The field crew began pruning the Apple trees today. The crew will work on this over the next several weeks as there are almost 4 acres of Apple Orchard's and approximately 450 trees of various sizes. … [Read more...] about Pruning Apple Trees
The field crew began apple pruning today after completing the West Catawba vineyard. … [Read more...] about Pruning apples
Peach pruning has just begin and is going rather well. We prune the peaches after most of the other fruit crops are done since peaches can be injured if pruned too early. A good rule of thumb is to prune the latest blooming trees first and the earliest blooming trees last in the dormant season. … [Read more...] about Tebow kicks off peach pruning
We withstood the cold to learn how-to prune. It was worth it. Dr. Martin Kaps demonstrates. … [Read more...] about Pruning Workshop
We began pruning Catawba grapes this week. They are one of our hardier grape varieties, so we prune them earlier in the dormant season than the more cold tender varieties. We are leaving 40 to 45 buds on the larger vines and 30 to 35 buds on the smaller vines. If a vine has less than a pound of pruning weight, it is tagged with blue ribbon so we know to remove the fruit from it … [Read more...] about Pruning Catawba grapes