Planting a Bare Root Fruit Tree
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- Orin Martin, expert orchardist at the UCSC Farm and Gardens, gives a comprehensive demonstration on how to plant a bare root fruit.
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Ev...
I probably never would need to plant a bare root tree in my life but I still paid attention to every single details in this video...
I'm a beginner Gardner when it comes to fruit trees and your videos shed so much light on things...
Thank you so much for making these videos 🙏
Edit: I just learned that people could buy bare root trees in the US and plant them...
This video makes so much more sense now 😅
Glad it was helpful!
Never planted so much as a tomato. Planting a dozen bare root apple, plum and cherry trees next week in northern Wisconsin and I have no idea what I'm doing. I appreciate the video, super helpful!
I thank you too VERY MUCH! I have spent the last 10 years researching everything I can on different opinions for planting EVERYTHING! And, I can verify that this video IS THE BEST I'VE COME ACROSS for planting bare root fruit trees! What I love about the way Orin teaches us to plant is with each step, he explains WHY! If I paid attention to every video about amendments for planting new bareroot trees in which the planter says..."Buy___________for fertilizer, and you'll be set." No explanations given. They're probably getting paid for that product! I love that you say you are "old school", as that to me means you've had the years to LEARN THE CORRECT WAY to plant and why....EXPERIENCE in other words! THERE IS NOTHING LIKE EXPERIENCE! And you have taken the time to learn WHY and chosen to teach us! Thank you, Mary😊
Agreed. All the right knowledge just flows from this guy. I watched so many videos about pruning and never found what I really needed to understand each cut I was making. Within 30 minutes of watching Orin, I felt far more confident and could actually understand what might happen with the growth in the future of the tree to suit the needs of my placement.
I concur as well this gentleman knows what he's talking about. Everything he suggests will work at home or farm. I just watched Dave Wilson's videos MAN! talk about an abortion! Unbelievable! No comparison between the 2... I have been involved in in landscaping my entire life and am constantly searching for information especially now that I am small farmer everything this man says is correct plain and simple and don't over do it and you'll be fine. We're not talking about rocket science here... lol
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A better one is planting by the blueprint. I can't list the actual site.
This is a very helpful set of demonstrations for those of us who are novices. Thank you.
Yer welcome. Glad it was helpful.
One of the best educational videos I’ve ever seen. Detailed but not overly wordy.
Hi Tim - great to hear that the video was helpful. Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/glwePid
And here’s the playlist for all of the tree care videos: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9ioGcl7gHgc&list=PLdNOdHei9NV0QjOJDbUTx6wgD-qkiNGah
Thank you for all of the needed info to plant fruit trees
Excellent video! Thanks for the step-by-step instructions
So much valuable information in this one video. Much appreciated.
I wish i had seen this sooner, perfect in every way for me to nurture a young fruit tree. Thank you.
Yer welcome! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Your teaching is life changing!! Thank you so much!!
You are so welcome! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
Thank you Orin and UC Santa Cruz for your excellent guide videos!
Our pleasure! Glad it was helpful. Best of luck with your trees.
Very good video.
I noticed that the level of the soil was depressed from the natural ground level. While this could trap water for the roots in a sandy loam, for clay soil it could cause trunk problems in the future. I plant all my new trees with a slight mounding above the natural ground level. I then dig a slight trench around the hole so water goes down to the root tips. The following year I will fill in the trench.
For those of us with deer, the whip would be better. The first couple growing years are focused on getting that tree tall. Thus, we also fence the tree for 3 to 5 years. Obviously, we cannot plant dwarf trees.
One additional point most people do not have control over is the root pattern. Some bare root trees will only have roots sticking out in one direction. That tree may never become stable. They generally turn into leaners, especially if they are dwarfs.
A note of caution to viewers... don't try to open up the center of an old tree hastily. The tender bark on the top of the large branches will burn off. If you grow the tree openly in the beginning, the the bark will be naturally tougher. You could also paint the tops of the braches white if opening up an old tree.
