How to Plant a Tree: 5 steps from the UK's top tree growing expert

Learn how to plant a tree with expert guidance from top grower John from Roots Plants.

00:00 Welcome
00:13 Get digging
01:00 Add compost
01:36 Add mycorrhizal fungi
02:06 Positioning your tree
02:27 Checking the roots
03:19 Filling in
03:54 Planting a bare root tree
04:19 Watering in
04:55 Staking your tree

[bhubansingh]

Precise and to the point instructions. No tra lalas!! PHEW!!! He is obviously very knowledgeable and experienced. I am going to follow his expert advise. God bless him.

[GS-kucj]

Informative video. Just received our crab apple tree. It’s a lot thinner than the ones you’ve planted. Does it need more support?

[superfluity]

Thanks. Just got my crab apple from you for my orchard - looks like a good tree - even has fruit on it!

[donnabailey]

I've got 2 trees coming today, but it's frosty outside -1. Can I still plant them?

[EmilBrikha]

Who is this person? I’m only one minute into the video and already saw several mistakes. You never add compost when planting a tree, you want to encourage the roots to seek out and look for nutrients rather than having a buffet available at the root tips. You don’t aerate the soil underneath the tree because that’s gonna lead to compaction and especially if it’s a Tree on a root stock, that’s gonna sink down and smother the trunk. And that’s just one minute in…