Staking New Trees and Tying Down Branches

buckvelvet

5 year old buck +
Hey you big time apple guys.

What is the best and quickest method to stake a new tree and then if some have branches already, how do you tie them down efficiently?
 

BluffCountry

5 year old buck +
I cage my trees and will tie down branches to the cage or posts I used for the cage. Conduit works good to stake there leader. The rope I use I call it clothes line rope I get it at Menards a buck or 2 for 100 feet. I use clothes pins to train new shoots, I'm pretty sure I got that idea from Maya. In fact I probably can say almost all I know came from him, Stu and the guys on this site and old one over the years and then just experimented a little from what they had advised. I don't even like replying to these threads most of the time because I'm just repeating what I learned from them.:)
 

buckvelvet

5 year old buck +
Tying to the cage, Duh! Why in the hell didn't I think of that? Ya see, every once in a while common sense smacks you in the face. :)

Thank You!
 

wklman

5 year old buck +
http://www.peachridge.com/treetraining/training.htm

I use the rubberband tie downs in the middle of the page to tie down my limbs. They rot away after a couple of months and I don't have to worry about removing them at a later time.
 
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dipper

Guest
Baler twine to two posts across from each other to secure the tree. In this case the close post on the left and far post on the right . The tree isn't going anywhere. I also tie a loop at the end, so the tree doesn't choke itself off.
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Lot2Learn

5 year old buck +
I wonder if you guys saw this video that (I think) Ed posted a little while ago:


I haven't tried it yet, but I plan to.
 

Maya

5 year old buck +
The twine from Peach Ridge Orchard Supplies is ideal. Also 14 guage wires. Bring branches down to 60 degrees. DSCN0961.JPG
 

aerospacefarmer

5 year old buck +
George

What do you use to attach the tree to the support? I am needing to figure that out now

Paul
 

Maya

5 year old buck +
I use agloc, never had an issue.
 

aerospacefarmer

5 year old buck +
Aglok it is. And do you place the support about 4 to 6 inches from the tree?
 

Maya

5 year old buck +
Yes!
 

aerospacefarmer

5 year old buck +
So do you recommend the precut 11.5 inch strips or a roll?
 

aerospacefarmer

5 year old buck +
Yes badger. Thanks for the suggestion. I am not great at getting my distances for my stakes very accurate so I think I will go with the roll :)
 

Maya

5 year old buck +
Ya, get a roll for sure!
 

aerospacefarmer

5 year old buck +
Thanks George
 
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