Training and Pruning Apple Trees – Central Leader or Open Center? | Pruning Fruit Trees

Pruning and Training an Apple Tree in the best shape for our Home Orchard.The 2 most used training systems are covered in depth, showing Pros and Cons of each one, with full examples from pruning to fruit production.
Training a young tree correctly from the beginning can be crucial for its development and production and since I got asked this question a lot, here's a video about what i think are the best training systems for Apple (and Pear) Trees in our home orchards.

Table of Contents:
1. Choosing the shape - Comparing training systems in Commercial and in Home Orchards - 0:50
2. Possible Problems of each training system - 4:18
3. Solutions - Choosing the right rootstock, stacking and supporting - 5:42
4. Which shape (training system) is best for our Home Orchard - 7:09
5. Pruning:
5a. Pruning for a Modified Central Leader - 8:33
5b. Pruning for Open Center or Vase - 9:52

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