| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| HTA ID | HTA-0630 |
| Title | Henry's Garden — Apple Tree Care |
| Era | KRON-TV (San Francisco, ~2005–2013) |
| Station | KRON-TV Channel 4 |
| Program | Henry's Garden (KRON segment) |
| Role | Host |
| Segment Type | Henry's Garden |
| Duration | ~05:46 |
| Source File | AppleTreeCare.txt |
| Record Version | V1 (Transcript Only) |
Henry and Buzz discuss proper apple tree maintenance, pruning, and disease prevention.
Speaker 1 00:00 Well, you see somebody likes my apples. Speaker 1 00:03 Okay, can I have the apple? Speaker 1 00:05 Thank you, boys. Speaker 1 00:06 See that? Speaker 1 00:07 A happy dog with a beautiful apple grown right here in Henry's garden. Speaker 1 00:11 Nice to you, Mark. Speaker 1 00:12 It has good dental work too, huh? Speaker 1 00:14 But does Buzz Bertolero like my apples? Speaker 1 00:15 You paid a fortune for it, didn't you? Speaker 1 00:16 Does Buzz Bertolero like my apples? Speaker 1 00:18 I do! Speaker 2 00:18 No, he doesn't like my apples. Speaker 2 00:20 Henry, please. Speaker 2 00:20 Yes. Speaker 2 00:21 We need to be a little bit more specific. Speaker 2 00:22 I like your tree. Speaker 2 00:24 I just don't like the way you take care of the tree. Speaker 2 00:26 Number one, you don't listen to what we've talked about in previous segments. Speaker 1 00:29 Why would I do that, Buzz? Speaker 1 00:30 If I listened to everything you told me after all these years, Speaker 1 00:33 we wouldn't have a show anymore. Speaker 1 00:36 Well, you know what? Speaker 1 00:37 Come to think of it. Speaker 1 00:38 You've got a good time. Speaker 1 00:39 All right, show people what I didn't do. Speaker 2 00:41 The problem is that you didn't thin the crop, Speaker 2 00:43 and you have all of the apples developing out here Speaker 2 00:46 on the outer part of the leaves, Speaker 2 00:48 or outer part of the branches, Speaker 2 00:50 and what's going to happen is that this particular branch is going to break. Speaker 1 00:53 This is a very good example right down here. Speaker 1 00:55 See how we've got all these apples. Speaker 1 00:57 Whoops, just dropped one there at the very bottom. Speaker 1 00:59 and as a result the whole branch sags. Speaker 2 01:01 People don't like to thin their trees, Henry. Speaker 2 01:03 They think that they're giving up part of the crop. Speaker 2 01:06 Ooh. Ooh, what is that? Speaker 2 01:07 Probably a little bit of wormhole. Speaker 2 01:09 We got something like this probably when you open it up. Speaker 2 01:11 Where'd you get that? Not from my tree. Speaker 2 01:12 You must have brought that from somebody else. Speaker 2 01:14 I did from your neighbor. I was across the hall there, Speaker 2 01:16 or actually across the gully way. Speaker 2 01:17 Stuff like that never happens in my garden. Speaker 2 01:19 Well, you're going to get a few of these, Speaker 2 01:21 and if you have lots of them, Speaker 2 01:22 then there are cures for the worms and apples. Speaker 2 01:24 Otherwise, you just kind of live with it the way it is. Speaker 2 01:26 Or you just cut around them, right? Speaker 1 01:27 I mean, these are edible, right? Speaker 2 01:28 Absolutely. Speaker 2 01:29 There's no reason why you can't, well, maybe not eat this one here, but this one here would Speaker 2 01:34 be a bit better. Speaker 1 01:34 Let me see if this one is doable. Speaker 1 01:35 Now, what causes this? Speaker 1 01:37 Is this like bird or, oh, no, that's-- Speaker 2 01:39 No, worms and apple is basically a-- Speaker 2 01:41 Okay, that one's out of here. Speaker 2 01:42 --is an insect. Speaker 2 01:42 Yeah. Speaker 2 01:42 And there is an adult moth called the coddling moth that lays an egg and the egg burrows Speaker 2 01:47 into it. Speaker 2 01:48 Now, we set up traps and we also control the coddling moth that are in the ground earlier Speaker 2 01:52 in the year, but not at this time of year. Speaker 1 01:54 And then sometimes you get like bird pecking like this. Speaker 2 01:56 - Sunpacking is in there this. Speaker 2 01:57 - And then what's that? Speaker 2 01:58 - That's sunburn. Speaker 2 01:59 - That's sunburn? Speaker 2 02:00 - Sunburn on apples, especially on the south, Speaker 2 02:02 southwest side of the tree, when the temperature Speaker 2 02:04 really gets hot, we get this burning. Speaker 2 02:05 Now these are really still very edible. Speaker 2 02:08 That's why we want to thin the fruit out from the outer Speaker 2 02:11 part of the branches into the center part of the tree Speaker 2 02:14 so that we use the other purpose of the leaves. Speaker 2 02:16 And that is to shade the fruit from the sun Speaker 2 02:19 on those really hot days. Speaker 2 02:20 - Okay. Speaker 2 02:21 - The other problem too is that after all the apples Speaker 2 02:25 dropped off the tree, you have all these branches that are bent in a distorted Speaker 1 02:29 type of