Again, good video!
Great video thank you. I feel a lot more confident.
Amazing video great info!
Both skilled and funny man 😁
I just planted a fuji apple, jiro persimmon and stella cherry today with your help! Thanks Orin! -Zee, Hayward CA
Glad it was helpful! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
Damn. Should've watched this about 2 weeks ago. Planted a contender peach root stock. Didn't really tread it, but I did do a lot right. Still have my red haven to plant.. but I just found out that when your tree starts growing leaves it gets very difficult to plant. Awesome video!
I feel your pain because I just planted my two plum trees before watching this video! I made the mistake of not facing the graph union to the north. I didn't fertilize either directions that came with the tree said not to. I'm going to rethink that now & may go back and top dress with some composted manure & granular fertilizer as he did in the video. Good luck with your peach tree!
A very nice presentation with wonderful pruning recommendations.
Below is a link to several more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”. You'll several more videos on pruning fruit trees:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Thank you for explaining and showing the whole process. Very detailed, informative & love the way you present it.
Thanks for watching!
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Thanks Orin and UCSC for your excellent guide videos!
Do you have any guides on whitewashing/painting?
What about amending/remediating clayish soils?
We live in Napa and our soil seems fertile, but we definitely have some clay under our topsoil.
Brilliant lecture. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
I am so happy to find your channel. It's the most informative I have found. I appreciate info from home gardeners on the subject, but as you know your knowledge is in a whole other universe! In addition to being a great professor, you are very entertaining. Wish I could come work with and learn from you.
Awesome! Thank you!
me too, such a great delivery of bags and bags of useful information. Keep em coming!
I loved your video. Very informative.
Glad it was helpful! Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/agy9YpI
This video, and your others, are so educational and entertaining! I have apple trees arriving in May, and I need to get a jump on getting the ground ready. I wish I would have gone your videos before ordering! What's done is done though, so I have to move forward and dig a $100 hole, for my $60-$107 trees.
Have fun!
I too am a novice gardener. Your videos and your book are full of detailed and practical information that will help me become a better gardener. Thank You, Orin.
Glad the book and videos have been helpful. Best of luck with your trees!
Good info and fun to watch. Trench composting kitchen waste around newly planted trees did miracles for me the next years.
Sounds great!
Great explanation
Outstanding presentation, I have learned a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Great info. Thank you sir!
I have found it best to keep the root collar at ground level. Also best to diagonal stake the tree , saves rotting or treated stakes from damaging roots.
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I recently planted 2 bare root plum trees & I wish I had discovered your channel before planting the 5' - 6' foot 'whip' and 3' foot 'small branched tree'. You are a treasure trove of information, thank you! 😀
Glad it was helpful! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
@@ucscagroecology Thank you 😊!
@@ucscagroecology do you have any data/research on whitewashing fruit trees? I am thinking of using Kilz primer to make a whitewash by thinning it 50% with water. Kilz apparently has a fungus/mold inhibitor or fungicide in it, which seems like it would be beneficial.
Excellent instruction
Glad it was helpful! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
Thank you. This was hugely informative. I just planted a Burgundy Plum in Zone 10a. I noted after that its smaller web like roots were quite high on the stock, to the extent that a few shorter ones were poking out of the surface. The bud union is about 3" above the ground. I added more soil to cover those small roots, but the result is a small mound above the ground perhaps 1" or more. Will this be a problem?
a kind good man, in love with God's plants... thank you, sir.
Yer welcome!
He knows a bout planting fruit trees AND he quotes Langston Hughes?? Subscribed!
Orin is a real treasure! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
wow this is a great video
Thanks! Glad you found it helpful.
your right about Bulldog handtools, im 48 and we still have the spade and fork my da bought when I was a young child. quality tools. we are in UK
Bulldog is still our favorite toolmaker!
