pruned trees...

[growalot]

Dang I really have neglected some of the wild apples and had my work cut out for me...I only have two hybrids up here, the Cortland and another Mitsu/? and they are easy to keep up with...both semi dwarf I have 2 -3 standard delicious yellow and red.to young to produce down the hill, all the rest are wild... Some of the wild apples are as tall as my mature maples...All I can do is hit suckers and trim lower branches...any little pruning helps though because it will stimulate growth. The wild plums are looking great and had a lot of work  to be done...They grow faster than the apples...The mulberries were easy, I've kept up with them well...Trimmed back a whole bunch of honeysuckle brush and dogwood brush,I have to hit the pears and apples/ chestnuts all grapes and kiwi down the hill. It will be in the low 30's on Wednesday again...only 38 here now...Too much snow to frost seed and it is the weight of lead! Oh boy muscles I haven't worked in a while...Lots of over head lopping and nipping....I'm sore all ready...lol

Edited March 20, 2017 by growalot

[sailinghudson25]

I got a new property with 20 or so 100 year old apples trees.

After getting the suckers good, don't be afraid to cut the tops down some.

Did that on a few 5 years ago, they all did well.

 

This winter was too weird for me to mess with these trees.  I clearances the vines, limed, and fertilized in the fall.  I also seeded some Dutch white clover under them.  Most attention they saw in 30 years.....

[growalot]

Oh I'm  not afraid...the problem is I would have to get our aerial bucket back on the property...When I say as tall as our mature maples I'm talking 70 or so ft tall. You should never take more than 1/3 of a trees top when cutting back...I could not do this by ladder with out risk of injury...the ones that were manageable when we moved here I have already cut back some.