PruningandTrainingPruningandTrainingLinkTrainingtoProductivityLinkTrainingtoProductivityProductivityisallaboutProductivityisallabout-Quality-Quality-QuantityQuantity-PricePrice-TimingtoMarketTimingtoMarketAlltheareasoftrainingandpruningAlltheareasoftrainingandpruningshouldlinkbacktothesemainpoints.shouldlinkbacktothesemainpoints.WhatisPruning?WhatisPruning?Couldbedefinedas:Couldbedefinedas:TheremovalofanypartoftheplanttoTheremovalofanypartoftheplanttoencourageittogrow,flowerandfruitintheencourageittogrow,flowerandfruitinthewaythegrowerwants.waythegrowerwants.PruningisakeyfactorinqualityandquantityofPruningisakeyfactorinqualityandquantityofacrop.acrop.WhyDoIt?WhyDoIt?ThemainpurposeistoachievetheoptimumcropThemainpurposeistoachievetheoptimumcroppossible.possible.FactorstoconsiderFactorstoconsider-Light-Light-Sizeoffruit/plant-Sizeoffruit/plant-Shapeofplant-Shapeofplant-Spacing-Spacing-Maintaincontinuous-MaintaincontinuoussupplyofqualityflowerbudssupplyofqualityflowerbudsItisimportanttomaintainabalancebetweengrowth,Itisimportanttomaintainabalancebetweengrowth,floweringandfruitingwhilekeepingtheplantfloweringandfruitingwhilekeepingtheplantvigorousandingoodhealth.vigorousandingoodhealth.TrainingFruittreesTrainingFruittreesImportanttotrainfruittreestodevelopaImportanttotrainfruittreestodevelopaframeworktoletlightreachalltheleavesandframeworktoletlightreachalltheleavesandhaveenoughspacetopickthefruit.haveenoughspacetopickthefruit.ModerndaytrainingreducesstructuralwoodModerndaytrainingreducesstructuralwood(whichisnon-productive)intobuddingand(whichisnon-productive)intobuddingandthereforefruitbearing,wood.Supporttothethereforefruitbearing,wood.Supporttothetreeisprovidedbypostsandwiresorsimplytreeisprovidedbypostsandwiresorsimplybythestrengthofthesingle(centre)leader.bythestrengthofthesingle(centre)leader.Smallertrees,producingmorefruitareeasierSmallertrees,producingmorefruitareeasiertospray,fastertopick,easiertotrain.tospray,fastertopick,easiertotrain.GrowerscanhaveamuchhighertreedensityGrowerscanhaveamuchhighertreedensitywhenthetreesaresmall.whenthetreesaresmall.HelpingHandHelpingHandPOSTSANDWIRESHELPPROVIDESUPPORTTOMODERNTREESSingleLeaderSingleLeaderSingleLeaderSingleLeaderComparetheplantComparetheplantdensityinthephotosinthedensityinthephotosinthenext2slidesnext2slidesOLDSTYLE‘VASE’PRUNINGMODERN,SMALLERTREESTRAINEDONPOSTSANDWIRESApplesApplesThePruningofappleshelpswith:ThePruningofappleshelpswith:diseasecontrolbecausethespraycangetintodiseasecontrolbecausethespraycangetintothemiddleandtopsofthetrees.(QUALITY)themiddleandtopsofthetrees.(QUALITY)thesizeofthefruitbecauseithasspacetothesizeofthefruitbecauseithasspacetogrowandthecolourbecauselightisletintogrowandthecolourbecauselightisletintothemiddleofthetree.(Quality,quantity,themiddleofthetree.(Quality,quantity,Priceandtiming?)Priceandtiming?)StonefruittreesStonefruittreesPeachesandNectarinesgetprunedandtrainedPeachesandNectarinesgetprunedandtrainedtoensurethefruitdoesn’trubonthebranchestoensurethefruitdoesn’trubonthebranchesoreachother.Branchesdon’tshadoweachoreachother.Branchesdon’tshadoweachotheraotheravaseshapeisnolongervaseshapeisnolongerusedandhasusedandhasbeensupersededbytheCentralleadersystem.beensupersededbytheCentralleadersystem.OldStyleVaseShapeforStonefruitOldStyleVaseShapeforStonefruitGrapesGrapesPrunetotwomainstems-theplantdoesn’tPrunetotwomainstems-theplantdoesn’tgrowtoomuchfruitsothefruitproducedisofgrowtoomuchfruitsothefruitproducedisofahigherQUALITY.SpacetodevelopahigherQUALITY.Spacetodevelop..Thormery-espallierThormery-espalliersystemiswidelyused.systemiswidelyused.PineTreesPineTreesTrainedtogrowstraightandtallbypruningTrainedtogrowstraightandtallbypruningthebottombranchesto,roughly,athirdofthethebottombranchesto,roughly,athirdoftheoverallheight.ThisimprovestheQUALITY,overallheight.ThisimprovestheQUALITY,QUANTITY&PRICEoftheendresult–QUANTITY&PRICEoftheendresult–timber,ielonger,straightertimber.timber,ielonger,straightertimber.RootPruningRootPruningPlantgrowthisreducedandslowed.ThisstopsoverPlantgrowthisreducedandslowed.Thisstopsovervigorousgrowthandkeepsplantsmaller.EgBonsi,vigorousgrowthandkeepsplantsmaller.EgBonsi,plumtrees.Smallertreesmeancostofproductionisplumtrees.Smallertreesmeancostofproductionisreduced.reduced.RootbagsRootbagsareusedextensivelywithcherriesintheareusedextensivelywithcherriesintheSouthIslandofNZ.ThesedothesamejobasrootSouthIslandofNZ.Thesedothesamejobasrootpruningbecausetheyrestrictthegrowthoftheroots,pruningbecausetheyrestrictthegrowthoftheroots,puttingmoregrowthintothefloweringandfruitingputtingmoregrowthintothefloweringandfruitingofthetree.ofthetree.