Orin is a wizard
Thanks for info helped me with my tree s
Below is a link to several more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Thanks for making this video, right on time as I'm planting my first bare root tree! Could you talk a bit more about fertilizing trees? I've seen advice on Google to NOT fertilize trees when planting so I'm guessing there are different cases for when to fertilize or not? I'm in zone 10B in the Bay Area if that helps!
Hi Liz, if you have good, fertile soil your tree should do ok without fertilizing. Adding compost and fertilizer to soil that is already fertile is a more aggressive approach that will help your tree grow faster and produce fruit sooner. This is the approach used by staff at the UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden and it has worked well for us. If your soil is not great then adding compost and fertilizer is even more important. You can learn more at agroecology.ucsc.edu/documents/for-the-fruit-grower/planting_fruit_trees.pdf.
I had this same question you asked, I'm grateful to see the answer from UC Santa Cruz. My plum trees came with instructions 'not' to fertilize for the first few years. Their reasoning was that the tree needs to 'get used to' the native soil and by fertilizing I would not be encouraging the roots to expand out into native soil if I was to add the fertilizer.
Informative!
Thanks for watching. There are lots more fruit tree care videos on our channel. Check it out!
I really enjoy Mr. Martin's insights. Too bad it cut out when he was offering insights into wood chips as mulch. I use pine bark mulch for more acid loving trees/shrubs and hardwood mulch for all else. Great information!
Glad it was helpful. Google "ramial wood chips" and you'll find a lot of helpful information on wood chips.
@@ucscagroecology Awesome! Thanks - I didn't even know that ramial wood chips were a thing!
My soil here in South Spain is very hard when dry and sandy powdery when plowed. No carbon in it at all 😢 but I still have had pretty good success planting a bunch of fruit and nuts. I am a total novice and have just done it without thinking too much 😅 and now I am mulching and making compost and bio char ect and things are growing 💗 so that's good.
OMG I wish I’d seen your channel last fall when we planted 3 new fruit trees; Bleinhiem apricot, Santa Rosa Plum and a Nectarine. I didn’t do any of that and my trees, except nectarine, have grown so vigorously it’s crazy. I live rural so there is no one here to consult with so I’m on my own when it comes to pruning my trees. My dwarf Fuji apple is in a enclosed garden with shade cloth at the top because I live in zone 8B high desert outside of Tucson AZ near Mexican border and my fuji has done incredible since it’s been in the ground about 8-9 years. This year I had to thin apples over 200 because they are so vigorous. I have to top the tree a couple of times during the year so it doesn’t poke holes through the shade cloth.
How often do you have to water your fruit trees near Tucson? I was thinking about sending my son a bare root fruit tree.
@@momlikesmemore well I am about 75-80 miles from Tucson border in the high desert 4800 feet. Tucson is about 5-8 degrees hotter than us here in Sierra Vista, AZ. Our fruit trees were not bare root but you can plant bare root trees. Should wait until early spring or fall. My fuji apple is watered with our regular native trees every 2 weeks in intense summer and every 3-4 weeks in winter because our weather is very dry and it gets very windy at times. Since Fuji is on irrigation with native/desert adapted trees I may give more water during budding and when fruit is set. Newer nectarine, plum and apricot fruit trees are with some berries so different situation not ideal and we just planted them last spring. Planting with a nice berm around the tree and deep soaking down to three feet for trees is the going philosophy in the desert so if you can’t put tree on drip then berm and deep watering is what is done.
Thanks for the tip!
What does he mean when he says 6:30 : " once a tree has started root growth & Leafed out, it's a very dicey affair to transplant "
Wow. Earned my sub.
Glad it was helpful! Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/agy9YpI
Thank you for your expertise. I am a novice trying to grow fruit trees. I have a bareroot apple tree that i brought 5 weeks ago. I did not soak the tree before planting it. It is a year-old tree no leaves. I planted it in a 3 galloon pot. I want to plant it in a 20 gallon tub. Do you think that this tree will make it? Also, how long will it stay dormant?
