Here is a video I shot while out training some fruit trees. The value of this offering is that is shows and explains the real life results I’m getting and how I set trees up for the coming growing season.
The short story is that the common recommendations for training fruit trees go back hundreds of years. They rely mostly on heading cuts and then selecting your branches from whatever happens to grow back. These methods are imprecise and slow. By working just a little with the physiology of the tree by using disbudding, notching and less cutting back, results are much faster and more accurate. Being able to choose exactly which buds you want to grow out into limbs and secondary branches is pretty great.
Below is a playlist with more videos and further more detailed explanations on tree froms and training techniques.
