Will we ever produce any fruit ?
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- čas přidán 10. 02. 2024
- It seems like my fruit trees are dying faster than I can replace them.
Where I purchased the trees: tytyga.com
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There’s a nursery man his name is Gary Matsuoka from California.I suggest you watch his soil videos, his channel is called Gary’s best gardening.
Hey Pete! Me and my 2 year old love your video! We are in Killeen as central Texas as it gets and I always watch your videos to see a more local viewpoint than many other gardening channels.
Awesome, thank you so much 👍
I see a few problems;
1. After you watered it looked like you planted that tree in a pond
2. The buds started to break: you missed the transplant window and may encouter transplant shock
3. You are discouraging rootgrows beyond the planting hole by ammending the soil with nutient rich ingredients
I've got your orchard Pete, and I've had horrible luck as well. I've been replacing a ton of trees and now research and buy only trees that are proven to work well in my neck of the woods. Last year was year 3. So far I've gotten great fruit out of my Chicago Fig tree, and last year I got 1 Asian pear from 2 trees, and 3 Asian pears from another. So 4 trees out of a mountain of trees I've tried. That's a LOT of money for a tiny amount of fruit, but holding out hope that things will pay off in the long run.
We had a beautiful peach tree that gave us at least 200 peaches in 2020. The Big Texas Deep Freeze of 2021 froze the trunk and split it. So sad. I think it had sap flowing and the freeze made it expand and caused it to split.
I’ve had the problem with all my fruit trees as well . Three seasons and nothing!
Always check with your County Extension office. They can point you to info for proven plants & trees for your area.
We're in SC zone 8. The last 3-4 years we've gotten little fruit from our trees due to warm February weather and then below 20 temps in March. It kills all the blooms and young fruit. It also seems to be damaging the trees. We are hopeful that will not happen again this year.
Notice the puddle of water directly against the base of that mulberry tree when replanted...I would venture to say that this is a huge reason why so many tree failures. Trees are not elevated enough with exposed root flare and then sink, allowing water to stand against the trunks and rot them out.
The problem I'm having is it's too hot and dry in the summer and too wet in winter and early spring. I try to plant at ground level and compromise.
We are in deep Southeast TX in Colmesneil and deal with the same thing...55"+ of rain per year...We plant them high with crown exposed to keep them from drowning and then surround the exterior root zone with minimum 6" of wood mulch to hold moisture where it is needed for the 100°+ summer.
We grow peaches, apricots, plums, persimmon, apples, pears, blueberries, bananas, blackberries, raspberries, figs, and many mulberries...all planted high with exterior root zone heavily mulched.
I think your problem is that you should not amend your soil with so much compost. You're creating a bathtub effect where the trees are getting water logged. Just use the native soil and put your compost on top.
I'd also recommend planting it on a mound and get it higher. Make sure the root flares are at the top of the soil
That's the whole problem with my native soil it's red hard clay. In the summer, it's hard as concrete.
@@petebeasttexashomesteadingsprinkle compost on top then top it off with wood chips and let nature do the rest. You try to hard. Too much of a good thing isn't a good thing.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading the trees can still grow in clay. Just add compost to the top and over time it improves the soil. Adding a bunch of compost and soil into a hole with clay underneath creates a bathtub and your roots drown.
This is from Texas A&M site.
"Select a site that is in full sun. Dig the hole twice as wide as the root ball (container), and no deeper than the height of the root ball. The soil that you dig out of the hole is what you use to backfill around the root ball. No soil amendments are recommended when planting a tree; Therefore, no compost, peat moss, or shredded pine bark should be added to the backfill."
This seems like very sound advice.
Baton down the hatches today Pete we are getting smashed again even got hail here in Kilgore this morning.
Glad we’re not the only ones in East TX whose fruit trees keep dying 😢 For us I think the 3 months of 100+ temps with no rain, they can’t take that much of our municipal water. Also our county extension has a list of varieties recommended for the area that I’ll be using next time
Tropic snow peach survived 15 degree winter couple years ago, and the heat/drought this past summer. My yields are poor and peaches are always stunted. Probably my own fault for not spraying dormancy oils or anything
. But anyway, might be a good variety for you to try.
Hi Pete,
I am north of Houston and have had the same problems with trees. I found that I have to actually build up the hole about 6 to 8 inches above grade to allow water to drain off.