I really want to know if my bare root tree has slightly budded is it ok to plant it when our temps are getting around 20 degrees at night or should I leave it in the garage until it's above 30 degrees or 32 degrees? I can't find info about this. Great video by the way.
Why do I feel like I’ve just Murdered my trees 😆.
I followed all of this video quite well not covered all of the points but I think I’m there . Thank you for your info Grandad 👍.
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Yer welcome! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
That Poem at 8 minutes was classic Dr Steve Brule
Planting the Brare root drangus tree
Orin has a prodigious library of poems and quotes ready at his lips. You never know what will come out next. He's a delight to work with. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
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Thanks Mr Orin Mangus
Do I soak a bare root tree whip before planting it? I love your videos, they are so informative! Thank you!!
Yer welcome! You can soak the roots, but it's not necessary. But, you do want to plant into soil at a good moisture level and soak the planting hole with water after planting the tree as shown in the video. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
@@ucscagroecology thank you so much for taking the time to respond! I really appreciate the advice!!
I actually pause your video I got a clone of my tree and I got a red Bartlett both were violently green leaves and had fruit on them when I transplanted them they didn’t mind they’re growing nicely now .
@ucscagroecology
Thanks Orin and UCSC for your excellent guide videos!
Do you have any guides on whitewashing/painting?
What about amending/remediating clayish soils?
We live in Napa and our soil seems fertile, but we definitely have some clay under our topsoil.
Thanks for the kudos. We have a mild enough climate that we don't have to use protection to stop sunburn on the tree branches. Sorry, can't help with that. For improving soils, cover cropping is most excellent search across this channel for cover crop and you'll about 10 videos on the topic.
Is there any considerations for a -D to F root ball? Mine came and there are only large roots maybe 4-5" long and no small thin roots at all. 4 in 1 Pear tree about 7 ft. tall.
Did you save the cuttings for grafting?
What kind of wood chips are you using? I have a small new orchard and used wood chips that are available to me which are soft wood chips. I was recently told that they remove nitrogen from the soil. On the other hand hard wood chips are hard to find? Thanks great videos!
We use mostly softwood chips because they are easily available to us. Chips, both hard and soft will remove nitrogen from the soil if turned into the soil. When placed on top of the soil as a mulch, the chips decompose without removing nitrogen from the soil, even when several inches thick. Wood chips make a great top mulch and work wonders with improving soil quality. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
I was taught to water in a new tree or bush good, initially, and then,once a day for a week and then once a week for a month and then once a month for a new year.
How often a trees needs to be watered is influenced by weather, soil type, size and type of the tree. As you said the initial watering right after planting should soak the soil completely until water puddles arounhd the tree and remains on the surface of the soil. From then on, best to water when the tree needs it. One method to determine when to water is by grabbing a handful of soil about 12 inches from the trunk, every other day or so. Squeeze the soil into a ball in your hand. If it falls apart and won't "stick" together, it's time to water. If the ball is wet and sticky, wait for the soil to dry down. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
Isnt super phosphate more important than nitrogen when you plant a 1 year old whip apple or pear so you get good root development vs vegetative growth?
Is a Whip tree with lots of lateral branches a good starting point? I just bought one about 7 ft tall with about 12 nice looking pretty horizontal lateral branches. I'm going to plant it in a very large 25-40ish gal pot permanently with compost and fine woodchip soil and hoping to get fruit this season. It's going to be a small indoor tree so the goal is to get as much fruit as soon as possible and keep it very small. I'd be ok with it only getting 10-15 apples a year or less initially, but I have no clue what I'm doing! Going through your videos now, but appreciate any tips you have, thanks!
Since we have 35 acres of land to grow fruit trees, we haven''t explored planting apple trees in a container. A quick search of the web on "growing apple trees in a container" finds lots of videos and other instruction on how to plant fruit trees in pots. So, we'll defer to these other resources. But, one tip, make sure your tree is on dwarfing rootstock. Hope your tree does well!
