Anyone Growing Peach Trees to a Perpendicular V?

[TK421]

As detailed by Orin in this video…

Pruning Peaches to the Perpendicular "V" Form

[ukie]

I planted 5 peach trees last year (high density) to be trained as a “Perpendicular V” or “Quad V”.
Here’s another great video with information on V training systems: https://extension.psu.edu/innovations-in-peach-training-systems

[TK421]

Thank you.

So how is it going so far? And how the hell did Orin (and maybe you) get the “V” so close to the ground?

Any pictures of your Perpendicular or Quad V set-ups?

[Oregon_Fruit_Grow]

Cut closer to the graft union with the root stock, make sure the tree has at least one growing shoot before you cut.

[kinghat]

i found this video while researching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9SjKFyEylM

no idea why the video isnt embedding

one thing im confused about is why doesnt the scaffold angle rule apply here? these all look like they would be weak unions

[Oregon_Fruit_Grow]

With high density training methods the tree will be limited to fruit a prescriptive number of fruits. The fruit bearing shoots are going to be closer to the main scaffold renewed yearly reducing the risk of branch breaking.

[kinghat]

so if i was going to train my big box, container future, peaches to a quad v, i wouldnt need to worry about the crotch angles other than them being the suggested 25-30 degree angle? they will be movable so not really bound to a “row”. essentially they would be a high crotched vase it seems perfect for this case because growing in a container you want to limit the fruit production and also keep the canopy spread and height as compact as possible.

is this only applicable to peaches or stone fruit because of they way they produce and have dense foliage around the scaffolds/branches?

found another example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqptiX3PtDI (anyone know why it doesnt embed youtube video links for me?)

[Oregon_Fruit_Grow]

You can grow anything in this method, search for posts from member fruitnut who has posted quite a few pictures from his greenhouse growing methods. Also, if your summers are super hot/intense you’ll need some foliage to protect the branch from cracking due to sun burn.