Planting Fruit Trees for MAXIMUM Growth and Harvest
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- In this video, I'll show you how to plant fruit trees and provide tips for growing healthy trees that produce abundant fruit. You'll learn how to select the right type of tree for your climate and soil, how to prepare the planting site, and how to properly plant and care for your tree. We'll also cover important topics such as watering, mulching, and fertilizing. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or a beginner, this video will give you the tools and knowledge you need to start growing your own fruit trees and enjoying the benefits of fresh, delicious fruit.
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Excellent information. Yes, Pete knows his business. You plant your trees the way he does: "high and tight". Many people despair at how long it typically takes to get fruit from a tree following planting. It often, for some reason, doesn't occur to them that they can speed the process along by, simply, feeding and watering their trees a lot. Thanks for the good info., Mai'a.
I’ve always found fruit trees to be pretty easy to manage compared to veggies but it does take patience. I love the high and tight approach. A little more maintenance but it’s worth it to me.
Peachy has friends!!! Yay! That was a ton of work getting all those trees in. And they look great!
If you do graft your plum tree, please show us! Can you type the name of the plum variety, so we can all keep an eye out? Thanks for another timely video!
Peachy has friends! Love that! Absolutely I will film that. I’m practicing on a random bush in my front yard right now. It’s definitely not as easy as it looks but once I get the hang of it I’ll definitely do a video on it.
Your new tree watering schedule is very helpful.
Yay 🙌 Glad it helps!
I use black kow for all my fruit trees, about 15 of them. It works so well with granular fertilizers
I agree. I love it!
Thank you!! I'm both excited & nervous to plant my fruit trees. I also have 2 moringa's I'm growing from seed. I'm hoping I am able to grow & plant them all successfully.
You can do it!
Love your videos. Lychee trees are hard. They are very susceptible to diseases and finicky fruiters. I finally chopped mine down after 6 years. 3 single fruit in the 6 years and could not keep up with the diseases.
I’m not holding out a lot of hope for mine either but I’m going to give it a couple more years to see what it does.
Thank you so much this is so helpful
Glad it was helpful!
I prefer to grow my citrus in pots. Every time I plant one in the ground it dies. Now I buy big pots and plant them in them and put them under my maple tree. Thanks for the video it was very informative.
You’re welcome. I’m experimenting with growing fruit trees in pots now. I added another plum to my potted trees just last week. I love the portability of this option.
Hi there - LOVE your simple but concise video! Just a quick question---didnt recall if you mentioned the LOCATION of where you planted your fruit trees. I just bought a peach tree and live in Central FL and would love your opinion on location. thank you
I planted mine on the west side of my house but the east and south side would be a better pick. West was really the only place I had.
Thank you for your help. I didn't know we could grow so many fruit trees in Florida. Never thought of growing a peach tree here. The only place I could find a Tropic Beauty is down in Miami. I live right on the boarder of Zone 9a/9b... Almost across the street from each other in Spring Hill, Florida. Do you know of any place local or did you mail-order yours as well ?
I’m in love with GreenDreamsfl.com. Even if they don’t show it on their website, you can send them a note on their website and they can find it for you or get you another kind suitable for this area. They have a ton of fruit trees.
Any idea when Pete's new nursery on 41 is opening. Am I right that his original property/nursery isn't open to the public?
I’m not sure but I’ll see if I can find out. His current nursery isn’t open to the public so they ship their products or you can do a pick up if it’s a large order.
Star fruit is good one.
I love star fruit. I definitely have to find a place for one soon.
I had a neighbor once who grew one and it was only about 15ft tall and it always loaded with fruit.
@@larryhenry719 that’s shorter than I thought. I’ll look into it a bit more
I've seen them grow taller but he kept it to were he could reach all the fruit from a 6 ft ladder.
Thanks for this video. I’m about to put two overbearing mulberry trees in the ground. Can you tell me how far from the house you planted them? Also, more on why you planted them so close together? Thanks
Sure. I planted all of them about 7 feet from the house. I’m not going to allow any of these trees to get bigger than 15 feet high so the roots should stay small too. I planted them close together because I just have a small backyard garden so I needed to conserve as much space as possible.