2:22 I got one of those whips. If I want the tree to stay small and have an open canopy, at what height should I head cut the whip? I'm concerned I may go too low and not have enough buds that end up producing the scaffolding for me
Best to leave 3 feet or so, but the most important thing is to leave at least 8-10 vegetative buds that can grow into branches. To find out about buds, both vegetative and fruit buds, watch this video: czcams.com/video/p_-f610rFEU/video.html
And don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/glwePid
I recently planted a kwanzan cherry tree bare root with no branching like your other example that you didn't plant in this video. My question is, should I top the tree at this stage in order to promote lateral branching, or just leave it alone for now? Even though it is a cherry tree, I do realize it won't produce fruit, and is only an ornamental tree. Thank you for your guidance.
With ornamental trees, there's no need to create a form that promotes "sunlight channels" into the center of the tree to make for good fruit production. So, you can just prune to the shape that pleases your eye. Yes, you can top the central leader to stimulate lateral branching. Good luck with your tree.
If someone was going to plant a small bareroot tree in a pot for a couple years before planting it in the yard, what type of soil mix would you recommend? Basic potting soil?
Basic potting soil would be fine. Just make sure the pot shape is wider at the top than the bottom to make it easy to slide the root ball out of the container when yer ready to transplant. Do it in the winter when the tree is full dormant - no leaves or active buds.
I’m trying to graft Meyer lemon and orange onto a well established dragon’s tongue rootstock that used to be a Eureka lemon but the lemon was killed in frost. At what time of year do you collect citrus cutting? At what time of year do you graft? I’m confused because at the time of year you take stone fruit scions they are dormant however at this same time lemon and orange have fruit. Do you have a phone number we can contact you,? Thanks my grandpa was good friend with Luther Burbank and was given thornless blackberries and a multigraft plum. If I locate them would you like to come get direct descendant cuttings from the tree?
Is it possible to get that leader cutting, or any other branch cutting, to root?
Yes, you can get them to root, but you'll wind up with a tree without good rootstock. Almost all fruit trees are grafted onto a rootstock that helps to control the size of the tree, resist disease, and produce better fruit. Here's an article by Orin that explains the importance of good rootstock: agroecology.ucsc.edu/documents/for-the-fruit-grower/rootstock-basics.pdf
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My problem is that the soil has a lot of shale rock mixed in and hard to dig a decent hole. My best crop in NWNJ is peaches. My apples get a lot of scab and insect bits and they fall off early. But, it is probably because planted near woods and never pruned and has 2 leaders.
An solution for deer with affecting pets (cats)?
You've got some tough soil to work with. Can't suggest much other than to dig a big hole and bring in good topsoil to fill it. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: www.amazon.com/Fruit-Trees-Every-Garden-Approach/dp/0399580026/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N8Y1MP3KB6DZ&keywords=orin+martin&qid=1650397395&s=books&sprefix=orin+martin%2Cstripbooks%2C522&sr=1-1
I just bought a bareroot weeping dwarf Santa Rosa plum and it’s spring. Is it ok to plant?
Good question. If the roots a re still bare and out of the soil...yes, plant it right away. Make sure you give a deep watering, "mud it in" like demonstrates in the video. If the tree is in a pot and has started to show signs of breaking dormancy such as: swelling buds, leaves appearing - then don't transplant it into the ground. Best to leave it in the pot, water and fertilize, don't need to prune it. Come this winter when all or most of the leaves have dropped off, plant per the instructions that Orin gives in the video.
Don't miss Orin Martin's award winning book, "Fruit Trees for Every Garden: An Organic Approach to Growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Citrus, and More". His book won the 2020 American Horticultural Society (AHS) Award, recognizing outstanding gardening literature. You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/glwePid
Best of luck with you tree.
where do you get your branch trees? everyone online sends whips....
San Lorenzo Lumber Garden Center in Santa Cruz, CA.
OK. I am sold! Where can I buy Bulldog D-handle spade and fork in California? I live near Santa Cruz. Also where can I find Sustane? I think I tried at Lumbermans (San Lorenzo).
