Pruning

[buckdeer1]

With mild weather when will everyone start in zone 6

 

[Telemark]

Cold weather coming to Ohio again soon.

That said, I did all my pruning last week because it was my last week there. Some Callery pears were pushing new growth that was getting frost damage. Crazy rollercoaster of a winter with regards to temperature and precipitation.

 

[bigboreblr]

Peeked at a tree or two today in zone 5/6 Hudson valley NY 1 mile from large body of water Hudson river. Chestnut is an early waking one, buds still small n quiet. cold coming in Weds / Thursday. If you got bare ground, good time to lime or frost seed.

Pears wake up before apples usually. Didn't check mine though.

Trees with higher bloom group numbers wake up later. Try to stick with group 3 or 4's. Liberty is group 2. Many crabapples wake up weeks before most commercial variety apples.

 

[hunts_with_stick]

Pruned mine last week during the warm days. Have some with trunks as big around as my forearm. Sure hope they produce some meaningful fruit this year. Maybe they have been using their energy to grow deep roots. I have a couple of crabs that aren’t producing after 4 years in the ground. Might top graft some candy crisp onto them.

 

[Catscratch]

I'll probably wait. Figure we still have a couple of cold snaps in store for us.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Pruned mine last week during the warm days. Have some with trunks as big around as my forearm. Sure hope they produce some meaningful fruit this year. Maybe they have been using their energy to grow deep roots. I have a couple of crabs that aren’t producing after 4 years in the ground. Might top graft some candy crisp onto them.

What root stock are they on? Very odd that crabapples aren't producing fruit after a couple of years if they are on a good root stock.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

I already did some pruning on a home crabapple tree (Sugar Tyme). Took off 99% of water sprouts, rubbing limbs, and inward-growing shoots. Tree looks better. Still have our Profusion crab to do - it's an older, woodier tree - but with the same problems as the ST crab. I prune on the warmer days - 45 to 53 degrees lately.