fashion. I kind of like that look. It gives it sort of that weeping apple Speaker 2 02:32 look. Yeah, but it's not good for the tree because then you get the new growth and Speaker 2 02:36 it tends to be like this and gets gnarly. So what do you do about that? Well, by Speaker 2 02:40 thinning back, getting it in the proper spot, getting the growth to go upright, Speaker 2 02:43 you have a much more, let's say base type shaped tree. Can you prop it up? Well, you Speaker 2 02:48 can certainly prop it up using stakes like this, but you know, sometimes that Speaker 2 02:53 That doesn't always answer the problem because with the wind they tend to fall off and you Speaker 2 02:58 need multiple ones and you know finning it really is the real answer. Speaker 2 03:03 Other thing Henry is, see all the clutter on the ground? Speaker 1 03:06 Yeah those are my apples that Che is... Speaker 2 03:09 Well you want to keep those cleaned up. Speaker 2 03:11 Why? Speaker 2 03:11 You don't want them kind of just laying around sort of composting on there. Speaker 2 03:17 They're a source of problems in future years. Speaker 3 03:19 So what are you supposed to do? Speaker 1 03:21 Just rake them up and put them in your recycling bin or compost. Speaker 1 03:24 Don't just tell them that, Buzz. There's a rake sitting right there. Speaker 1 03:27 We need a demonstration of proper raking technique. Speaker 2 03:30 This is a no-brainer. Speaker 1 03:32 Please, go right ahead. Speaker 2 03:32 It doesn't require a lot of... Speaker 1 03:34 We do need a good demonstration of how you rake apples Speaker 1 03:37 because if you don't do a demonstration... Speaker 2 03:39 Here's the other thing. Speaker 2 03:40 Shh, shh. Speaker 2 03:41 Here's the other thing about apples at this time of year, Speaker 2 03:43 or other fruit, is that it's a source of yellow jackets Speaker 2 03:46 because they go after the natural fructose in the fall of the year, Speaker 2 03:51 Whereas in the other times, they go after more protein-based. Speaker 2 03:53 So you want to get them cleaned up just to avoid the-- Speaker 3 03:54 Did he just say fructose? Speaker 2 03:56 Fructose. Speaker 1 03:57 You can't say that on our air. Speaker 1 03:59 Actually, we did. Speaker 1 04:00 OK. Speaker 1 04:00 So we've discussed-- let's see. Speaker 1 04:02 We've discussed worms. Speaker 1 04:03 We've discussed sunburn. Speaker 1 04:04 We've discussed bird pecking. Speaker 1 04:07 Oh, by the way, we had Che over there eating that apple. Speaker 1 04:12 Watch out. Speaker 2 04:12 Watch out. Speaker 1 04:13 But Buzz tells me-- Speaker 2 04:14 Stepping all through the landmines and the changing terrain. Speaker 1 04:17 me that actually dogs don't like apples. Well not all dogs can eat apples. Mine Speaker 2 04:23 particularly run into problems and we have to pick the lower apples off the Speaker 2 04:27 tree so that he doesn't get to them. He gets sick? We have a vet bill. Yeah okay well Speaker 1 04:33 that explains some problems that we've had. So we will be picking up those apples. Speaker 1 04:38 Now I got the apple tree and lemon tree sort of merging here. Yeah it looks okay. Speaker 2 04:43 Yeah it looks okay. Cut this back a little bit here just so that there's a Speaker 2 04:46 A little bit of definition between the two plants. Speaker 2 04:49 - Okay. Speaker 2 04:49 - And what's this? Speaker 2 04:51 - What? Speaker 2 04:51 - Cut that. Speaker 2 04:51 - Oh, cut this too? Speaker 2 04:52 - Yeah, cut that off. Speaker 2 04:53 I like to have each particular plant Speaker 2 04:55 have their own particular space. Speaker 2 04:57 And now the sunlight will get in here. Speaker 1 04:58 - Oh, does it matter where I cut like this one here? Speaker 1 05:01 - What? Speaker 1 05:02 - Does it matter where I cut? Speaker 2 05:03 - Oh, I would try, don't leave a hat rack, Henry. Speaker 2 05:05 You know, good pruning techniques means you take it back Speaker 2 05:08 to where a branch or a leaf is just for purposes of Speaker 2 05:11 having it cosmetically right. Speaker 1 05:13 - Finally, I got one more tree over here. Speaker 1 05:14 - Yeah? Speaker 1 05:15 I got one more tree over here, an apple tree. Speaker 1 05:18 Same issues here. Speaker 1 05:19 But this one is so much thinner. Speaker 1 05:20 It's got so many fewer fruit than the other one. Speaker 1 05:24 It's a bee problem. Speaker 2 05:25 It's a bee problem? Speaker 2 05:26 That's right. Speaker 2 05:27 The chief pollinator for apples as well as other fruit trees are honeybees. Speaker 2 05:30 Right. Speaker 2 05:31 And if they're not working or if you're not cultivating them Speaker 2 05:33 or if you're not out here helping them along by a little bit of whatever, Speaker 2 05:39 you don't get the fruit set. Speaker 3 05:41 So it's a bee problem. Speaker 3 05:42 It's a honeybee. Speaker 3 05:43 That would be to bee or not to bee. Speaker 3 05:46 - Bees.