We can only find Bulldog tools online: bulldogtoolsusa.com/collections/digging-tools
For Sustane, "The Garden Center" on Mission St in SC carries it along with the San Lorenzo Garden Center located next to San Lorenzo Lumber at 235 River St in SC.
@@ucscagroecology Thanks! Got it at San Lorenzo. Corresponded with Bull Dog. Sent them Orin's quote... Bull Dog's the Best... forget about the rest. They are working on getting an US destributor. How about what is Orin's local wood mulch source? My wood chip source looks NOTHING like Orin's in the video.
Can you trim the roots if they are wide spread? Thanks
Better to make the hole big enough to accommodate the roots than trim them. If you can't make the hole big enough, try curling the roots around so they fit in the hole. Trim them as the last resort.
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You are right, plant the potted tree before they leaf out, but the problem now is Dave Wilson fruit trees require the nurseries to wait until the trees leaf out then sells them so that they can increase their prices, and of course when you try to remove the tree from its pot, all soil falls apart and the tender new roots are destroyed. I am very upset that Dave Wilson are requiring the nurseries to do that; I wish they go back to selling just plain bare roots where we can plant them in the winter before they leaf out.
San Lorenzo nursery in Santa Cruz had probably close to 1000 bare root fruit trees a few months ago and very few of them had leaves on them. They have been selling Dave Wilson trees for a few decades And they’ve always been bare root and bare of leaves.
@@jimclark6605 I read it end of 2020 on Dave Wilson's website that they are now moving towards selling their bare roots in pots, and when I went to buy bare root fruit trees in January the following year, our nursery (Louie's nursery in Riverside) said they are waiting until March to sell those potted trees until they leaf out based on the directive from Dave Wilson; I don't know for sure if that was mandatory by Dave wilson or just a recommendation. But since last year our nursery here in Riverside sells fruit trees in March not in January as they used to. I don't like that at all. It was even in a video by Tom Spellman.
@@omaimaali5969 I think that many people are scared off by a bare root tree, so I can understand people wanting to buy them in pots. Irony is, the trees are dug up with machines and all of the dirt falls off as they are pulled from the ground. Then they get shipped bare root to the nursery (no pot/dirt reduces the bulk and weight for shipping. It arrives at the nursery and gets potted up. But an important part of the tree is then hidden, THE ROOTS, and you really need to see the roots in order to select a good tree. Well...maybe more people will plant fruit trees if they come in pots.
please guide me, may i train new peach orchard in espallier training system. please help me
Yes, you can prune a peach tree to espalier form. Search on CZcams with this phrase and you'll find lots of videos on the topic: "pruning a peach tree to espalier form". Good luck with your tree.
I had no idea that you are suppose to remove leader.
Depends on the form you want the tree to have. With an "open center" form, yes, you remove the central leader. With a "modified central leader" form, you leave the central leader. Here's a video on how to form a leader tree: czcams.com/video/J8gQ1ZRse0g/video.html
Doesn't the root flare need to be at soil level?
Good question. The root flare can be put a soil level and that works fine, but as you saw in the video, the root flare is well below the top of the soil. We've been using this method for more than 50 years with nearly 1,000 fruit trees and it works fine. Sometimes people can become quite dogmatic about all kinds of things about trees. Truth be told, there are many many different methods of fruit tree care that produce strong, healthy trees that bear lots of sweet tasty fruit. Best of luck with your trees!
Interesting, but a better way to plant is shown in video planting by the blueprint or ellen g white planting. I can't list the actual YT video sites.
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Welcome aboard! Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
Lots of good information, but ... what about soaking the bare root tree overnight? @ 12:40, when you thin out the leader, why not "Air Layer" it first....clone it, and create a new tree from that branch rather than just throw it away?
Soaking the roots is fine, but we don't find it's necessary because we always plant into moist soil and throughly soak the soil with water immediately after planting, as shown in the video. We've planted more than a thousand trees over the past 50 years in this manner and have a near 100% success rate on the tree growing healthy and strong.
