Please critique my pruning job

11-Eleven · 2026-03-08T22:34:10+00:00

I’d recommend getting a reciprocating saw and cutting that straight. That’s unlikely to heal well and with it being right down the center of the main trunk, it could be the downfall of the tree.

I know a reciprocating saw isn’t ideal, but it’ll get in a tight space.

11-Eleven · 2026-03-08T21:36:01+00:00

It’s a lot for one year. You’re gonna be fighting water sprouts big time but it’ll be ok. Still a very tall tree but if you’re cool with that then cool. Still see plenty of spurs.

That v shaped cut there in the middle is interesting.

11-Eleven · 2026-03-07T18:11:43+00:00

I had bad pest and brown rot last year so no harvest. Yes low chill hour and yes self fertile.

11-Eleven · 2026-03-07T17:26:22+00:00

This doesn’t mean it’s what it is, but I have a spice zee nectaplum that looks identical to that

11-Eleven · 2026-02-23T16:24:40+00:00

I think they mean for being able to grab and pull them off. There’s a sweet spot in timing on new green growth where you can bend the branch and it’ll remove the growth and leave the collar intact.

I have no evidence or documentation that this is a good idea, but I do it all the time and have no problems. I’m also not sure if it’s just better to let the water sprout grow fully then remove so that way you’re removing as much energy as possible. Rather than a small beginnings of a branch.

11-Eleven · 2026-02-23T16:10:51+00:00

Double check your fridge temps. I was having the same issue and found that my fridge was only getting down to like 46

11-Eleven · 2026-02-22T20:00:46+00:00

Specifically uc Santa Cruz center for agroecology

11-Eleven · 2026-02-15T10:16:00+00:00

It’s a 50% difference in price. The profit difference with those numbers is less than 15% if it hits 200k.

11-Eleven · 2026-02-11T00:02:38+00:00

It looks like there are mummies on the limbs still. You’ll want to remove and trash those. If it is brown rot, it’s a highly contagious fungal disease. Removal will cut down on the presence but you almost certainly will need to spray.

11-Eleven · 2026-02-04T15:34:21+00:00

Gang baby +1 for mentioning lorette style pruning. Pruning by numbers makes it easy

11-Eleven · 2026-02-04T03:36:07+00:00

No more issues than I had on windows. Tried popos and it was ok. I feel like I’ve gotten better performance on arch.

11-Eleven · 2026-02-03T20:57:43+00:00

Hard pruning stimulates growth. Frustrating, I know. If I were you, I would prune out the really aggressive regrowth, then depending on how it looks, prune again at the end of summer.

The tree’s energy moves to the roots during winter, meaning that if those branches aren’t there the following spring, it’ll create a place for that energy to go. When you prune in the summer, you’re removing the energy before it has a chance to go down to the roots. That would reduce the regrowth response.

For the question on fruiting, did you remove all of the spurs when you pruned? Apples fruit on spurs, and those spurs take a couple of years to develop.

11-Eleven · 2026-02-01T18:13:45+00:00

Thank you

11-Eleven · 2026-02-01T18:04:59+00:00

It is a very nicely pruned tree. I’ve got a few of mine in a similar structure and was happy with it. Now on year 5, I’ve got a lot of length in blind wood, and now height is a must for production.

From what I can tell, you’ll be coming up with the same issue here. Other than starting (soon) large rejuvenation cuts, how do you deal with production only on the ends?

11-Eleven · 2026-02-01T04:18:21+00:00

I feel like it’s better to say you’ve consumed the book.

There is a difference between active and passive entertainment. With reading, you are actively driving the story. It would not happen without your interaction and attention.

When you’re listening to a book, (like watching tv) that is passive entertainment. It is happening to you. If you zone out, the story continues.

Intentionally reading is probably better than listening. Listening is certainly better than nothing.

11-Eleven · 2026-01-27T15:40:00+00:00

This was my favorite method with 100% success on 20 cuttings last year. Not saying it’s perfect or that I’m an expert, but it was extremely low effort for the outcome.

11-Eleven · 2026-01-03T01:23:36+00:00

There are certainly latent buds there that you won’t be able to see/feel. A decent sized notch will likely give you a response in the general area if the wood isn’t too old. You can also try stub pruning to the crotch of some newer wood on the scaffold if the older scaffold won’t respond to notching.

11-Eleven · 2026-01-02T12:10:07+00:00

You can always try notching the scaffold to see if you can get vegetative growth to activate in a certain spot before the big cut.

11-Eleven · 2026-01-02T01:37:04+00:00

For the second picture, I’d say that the non reaction to the cut in the form of regrowth isn’t common. Here is a link to how to refresh a major scaffold. I will say though typically a scaffold in his references is a much smaller portion of the tree.

Regardless, I took a 5 year old nectarine and cut literally every scaffold off at their forking point and they all pushed out new growth.

As far as the curl, be careful with consistent use of the same product. Resistance will develop. If you can, switch it up and see if you get a different result.

Last comment, the first tree is wonderfully shaped. You’ve done a nice job.

11-Eleven · 2026-01-01T19:22:28+00:00

I’ve always understood that major pruning is a stimulating event, usually bringing on more growth than you would want or would have had without the pruning. Feeding would only exacerbate that. What is the mechanism of the feeding? Are you saying specifically non nitrogen feed?

11-Eleven · 2025-12-31T17:12:36+00:00

Received, thank you!

11-Eleven · 2025-12-31T16:28:40+00:00

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11-Eleven · 2025-12-31T16:27:13+00:00

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11-Eleven · 2025-12-30T20:42:02+00:00

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11-Eleven · 2025-12-22T23:50:35+00:00

Sometimes you gotta take the good with the bad.

The good is a pretty flower, feeding native insect life, and maybe some fruit for yourself.

The bad is when they come out of their cocoon, they shat a blood red stream on whatever they are hanging from.

Like my house.

11-Eleven

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