About 18” below grade I have a layer of iron ore and clay. I dig the hole as deep as I can and mix the native dirt with Black Kow.
I amend it enough to have the tree on a mound.
I always enjoy your videos , your sincerity comes through, keep up the good work .
Your making me feel better. I've lost a lot of fruit trees too. I still can't find fruit trees that grow well in this black clay. I'm NE of Mckinney, TX. If you ever need a hand, let me know.
Start making air laying from branches on the tree. Get a sandwich bag fill with good wet soil. Cut a ring around the branch moving only one layer of bark put some rooting hormone then scratch the bark above. Score the sandwich bag with soil wrapping it around the prepared bark. Wrap zip ties or rubber bands to hold the bag on. Then wrap alum foil. You need to keep the bag covered. No light.
In about 3 to 4 months look for roots in the bag. Once the roots are developed you can cut it from the tree an plant. God bless
We have a mature mulberry tree that split in half a few years back in the winter / ice storm. But, it's still producing. Mulberry supposedly help reduce cholesterol and blood sugar; but, don't eat too much in a single serving. May cause diarrhea.
Have you tried jacks bloom booster? I use it twice a year. mid Feb, and beginning March. One ground soak, and then in March I hose the leaves with it.
Bore beetles I believe is what is ruining our trunks
I'm like this when it comes to banana trees here in north Florida. With the lower temperature we get at times .I have to constantly trim back the trees( so that means no bananas for a few more years) .Im just replacing a few with pomegranate trees that can take low temperatures. The other ones I will just trim and enjoy the large leaves that keep some plants cool.
I have mission almond trees in south east TX and they are doing well so far.
Let me tell you a real story I learned I think from a landscaper I can’t even remember who taught me this, but it works so when you plant a tree and you make your ring, 2 feet wide or whatever so much deep before you put that route in put a 2 inch PVC pipe in there and then put the route Backfill it with what you’re gonna do compose you know whatever so when it comes to feeding the plant if you don’t get any rain hopefully we don’t get a trout. You can put your waterhole line in that PVC and that tree will get fed straight down to the route now I did this with a beautiful orchid Tree that gave purple orchids away a real beautiful and that sucker grew fast. My husband said it grew super fast and I’ve done it with other so I’m just getting ready soon to plant a crap Apple and we will be doing that and then the tree gets established and stuff you can pull the PVC out but try it it would not hurt you. You’ve already done so much and so much so try putting a PVC pipe in the hole when you dig you know to put your bar or whatever you’re gonna put.🌱🌱🌱🌱
Mulberries are a strong and pretty easy tree. I actually have two of them in my backyard that are wild and I get the fruit from it every year and what I need to do is trim it trim it down so it can be a little easier for me to get some fruit. I just gave my 22-year-old great producing pair a big trimreally hard trim and I see the bugs coming out already so I don’t know if I’ll get fruit this year or next year but it really needed it and it produces so many pairs I get about 300 pounds big softball size last year. my kids were like this is the best year ever so I did a lot of canning, preserving, fresh, eating everything.
Pete, if you do any food smoking, save the wood from that peach tree. Peach wood is another great smoke wood for food, Cut into stick or chunks to fit your smoker (or chips?). Might as well get a little more use out of it.
I have decided to plant melons and tomatoes and blueberries .. they grow great but many trees died in zone 7
I live in TEXAS too .. I usually plant my fruit trees in syrup tubs first .. for 1 year before plant them
Some I plant though .. pear trees usually do very well planted in the ground
There's people with poor soil who have decided to grow their fruit trees on a raised garden bed now. This may be your best bet, if you've exhausted all other options.
The Chemtrail spraying must be heavy in your area. I feel your pain!!! Look up from time to time and you will see the culprit behind the reduction of mankind's food supply.
I’m done with fruit trees. I’ve spent way too much money and time here in South Texas (zone 9). All it takes is a hard freeze or too much rain and it’s over.
Yep, it's getting rough 😭
Plant your trees on a mound 12 inches above your natural ground level. Drive a stake in the ground, tie your tree, and mound the soil up around it to height it was in the pot. Mulch on top and give 5 gallons water twice per week. Do that with all your trees, and when heavy rains come the breather roots won't be suffocated.
