How to Prune Fruit Trees + Apple Tasting 101
Discover the Next Great AppleSusan Poizner, founder of Ben Nobleman Community Orchard (https://communityorchard.ca) in Toronto, talks about the upcoming apple-tasting fundraiser event for the orchard. Poizner is a college instructor, author of Grow Fruit Trees Fast and Growing Urban Orchards, and the founder of Orchard People (https://orchardpeople.com).At the virtual apple tasting, participants are guided through characteristics such as:* Smell* Flavour* TextureThe apples in the tasting were bred in Ontario — and have not yet been released.An apple tasting event is something you can do yourself! Poizner shares tips on how to host your own apple-tasting event.Pruning Fruit TreesWe also talk about how to prune fruit trees:* Why prune fruit trees* How to prune fruit trees* Winter vs. summer pruning* Water sprouts* When to cut off healthy branches* Whip cuts
🍋 Lemon Camp: September 17 and 24
Grow a healthy, productive lemon tree in a pot. In these two live online sessions, Steven Biggs covers watering, feeding, pruning, repotting, pests, flowers and fruit—and how to get a lemon tree through the winter.
Recordings are included, so you can watch afterwards if you can’t attend live.
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Discover the Next Great Apple
Susan Poizner, founder of Ben Nobleman Community Orchard in Toronto, talks about the upcoming apple-tasting fundraiser event for the orchard. Poizner is a college instructor, author of Grow Fruit Trees Fast and Growing Urban Orchards, and the founder of Orchard People.
At the virtual apple tasting, participants are guided through characteristics such as:
- Smell
- Flavour
- Texture
The apples in the tasting were bred in Ontario — and have not yet been released.
An apple tasting event is something you can do yourself! Poizner shares tips on how to host your own apple-tasting event.
Pruning Fruit Trees
We also talk about how to prune fruit trees:
- Why prune fruit trees
- How to prune fruit trees
- Winter vs. summer pruning
- Water sprouts
- When to cut off healthy branches
- Whip cuts
