1 00:00:07,173 --> 00:00:10,493 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast 2 00:00:10,613 --> 00:00:11,773 Speaker 1: from News Talks at be. 3 00:00:13,213 --> 00:00:16,413 Speaker 2: Rude, climb past as our men in the garden more than. 4 00:00:16,333 --> 00:00:19,773 Speaker 3: A cork and Jack, have you got an apple tree 5 00:00:19,813 --> 00:00:20,133 Speaker 3: at home? 6 00:00:20,213 --> 00:00:22,013 Speaker 2: I don't have an apple tree. We've got a lemon tree, 7 00:00:22,013 --> 00:00:24,973 Speaker 2: We've got a fijo a tree, but no apple tree. Okay, 8 00:00:25,133 --> 00:00:26,933 Speaker 2: I'm not going to have any trees as long time 9 00:00:27,013 --> 00:00:30,853 Speaker 2: listeners of the show now, but you know apple, yeah, no, 10 00:00:31,053 --> 00:00:35,093 Speaker 2: But but my brother in law is comes from from 11 00:00:35,093 --> 00:00:38,573 Speaker 2: a from a family in Nelson who had an apple 12 00:00:38,693 --> 00:00:42,053 Speaker 2: orchard for many years. So I do appreciate. 13 00:00:41,653 --> 00:00:45,573 Speaker 3: About so no, but but a lot of people have 14 00:00:45,693 --> 00:00:48,853 Speaker 3: got When I talk about on radio about spurs and 15 00:00:48,973 --> 00:00:52,053 Speaker 3: buds and things like that, there is a difference this. 16 00:00:52,413 --> 00:00:55,973 Speaker 3: The apple buds that actually provide flowers and then fruit 17 00:00:56,053 --> 00:00:59,453 Speaker 3: are called spurs, right and the and and they're usually 18 00:00:59,853 --> 00:01:02,773 Speaker 3: put a few pictures in and I think Libby will 19 00:01:02,773 --> 00:01:05,613 Speaker 3: put them up on the on the website. And the 20 00:01:05,653 --> 00:01:08,733 Speaker 3: spurs from which the fruit actually arise are very thick, 21 00:01:09,013 --> 00:01:12,293 Speaker 3: very obvious, very swollen. At this time of the year, 22 00:01:12,293 --> 00:01:14,493 Speaker 3: you can see it. So if you ever need to 23 00:01:14,493 --> 00:01:16,653 Speaker 3: prune your trees, and that has to happen right now. 24 00:01:16,733 --> 00:01:20,253 Speaker 3: This is another little idea. Have a look at if 25 00:01:20,293 --> 00:01:23,653 Speaker 3: you can identify the spurs and the buds. The buds 26 00:01:23,653 --> 00:01:25,733 Speaker 3: are the ones that actually give you new twigs if 27 00:01:25,773 --> 00:01:29,613 Speaker 3: you like later season. Okay, but you do need to 28 00:01:29,613 --> 00:01:33,013 Speaker 3: prune those trees. But if you prune too many spurs off, 29 00:01:33,053 --> 00:01:35,573 Speaker 3: you don't get much fruit next year. So that's a 30 00:01:35,613 --> 00:01:39,533 Speaker 3: bit of a warning. Here's another thing. Apples come in 31 00:01:39,573 --> 00:01:43,373 Speaker 3: two different varieties ones that if you like, a spur 32 00:01:43,693 --> 00:01:47,213 Speaker 3: bearing variety or a tip bearing variety, And that means 33 00:01:47,213 --> 00:01:49,773 Speaker 3: that the spurs, if it's a spur bearing variety, the 34 00:01:49,773 --> 00:01:52,333 Speaker 3: spurs are all over the branches if you like. But 35 00:01:52,373 --> 00:01:55,053 Speaker 3: the tip bearing varieties only have the young fruit or 36 00:01:55,053 --> 00:01:58,053 Speaker 3: the new fruit on the tips of the branches. And 37 00:01:58,173 --> 00:02:00,333 Speaker 3: then and then you have to be extra careful that 38 00:02:00,373 --> 00:02:06,253 Speaker 3: you don't cut off all the tips. You know, that's it. 39 00:02:06,453 --> 00:02:09,213 Speaker 3: If you leave them there, cut some off. You need 40 00:02:09,253 --> 00:02:12,253 Speaker 3: to change your position off your tree. Sometimes it needs 41 00:02:12,293 --> 00:02:14,453 Speaker 3: to be a bit airy if you like, you know, 42 00:02:14,533 --> 00:02:17,293 Speaker 3: it needs to be spaces and all that, but be 43 00:02:17,533 --> 00:02:21,773 Speaker 3: aware of buds and tips. That is really really important. 44 00:02:22,133 --> 00:02:25,133 Speaker 3: Now now is the time to do it. And I 45 00:02:25,173 --> 00:02:28,533 Speaker 3: would always prune a tree if you like, with horizontal 46 00:02:28,573 --> 00:02:33,053 Speaker 3: branches going out, giving anybody and everything and weather and 47 00:02:33,293 --> 00:02:36,493 Speaker 3: wind a lot of space so that the tree can 48 00:02:36,613 --> 00:02:38,413 Speaker 3: dry out after a rainfall. 49 00:02:38,653 --> 00:02:39,453 Speaker 2: That sort of stuff. 50 00:02:39,573 --> 00:02:42,973 Speaker 3: Aconomy, don't get rots and things like that. That's what 51 00:02:43,453 --> 00:02:44,973 Speaker 3: the other thing is that what you can do now 52 00:02:45,013 --> 00:02:46,773 Speaker 3: is think if you've got a new plant, for instance, 53 00:02:46,773 --> 00:02:48,413 Speaker 3: that you can think, how am I going to do this? 54 00:02:48,493 --> 00:02:51,613 Speaker 3: I'm going to train this plant, you know, I'm going 55 00:02:51,693 --> 00:02:55,333 Speaker 3: to nail it almost to a system. You can do 56 00:02:55,373 --> 00:02:59,373 Speaker 3: all that too, which is literally like a training or 57 00:02:59,573 --> 00:03:01,973 Speaker 3: a cordon or a fan or an s palier. You 58 00:03:01,973 --> 00:03:04,453 Speaker 3: can do it in all sorts of ways. No, here 59 00:03:04,453 --> 00:03:07,453 Speaker 3: comes to being a little tip. The and the Old 60 00:03:07,533 --> 00:03:10,253 Speaker 3: New Zealand Gardener did a fabulous article by Bill Brett 61 00:03:10,293 --> 00:03:12,653 Speaker 3: a couple of months ago which gives you all those 62 00:03:12,733 --> 00:03:16,893 Speaker 3: particular shapes and once you've seen those shapes, you can 63 00:03:16,933 --> 00:03:19,813 Speaker 3: actually copy that and make it up very simply. That 64 00:03:19,973 --> 00:03:21,373 Speaker 3: is really a nice way to go. 65 00:03:21,613 --> 00:03:24,653 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's really interesting. Okay, very good, thank you sir. 66 00:03:25,373 --> 00:03:26,453 Speaker 3: There you are all right. 67 00:03:26,493 --> 00:03:28,773 Speaker 2: Well, you take have a good weekend and we will 68 00:03:28,773 --> 00:03:31,013 Speaker 2: catch up with you again very shortly. 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