Pruning a Two-Year Old Peach Tree

Can you espalier these trees?

Thanks for this. I'm so scared I'll hurt my orchard, the more info I get, the better

This video is much clearer than that book published originally 80 years ago at least. The video is the best University video ihave seen on how to prune fruit tree , bowl pattern. THE PHOTOGRAPHER concentrated on the prune being made not on the speaker like in many other institutionsl attempts at filming fruit tree pruning

great job very well explained

Really helpful, thank you.

Thank you for this informative video. Do you have recommendations for Espalier fruit trees are will the pruning be the same?

Would you do a heading cut on the scaffolds when training the trees into a quad-V system?

That was a helpful video... But the link no longer works for the document

Hi is that from grated fruit trees?

Excellent video and presentation. It would be a treat if you could make other fruit tree videos apples, pears, plums, etc.
Very professionally done. Thank You.

I planted a grafted peach whip last April, and 8 months later, I'm wondering when I should give it it's first pruning. I've watched a gaggle of peach tree pruning videos, and not one of them mentioned anything about young peach trees. I have that feeling that I didn't get the memo, and that everyone knows this but me. And so, the reason why I ask, is because the peach tree is growing, but it's prospects for scaffolding branches is bleak. It's got branches where they shouldn't be, and 3 branches jutting out of a bump at the top of the whip. It's got two branches that are the biggest on the young tree, but they're only 4 inches above the graft. Problems.

Thank you very much for your helpful video! Cheers from my urban food forest garden in Southern California!

Thank you, this was helpful.

I've been honing my pruning 'skills' for years and still have a lot to learn. So maybe THAT's why I got no apples last yr.! Sheesh.

very helpful, thank you

Thank you. ✌

We just bought a peach tree, it definitely needs to be pruned but already has leaves and little developing peaches. Can I prune it the 40% I should? Also it is already about 9ft tall, should I shorten the tree as well? Thankyou!!

I just cant figure it out. This video is really good but my problem is..... I got 2 bare root semi dwarf peach trees last year. I put them in pots and left them there for a year. I just put them in the ground last weekend however they have already flowered and have fruit growing on them. little fuzzy grapes at this point. All my branches are growing straight up . Should I wait until after the leaves have fallen off to prune now? Im guessing I should have pruned in the spring but didn't get to it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Need to know how to take care of a peach tree that's 4 years old and I'm from south jersey

Thank you California. Thank you America.

Captioning blocks what your doing on the screen!

Excellent video. I'm a little more confident in pruning my peach tree this coming season!

My dwarf peach tree is not a 45 degree angle on the three main branches they are pretty straight how do i fix this? Could i pull it down with string slowly? Over like an entire season?

Thank you for the information it was very helpful!

Great vidoe, Dr. Parker. I have a question: what happens to the "red wood" after the harvest? Do we get rid of them during next pruning, since they will not have a crop anymore? Since we already identified our scaffold branches, they won't be needed anymore, aren't they?


Thank you!

That's two years old?? Here I thought my second year tree was big.

Excellent

Watching how much he prunes makes me anxious lol. But the Gardner in me understands. Thank for the info!

nice

Great advice!

Comprehensive training & pruning👍

Thank you sir.

very good amazing

This is really helpful! One question for you - why do we avoid branches lower down on a tree (<18-24”)? I have some potted trees and am trying to figure out if that rule holds for them, too, before I prune any new buds. Thank you!

werh nice pruning

Hi, is this a spring pruning?

Talking about stiffening branches, my boss coined the term "force the taper." I don't know if anyone else says it, but I like it, and every time Dr. Parker says "stiffen those branches" I think about forcing the taper.

Excellent.. thank you for the ideas

nice video. thank you!

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Narrator: this man does not know what one third is.

Attempted to get into the publication but webpage not found.

None of this made sense

Is all of this for fruit production? I just want my peach tree to have good shape on my patio even if it doesnt produce much fruit.

Thank you for the straight forward video. Also, thanks for teaching without all the hype, it's exactly what I needed.

Running Peach Trees

I really appreciate how you repeat the key principles as you work through the tree. This reinforces the key messages and is ideal for novice pruners like me! 😁

I have a 4 year old peach tree thats never been pruned. Most of the branches are on one side and the tree is leaning. I don't want to cut too much of the large brances being afraid it might ruin the tree.