Like most fruit trees, the Blenheim apricot needs to be grafted onto a compatible rootstock (usually dwarfing to keep the tree small) to control the tree size and make it resistant to common diseases. Air layering would give you the same rootstock as the scion (the fruiting part of the tree, in this case a Blenheim variety) and you'd wind up with "too tall" of a tree that would likely suffer from diseases.
I don't know why so many people say don't fertilize when you plant. There are lots of misunderstandings in planting and pruning fruit trees.
There are lots of different ways to plant and care for fruit trees. Orin's guidance is based on his nearly 50 years in the orchard and will likely work for you if you are located in a Mediterranean climate.
How to propagate stone fruit trees
Not sure what you're asking. Do you mean, "how do you graft rootstock to scion on stone fruit"? That's the standard method for making "new" fruit trees. In about 6 weeks, we'll have a very complete video on how to bench graft fruit trees.
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About utilizing wood chips as thr top layer. I get highly criticized for utilizing wood chips as a top mulch. "It robs nitrogen! It robs Nitrogen!" I can hear it in my sleep from my critics.
So, please, address the "robs nitrogen " criticism.
As a top mulch, wood chips are great. Incorporate them into the soil and it can cause a host of problems, including nitrogen loss. Here's some good info on ramial wood chips and their benefits in fruit orchards: www.groworganicapples.com/organic-orcharding-articles/ramial-wood-chip-primer.php
I can't tell you how many bare root fruit tree I received that has NO, NONE, ZERO NADA feeder roots. They come with 1 or 2 'main' roots that are chopped off after 4 inches or so. I don't think a single one that arrive that way take. I naturally NEVER use the nursery again. They ones that come with larger root masses usually do better. I don't understand why don't nurseries take better care. Sorry for the rant this well done video triggered me.
So I live in Georgia It’s clay and rocks so I guess I’m screwed
Not really. At the UCSC Chadwick garden, they had similar clay and rocks to start with back in 1967. With deep digging, cover cropping, and compost, they had decent soil in about 3 years. That process continues today and they now have 3-4 feet of the richest soil you could imagine.
Don’t you first sosk the roots in a water bucket before planting it?
You can, but it's not necessary if the roots have been kept properly moistened in sand or sawdust. If the tree roots have been allowed to dry out, then it would probably best to soak the roots for a few hours. Soaking the roots for more than 24 hours may suffocate the roots and kill the tree. Also, it's important that the soil be properly moistened at the time of planting, as described in this video. Below is a link to several more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
I was surprised that you did not discuss any soil amendments. You mentioned a $30 tree in a $3 hole but did not invest in your hole… the comment didn’t make much sense to me.
The comment makes sense if you watch the entire video. Soil amendments are discussed starting at 16:50 - 22:40. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html
I would plant much more carefully. The shovels full of soil over the roots and the light tamping do not in my opinion make for the optimum root to soil connection.
I put only one shovelful of soil in, then get down and by hand firm all that soil. Then repeat, after every shovelful get down and manually firm the soil, firming around each root, and especially as one gets to the top, manually pushing and firming the soil up and under the top of the crown of the root system. One especially does not want an air pocket up under the crown. I take at least 10-15 min. to individually hand firm every area and around each individual root. His quick and dirty shoveling and tamping is wholly inadequate.
Hi Richo, good root-to-soil contact is an important concept. Over a period of more than 50 years we have planted hundreds of bare root fruit trees at the UCSC Farm using this same method and have achieved nearly 100% success in the trees taking root and thriving. We water the tree heavily right after planting and the high quality soil we have settles snugly against the roots providing good contact with the soil. If you use a different method and find that it works, great.
why cut it flat and not at an angle with the center cut no drainage
Yer right. The cut on the central leader should have been at an angle. Below is a link to several dozen more fruit tree care videos. Scroll down to the section called: “Getting Started with Fruit Trees Organically”:
agroecology.ucsc.edu/resources/instructional-videos.html