STOP wasting TIME PRUNING your FRUIT TREES & do THIS instead!

Please, for your tree's sake, watch this video before pruning your fruit tree. Pruning apple trees should be as simple as 1-2-3. It can be if you follow this 3 step approach to pruning. I've been pruning for 30+ years and pruned tens of thousands of fruit trees, when I learned this simple approach it completely changed pruning for me and immediately reduced my pruning time by 80%. If you want to take an hour or hours to prune your fruit tree don't watch this and continue as you've done before. Pruning should be a pleasant late winter activity to be enjoyed. This simple method makes pruning quick, enjoyable and eliminates the confusion people often face when pruning. Try it, it will transform pruning for you.
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[kbennehoff]

Perfect timing, getting ready to do this soon. Hopefully the Cicadas coming this year won't damage any of our apple trees (6). Cheers from Illinois.

[steveg]

I think I heard you explaining this LBL method 3 times but I still clicked on this video because I wanted to hear it again! Don’t worry, it’s not the teacher’s fault, it’s the student. I have to prune this winter for it to stick in my brain! Simple and easy

[jclivin]

I’m 34 with 20 years of experience pruning around many variety of fruit trees so it’s always nice to learn from experience growers on different explanations on how to prune.

Love this video!

[larshildebrandt]

Greetings from the Great Claybelt of Northeastern Ontario Stefan! Love all of your videos, so much great information! I don't know if this weather pattern we have is going to be the norm... : Warmest winter with the least snow ever recorded in our area. I read an excellent article about 15 years ago from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (*I am a retired Forestry and Fish & Wildlife Tech from the OMNRF), stating that we need to start to plant more southern species as the climate warms up. I took it to heart and started doing this. People doubted that planting walnut trees, and apple trees would work in our normally zone 2 area, but it HAS! Now I have to start pruning those apples! LOL I also have a small orchard of 400 haskap and also sea buckthorn... I am also learning to prune them more as well, but many of the same principles you state for apple are applicable to many other fruit growing bushes and trees. I am also a firm believer in multi-species, multi variety plantings, such as you state as a permaculturalist.

Peace n Love!

[johnlord]

Absolute easy technique that is logical and a no-brainer. Everybody planting fruit trees for their orchard - should be taught this (or handed this pruning manual) for their education. 10* video.

[terianderson]

Thank you for this video! I've always found pruning so confusing, but you explain it so well! I feel like I can do this!

[floydblandston]

Learning on full sized trees way back when, I was told to prune "the chimney" (as you call it) so a bird could fly straight through the tree from any direction without touching a wing!

[ppetal]

I appreciate this revision class of what you taught me last year. Just planted a mixture of expensive 3 year-olds on public land with permission, which I can confidently leave for a couple of years, except the last little bits, but my older pear was done in November and looks fab.❤

[archiehendricks]

I am 70, grew up pruning, seen darmers change way they prune, less wood props, labor ect, easy access for ladder access.
But develope my own art of pruning .
I like japaneese styles but you be you and i be me.

[ADAWC]

Bless you!❤You a savior for the trees, the environment and me! You make planting so simple, easy and save time! Always love you videos!❤ Thank you so much!❤

[brettiowausa]

Very interesting. I just planted fruit trees so will definitely keep this in mind as I begin the pruning process. You are so correct there are many different approaches to pruning.

[homeismyvacation]

Thank you, was always told to trim the branches going straight upwards. Now we will try this new way on your vid and see how it goes.

[arcobalenonellorto]

LBL: low, big, line. Thank you for this video 💚 What a sincro...I wanted to prune some plums tree and I found this video 😉

[stephanebinette]

Thank you Stéphane, i hope you Will do a new vidéos about the apple cultivar you keep and the one you eliminate over the year and why

[EclecticEcentric]

Love it! Thank you for all the information.

LBL (Low, Big, Line)

[shadytreez]

I works wonderfully for berries. I propogated my thornless boysnberry that way.

What a great idea to give some to your neighbors to get less birds.

[EclecticEcentric]

Oh... and Hello from Newfoundland (our small acreage).

Peace

[conquererification]

I have some wild apple tree and they are looking pretty nice. Hopefully I can do it to the older trees which are way more trouble.

[CriaAndKiddFW]

Thank you Stefan! I'm just a bit south of you in New York in the Champlain Valley. My 16 acre property was a forclosure and older/neglected apple and pear trees. I'm getting ready to trim them in the next week or so, weather permitting. Any tips for rehabbing older apple trees? I've seen videos of people basically decapitating old trees for new growth. That scares me to do.

[Blynn-mddx]

You make this entertaining and easy to understand.