Peaches do poorly on ground that formerly grew cotton....even years and years before.
Cotton club root blight/ rot is a killer
I'm currently getting good results from La Feliciana peach trees, very tasty. Two years now, We'll see how it goes. They are currently in stock at Lufkin Lowe's. Mulberry does well here, especially the Pakistani version. Also try Ein Shemer Apple, we've had good success with those, but they are low chill hours and will bloom too early on long cold winters.
I'll look into La Feliciana peach. Thanks 👍
Numerous trees died in DFW also - my apple, pear, loquat, etc. died in Heatwave. Nearly killed potted persimmons also. Trees in my yard cost me $10,000 at least!! It is expensive. I just moved to ground my little Anna apple and another. You should try Asian Pears or Orient Pear, they survived (I gave a very nice Asian Pear tree to a friend and he said it died in heatwave). I have LOTS of MULBERRIES (diff varieties - again not cheap for a seedling but they grow fast) ! I am in love with Mulberries ever since I got a taste last year.
I can't wait to taste my mulberries, that is if the birds don't get them first 😩
@@petebeasttexashomesteading what kind do u have? I wrapped the Paki on the ground bec I heard can't handle cold weather. It's the long purplish Mulberry. Esp the white Paki, can't handle cold. I did not protect the Shangri-la and it looks ok
I am in Southeast Texas and had about the same luck, maybe a little better. Figs are easy and cheap, you can root cuttings very easy. I have some if you want them. The only plum varietiesI have had success with are Odom and Gutherie, improved varieties of chickasaw plum. Have to have both for cross polllination or have a chickasaw. I had an apricot that did the same thing. Grew for five years in a container, only bloomed about six blossoms and never set a single fruit. Then it died.
I can't grow figs here because of the Arctic blasts we get. They just die down to the ground level and sprout back up in spring. Never produces anything then the cycle repeats.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading Certain varieties are more cold hardy than others. Olympian and Chicago Hardy are two that are grown much farther north than we are. I will admit that the last 4 years have been very cold in Texas and harder than some up north due to warm weather followed by cold in low teens for me and I guess single digits for you.
Hey Pete we are in Woodville and go through the same thing every year with our fruit trees in our orchard 😢 do you have a video on pruning fruit trees?
Also where are you finding your mulberry trees
Check out Willis Orchard out of Georgia.
If your dealing with the same thing as this video, it could be for the same reason as this video. The peach tree was planted too low. It should be slightly elevated, or it will deal with root rot as this peach tree did.(The reason it was so easy to remove). We are in Colmesneil and if they are not planted elevated, they will no doubt rot and contract disease.
I have ordered trees from Willis. No complaints.
Also, check out pruning videos from UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology. Many excellent pruning vids for all types of fruiit trees. Very user friendly info.
We get our Mulberry trees from tytyga.com they have a good selection of fruit trees and they've done pretty good.
Sir, are they splitting first on the south side of the trunks?
Get fruit trees rated 1 or 2 zones lower than yours so they can withstand freeze spells
East Texas is a bug and disease ridden place. Damp, hot, no breezes, yuck. Zone 7 up here in Oklahoma is far better. We have killing frosts that zap insects, the wind blows and its dry so diseases can't take hold. We have terrain so the soil drains. I have a dozen young fruit trees on a gently sloping half acre , only lost one peach to disease. Your situation is very unfortunate. Maybe try pecans.
Pete during the heat of summer how much do you water your fruit trees? Still in League City for now but will be at our property in NE Texas probably by next Spring. I want to plant up there but not there to water come July and August.
I was watering twice a week.
Hi I couldnt you craft the one alive branch by any chance ? still ❤ your hat, btw
I probably could have grafted it but honestly I'm not sure what type of peach it was because when I bought them it was tagged nectarine.
It is an apricot... they are super fussy and most take 10 years to even think of having fruit. I am wondering what it is they need that is missing. I have a commercial one that has bloomed but never set any fruit and Sweetheart that produces lightly and it is 20 years old
Also you have fungus issues may need to treat the tree with copper.
Probably not worth planting then 🙁
You need Tropic Gold Apricot. Needs only 250/300 chill hours. Paint the trunk with IV Organics paint to prevent sun scold, and always plant your trees 12 inches above your ground level.
You need to start grafting your own trees.