring I wont have much more to get rid of. It produced a lot of deer food this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Why don't you come to our house and trim our tree up!! It needs done badly. The apples we got off it, we throw up back ...smells like apple viniger up there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Pompeii Posted September 29, 2014 Administrators Share Posted September 29, 2014 Thats a lot of apples from a small tree or was it a big tree? I'm not sure either, if it will grow back. One of our forum gardners might know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old3dogg Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Thats a lot of apples from a small tree or was it a big tree? I'm not sure either, if it will grow back. One of our forum gardners might know. Here it is a few months ago. Little tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old3dogg Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Why don't you come to our house and trim our tree up!! It needs done badly. The apples we got off it, we throw up back ...smells like apple viniger up there!! I thought you were cutting it down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I want it cut down!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Ouch! You really trimmed that baby. willow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old3dogg Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Ouch! You really trimmed that baby. I'm a little concerned I over did it. I guess we'll see. Lesson learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Bon If you need it cut down let me know I can do it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadedgenes Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 LOL, Hubby used to "trim" our apple trees like that too, only he did it in January or February. Although he didn't cut the big limbs so close to the main trunk. It will probably be ok, new branches next spring. (My opinion, I am not the expert.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Bon If you need it cut down let me know I can do it for you. We have the equiptment ... it's just a matter of which one of us is going to win ...I want it cut down, hubby wants to leave it and just trim it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikonSniper Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Dogg you didn't over do it. For as long as I can remember our apple trees have always been trimmed like that. Mine will look like that late Fall early Winter. Grandma always said she wanted to be able to throw a baseball through without hitting a limb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I'm a little concerned I over did it. I guess we'll see. Lesson learned. you probably will not get any apples next year. I have seen trees trimmed that far down also and they were fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old3dogg Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 you probably will not get any apples next year. I have seen trees trimmed that far down also and they were fine. This was the first year it produced apples in a long time. Speaking of apples. So far the deer have ignored them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I've seen worse pruning jobs. However, it will probably depend on whether any disease gets into the fresh cuts at this point. That's why you normally trim them in the dry/cold of the winter. If branches start to appear in the spring then choose a few for scaffold branches and keep the rest cut off right at the growth ring next to the trunk. The cuts should heal over in a year or two if they are done right. Make the branches about 6-8 inches apart and choose to keep those that go straight out from the tree. Trim off any "V"S. No upward branches. Call in the spring and I can point when you cut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old3dogg Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Dogg you didn't over do it. For as long as I can remember our apple trees have always been trimmed like that. Mine will look like that late Fall early Winter. Grandma always said she wanted to be able to throw a baseball through without hitting a limb. Petee mentioned something about waiting until February. I didn't want to wade snow to trim it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Yeah, you kind of picked the worst time of the year to prune apple trees but I've seen trees in orchards with fewer branches when they got done. Get a picture of what a well pruned apple tree should look like and remove what doesn't look like yours when it starts to grow in the spring otherwise you will get a bunch of weak branches that wont support the weight of the apples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMJ77 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 almost all my apple tree branches go upward.....watch out tree, you are about to get clearcut.....when its cold and dry of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 almost all my apple tree branches go upward.....watch out tree, you are about to get clearcut.....when its cold and dry of course When you're ready we have Apprentices who need hours before the end of March so call and we'll send them out to show you want to cut. 849-7361 It's free! Pappy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Here's a good link that's not too complicated. http://extension.psu.edu/plants/gardening/fphg/pome/pruning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMJ77 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 When you're ready we have Apprentices who need hours before the end of March so call and we'll send them out to show you want to cut. 849-7361 It's free! great thx, I will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I have a apple tree inthe yard it has been there 12 years and I think I may have gotten one apple off it in those twelve years. Maybe we need to trim it as well. My wife did it a few years back but still no apples . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 we would be happy to not get any apples. the tree we have is very very old. We have lived here since 1989, who knows when the people who lived here planted it. This house was moved here in the mid to late 30's (company house) At least the quince doesn't give off a pungent odor that you can get drunk off of!!! It's funny watching bees, hornets, and flies getting drunk off of the apples. Cheap entertainment!! WMJ77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I have a apple tree inthe yard it has been there 12 years and I think I may have gotten one apple off it in those twelve years. Maybe we need to trim it as well. My wife did it a few years back but still no apples . There can be lots of reasons for a tree not producing apples. Any idea what kind of an apple? Maybe it needs a pollinator the frost gets it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuBoiser Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 It will depend upon the type of winter that we have - but I would say a prayer for it. lavender and willow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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