Apple Tree Pruning Workshop
& MAEAP Phase I Event
February 15, 2020
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Boys and Girls Club at Bay Mills
12099 W Lakeshore Dr, Brimley, MI 49715
Chippewa County
Agenda
1:00 MAEAP Programs: MAEAP & FAP Jen Parks, CLMCD MAEAP Technician
- Nutrients & fertilizing your apple trees Jim Isleib, MSU Extension Crop Production Educator
- Controlling insects and diseases Dylan Parker, CLMCD FAP Forester
- Site selection, soil considerations and drainage
- Tree varieties, hardiness, fruit maturity
- Pruning and training young trees
- Tools
2:00 Tree pruning demonstration at the Ojibwe Charter School apple orchard
3:00 Wrap up and close