00:23:07 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Programs Chair: Please put questions here in the chat.
00:52:38 Marc Bubar (he/him): Any tips on how to know when to prune the central leader once a young tree is established but may be starting to get too high to easy harvest?
01:05:28 Bethany Murphy: If you live in a cooler climate is there an advantage to heading a fig shoot to promote development of fewer fruit?
01:07:52 Ellen Garvey: how far north (zone) can u grow figs using this method
01:10:25 Andrea Fox @grwhryrpltd: I’m interested in your thoughts on TIMING of pruning for fruit trees and berries. I’m in zone 8b/9a and we have significant temperature swings in the traditional late winter/dormant time frame. Wait till buds emerge to know what’s survived?
01:17:37 Brian Dahlstrom: On the topic of kiwis, how much of a concern is it to have a few canes that wrap around each other? Also, is it ok if the main trunk splits to two or three canes that then grow up to the top of my arbor (which is 8 feet tall)?
01:22:13 Juan Carlos Arango: When do you prune peach trees in zone 6?
01:27:50 Terry: High bush blueberry – let them go longer than 6 year in order for them to reach height?
01:36:37 Marc Bubar (he/him): Is there a way to prune apples in order to encourage more fruit spurs?
01:37:00 Ellen Garvey: can you comment on modified Laurette?
01:38:17 Juan Carlos Arango: How do you deal with a cut that was done too close to the trunk?
01:38:51 Nate Anderson: You recommend 6-18” spacing between scaffold branches. Do you thin to that spacing right away on a 2-3 year old fruit tree or delay until after it has started fruiting?
01:39:14 Kris Klueg Heeter, NAFEX President: Any suggestions for pruning trees several hit by Brood X for those of us in the Midwest
01:39:35 Rita Nattestad: Will a lower branch on an espalier that facing down hill tend to grow less or die back?
01:40:21 Juan Carlos Arango: Can you also talk about when to prune stone fruits?
01:43:07 Dan Lefever: If you want to manage grapes with out fungicides, cane pruning is recommended as blackrot the most serious fruit disease builds up in the canes and doesn’t removed as well with spur pruning.
01:43:50 Dan Lefever: at Edible Landscaping we prune kiwis about 3 times per summer to keep these rambunctious vines in control, once they have gotten large enuf to fill alloted area. Every time the canes get about 3 feet long cut and leave 6 inches at the base for the fruiting wood. dormant prune to thin and head back some of the vine severely every 5 years to get topwood renewal
01:45:21 Juan Carlos Arango: can you apply a salve?
01:45:59 shelley: This was great – thank you!!
01:46:40 Juan Carlos Arango: Thank you!
01:46:51 Julian Garcia: Thanks! Super informative
01:47:09 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Programs Chair: Some of Lee’s favorite pruning tool brands include ARS (all around), Fiskars for loppers, shears: Pica, Felco and ARS.
01:47:35 Marc Bubar (he/him): Thank you very much! Very helpful!
01:47:56 Adam D’Angelo: Thanks everyone, great presentation!
01:47:58 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Programs Chair: Thanks to everyone for joining tonight. And thanks for your great questions!
01:49:11 Aras: Thank you Lee for the great talk today. Thanks to all the NAFEX organizers, looking forward to more meetups! 🙂
01:49:14 Mihyang Lee: Thank you!
01:49:23 John Stupica: Thanks
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