Chuck Ingels is a master teacher on schoolyard-scale orchards and a dear friend of Common Vision. In this 2-hour segment he goes through the basics of fruit tree care. Below the videos we have outlines that break down the subjects so you can skip to the sections you need. Some of this is more complex then you need to know. Please email or call us with any questions.
Basics of how trees grow:
0:40 Roots - how they grow 4:30 Chilling Requirement 6:40 Sunlight Requirement 7:00 Pollenization 10:15 Soil Requirements 12:20 Parts of the Tree - 17:50 Planting the Tree 26:00 Post-Planting Care 29:30 Water and Irrigation 34:05 Fertilization 36:00 Pruning
Note: on Pruning: Common Vision recommends an open center kept very short. This is a little different then the "fruit bush" described in that the cuts are made with a little more choice involved.
0:45 Pruning "fruit bushes" cont. 9:45 Espalier 13:30 Managing an overgrown mature tree 22:55 Fruit Thinning 27:55 Common Problems with fruiting 29:18 Budding and Grafting 37:10 Citrus Trees 42:00 Pest Management - Codding Moth 45:27 Boreres 48:00 FireBlight 52:50 ShotHole Disease 53:30 Peach Leaf Curl 56:45 Brown Rot