Where did you get the pot you have the jaboticaba tree planted?
I got it at Lowe’s
I don't remember if you mentioned the name of the variety of Peachtree you are growing I would appreciate it very much if you would mention the variety Thank you new to your channel and really like it
I’m so glad you are enjoying it! My peach tree is a Tropical Beauty but Florida Prince is another good one.
I can't eat Lychee because they look like eyeballs. You are lucky to have sugar sand. I have hard, black muck. It doesn't drain or break up. Around here they use tractors to literally hammer posts in the ground for the fencing. My fill sand is on top of the muck (6-12 inches), with my purchased and amended garden soil, and I am slowly changing the fill dirt to soil. Any tree I plant has to be in huge mound.
🤣🤣🤣 eyeballs. That sounds tough. Mounding is a great way to handle that. It takes time to build up the soil. Bit by bit.
do you ever use an olla for your in ground fruit trees?
No, I haven’t but they do look interesting 🤔
Also what banana is that with the red in the leaf? I have one like it and not sure of the name
That is a dwarf cavendish banana. It’s very young so the red leaves will wear off as it gets older.
What granules did you use or recommend ?
I like Jobes fruit tree and citrus fertilizer for my trees
What plum are you growing? I’m in south Florida zone 10b wondering if plums grow down here
I’m growing the gulf rose and I recently purchased the gulf blaze. These are UF designed trees to have low chill hours. I believe most of them require 300 chill hours to set fruit.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a average of 62 chill hours down here haha don’t think they’ll work for me, anything you recommend that is close to a plum
@@chaselex yeah that won’t work, lol. I’m not an expert on tropical fruit. It’s something I’m just getting into. I can’t really think of a tropical fruit that is similar to a plum. There is something called a Jamaican plum but it’s more like a mango. There are a ton of really cool tropical fruits but I’m sure you want to try them first. Are there any local farmers, exotic nurseries, or farmers markets near you? That might be your best bets to try some before you get a tree.
Note: know how the root system will expand as you may not want to plant too close to your foundation. 😮
Note: you wouldn’t want your mulberries too close to pavement or vehicle parking unless you want them stained . 😅
Note: jumping on the shovel with both feet allows you to get more dirt each time. 😂 (im 56 and can do it i know you can break a sweat too)
My Barbados cherry trees have their first flowers I’m so excited as they have only been in my yard for 10 months. 💥
I never even thought about the mulberries staining. Good point. Lol on the jumping on the shovel. Hopefully I don’t break something some day.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a 😂 I’m 100lbs overweight and old, gotta break a sweat. But also old school where hard work is part of life. So thrilled to be back to gardening and having that outdoor activity.
@@janicemoyer854 Gardening is my favorite thing ever. It’s really helped my physical and mental health big time.
@@HomegrownFloridaZ9a They also attract a lot of birds, so your driveway ends up with Mulberry stains AND bird poop.
Can pomegranates grow in central florida zone 9b?
Yes, they can. I just put one in. I hear they are more challenging so I’ll keep you updated on mine.
Have you tried growing figs? I planted one last year, still not sure how "Foghat" (that's her name) is going to do.
💚 Love that name! I haven’t tried figs yet but I hear they do grow well here.
I purchased a Brown Turkey fig early last year. It was 6" tall. It went through a flood from Ian and survived. Took 3 weeks for water to recede. It is now 2' tall and looking beautiful. I didn't name it Turkey cause he's a survivor!
Have you had any luck with a fig tree?
I haven’t tried that one yet. Believe it or not, I’ve never eaten a fig 🤣 so I’m not sure if I like them.
I know they do well in North Florida.
Peat moss is not a sustainable product the peat bogs in this country are being destroyed is there anything else you can recommend
You could definitely use regular soil but you have to add more acidic materials like pine, coffee grinds, or soil acidifier. Planting near a pine tree might help too
For acid loving plants you should use elemental sulfur. It's the only thing that actually lasts for a while. Peat moss will break down quickly and won't impact your soil ph for more than a few weeks. Pine needles actually have ph of 7 so they don't do anything either