{"id":12389,"date":"2024-02-13T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T00:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/clallam\/?post_type=tribe_events&amp;p=12389"},"modified":"2024-02-13T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T00:44:00","slug":"green-thumb-2024-pruning-fruit-trees-for-size-health-and-fruit-production","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/clallam\/event\/green-thumb-2024-pruning-fruit-trees-for-size-health-and-fruit-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Thumb 2024 &#8211; Pruning Fruit Trees for Size, Health, and Fruit Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13253\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2069\/2024\/02\/trees-396x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pruning your fruit trees properly will help increase tree longevity and fruit production, while reducing maintenance costs and pest and disease problems. Find out how to prune your trees the right way! Join Clallam County Master Gardener Tom Del Hotal for the Green Thumb Education Series presentation \u201cPruning Fruit Trees for Size, Health, and Fruit Production,\u201d for science-based information to keep your fruit trees at peak performance.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Green Thumb Education Series presentation \u201cPruning Fruit Trees for Size, Health and Fruit Production\u201d will be held in person on Thursday, December 12th from noon \u2013 1:00 p.m. at Saint Andrew\u2019s Episcopal Church, 510 E Park Ave, in Port Angeles and will be broadcast live via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.zoom.us\/j\/93629898830?pwd=UnRkYjdwSGNmTnA4Y2hxVFBuRHVkZz09\">Find a direct link to the live presentation here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or join by phone: 253-215-8782<\/p>\n<p>Meeting ID: 936 2989 8830<\/p>\n<p>Passcode: 676224<\/p>\n<p>Traditional pruning methods are often geared towards commercial orchards and have frequently emphasized fruit production while sacrificing tree health and long tree life. \u201cIt is often easier and considered more \u2018cost effective\u2019 to prune trees without regard to tree longevity and instead, replace the trees after a relatively short period of time (10 \u2013 40 years),\u201d Tom said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13252\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2024\/02\/Cut-396x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2024\/02\/Cut-396x432.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2024\/02\/Cut.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/>Research has given new insights on how plants respond to pruning and how pruning affects tree health and longevity. This resulted in new tree pruning standards that have been adopted by many cities, states and countries. Tom will teach homeowners how to use these new principles to prune fruit trees properly.<\/p>\n<p>Tom has been a horticulturist and nurseryman since 1977. He is a Certified Arborist and was a horticulture instructor at a local college in San Diego for over 20 years. Tom owned his part-time business, Fantasia Gardens, (a fruit tree specialty nursery and fruit tree pruning and consulting business that specialized in home and small-scale commercial orchard design and fruit tree management services) from 1983-2020. Tom is currently a Clallam County Master Gardner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tribe-events-single-event-description tribe-events-content\">\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW46420145 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46420145 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">The Green Thumb Education Series, sponsored by the W<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46420145 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">ashington\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46420145 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">S<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46420145 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">tate\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46420145 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">U<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46420145 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">niversity<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46420145 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">\u00a0Clallam County Master Gardeners, is held on the second and fourth Thursday\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46420145 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46420145 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\">each month through October. 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