how & why to RESET your Food Forest / Syntropic Agroforestry [2023]

Syntropic Agroforestry Pruning and Management. Join me in this 3-year-old system as I demonstrate the step-by-step process of heavy pruning, from weeding and addressing emergent species to managing adjacent trees and unique challenges, such as a stagnant 100-year-old plum tree. Explore the diversity of edible species and the transition from an orchard to a thriving forest.

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00:00 Heavy Pruning a Food Forest
00:27 Agroforestry System Pruning
56:11 Spring in the NZ Food Forest
01:07 Heavy Pruning during Waning Moon
01:23 Grass to Food Forest
02:00 Pruning Process
02:10 Weeding
02:29 Prune Emergent Species
03:00 Prune Adjacent Trees
03:16 Managing 100yo Plum Tree
03:33 Agroforestry System Management Demo
03:45 Pruning within the Food Forest
04:13 Take Down your Trees
04:44 Managing Vines in Agroforestry
05:26 Loquat in the Food Forest
06:00 Monstera in the Food Forest
06:21 Removing the Mother Banana
07:02 Mother Banana Extraction Demo
07:43 Banana Logs as Mulch
07:59 Harvesting Yacón
08:40 Cutting Down Support Trees
09:00 Organising Organic Material
10:03 Food Forest Species Succession Density
11:05 Heavy Pruning Aftermath
12:13 Managing Agroforestry Strata
14:01 Organic Material Beds on Rows
14:30 Protect High Value Seedlings
15:28 Processing Organic Material
16:12 Pruning a 1 Year Old Food Forest
16:40 BE THE WINDSTORM
18:02 Food Forest + Alley Crops
18:33 Companion Planting + Pruning Support Trees
19:11 Diverse Edible Species
19:21 Orchard to Food Forest
20:05 Plant Shade Alley Crops
21:09 Wood Log Foot Path
21:30 Nurse Logs in the Forest
22:08 Questions? Leave a Comment