How to Quickly Grow Fruit Trees in the Backyard Orchard

Here I explain our secret for quickly growing fruit trees in our backyard orchard. These are fruit trees bought from a box store and this is how we get them to quickly and consistently produce fruit. This method works especially well with clay soil. Planting fruit trees in your backyard ensures that you have a reliable food forest for generations to come.

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[KEVINNOAD]

To keep Deer away from any garden or orchard just run 30lb clear mono film fishing line about 18 inches high off ground. Then about every 8 ft tie on 1 foot of surveyor ribbon. they slow down at the ribbon and can't see the fishing line. When they touch the fishing line it freaks them out and they will not pass, and cant jump what they can't see. I have used this for years without any deer what so ever come into my garden. Thanks for the planting tips.... Kevin

[donaldturner]

The birds singing in the background reminds me that nicer days are just around the corner!🕊️

[baddogcustoms]

Fun fact, the reason why you have better luck planting fruit trees in the fall. It’s because in the spring, they grow green foliage and new growth but in the fall. They grow bigger root masses so they can absorb more nutrients from the ground, which also keeps them from blowing over if you plant them in the spring and you have any bad storms you’re likely to have plant damage. I have over 35 years of experience planting stuff here at the Crystal Coast of North Carolina & been through 120+ hurricanes. That being said my mom has about twice as much experience in the same area and I have learned tons from that amazing woman 🙏🏼 stay blessed y’all and keep growing those green thumbs eventually turn into green hands if you keep at it 🧤🤠🎣

[Buildingenjoyment]

I always use a wrecking bar to losen up the clay on the bottom and add two pails of coarse sand. Then mix all that together. This allows the roots of the fruit trees to go deeper. Works like a charm.

[MattyDemello]

Im really loving my soil right now. Im in Massachusetts, i have big rocks that i usually have to dig out. BUT my soil is super dark. Looks like compost and every time I dig i hit tons of earthworms. I went to fertilize my fruit trees and so i moved the mulch to get to the top of the roots and soon as i move the mulch wow. It was like a worm farm. Very happy.

[michellehamilton]

Hearing the birds I cannot wait for spring!

[soulscry]

We just planted 24 varieties of fruit trees this spring. I agree we prefer to plant in fall but we just moved to our homestead here late summer...we have clay too and our garden soil had to be mixed with sand and a mixture of similar things you mixed yours with. The deer here are very aggressive so we did plan that extra mile and wrapped the tree with ten feet of 7 ft fencing with chicken wire around the bottom to keep rabbits out as well. We learned the hard way at our other place we lost about 8 out of our 12 fruit trees deers munching them down. It was a lot of work but worth it. We tamped three t bars into the ground and wrapped the wire fencing around the t bars. Some of our trees may need burlap wrapped around the fencing in winter we get -35 f at times.
There is a method called 'Hugelkultur' from Germany in the mountainous regions (we used this method to amazing results). The hole is dug a little deeper and wider. Soak roots of tree for an hour. Pour couple gallons water into hole. We gather rotted tree branches and small stumps and that becomes first layer on bottom, then composted soil mix on top, then layer of soaked cardboard, then soil, then tree. Wouldn't hurt to add composted manure in between the soil.
We learned that its the organisms in the soil that are alive and seeking starches from the tree roots in exchange for predigested minerals, that create the condition of strong immunity of the tree. When a tree is strong and healthy, pests and their larvae are not attracted to this tree, but they are drawn to a distressed and struggling tree especially those tree never pruned.

[momomooncake]

I have hard clay soil as well in south Texas and follow the exact same steps with great results (fruit in second year mostly). It helps the tree get established faster instead of fighting for its life. Great video!

[joesmith]

I too learned the hard way, after moving to our new home. I started by building a raised bed garden twenty 4'x10' boxes. After that I started our orchard 2 of the following Apples, Peach, Pears, and Cherries all from box stores over time they all died . This fall we will purchase our trees from Starks self pollination...two to three years before they bare fruit . Hope yours grow better for you !

[ishaa]

I used to work for Lowe's. When they asked me to stop watering the plants n go sanitize shopping carts...
I walked off the job. 🤦😭 😂It was during covid so I volunteered, but I never expected it to interfere w watering.❤🤦😅
When u shop at these garden centers, u r saving plants from the garbage. 🙏😅
I appreciate this show of Love. It takes time to gather all of those things n free the roots, n whatnot. U show Love for what u do. U tucked that tree in like a newborn. 😘🙌 Thanks for posting. I'm going to find ur compost video . 🙏Asé

[LauraN.-umjg]

I just bought a couple fruit trees and I'm excited to get them in the ground. Thanks for the tips!

[Henry-bezg]

"Great Channel, Instruction,
Instructor !"
Thank You Great Shepherd !"❤
😁👍

[phoenixankaa]

Wow learned a lot. Subscribed. Thanks. I was amazed over the angle of the branches and that you mentioned how you could use weights to make the branches 90 degrees. Made sense. Thanks. I want to buy a plum tree next month and was very interested in this.

[bambamnj]

I like what you did. Here's a few suggestions:
Yes, by all means, never discard Zoysia grass. If you can't use it, find a neighbor with a crappy looking lawn and ask them if you can put it in their yard or if they would take it and plant it. Spruce up the neighborhood.
When you did your hole. Put that crappy dirt in a wheelbarrow and throw it somewhere else. Then after you get done prepping your hole. Go get some good topsoil and fill hole with good topsoil as you plant your tree. Don't put that crappy soil back on top of your tree root ball.
If you don't have rabbits, go ask a farmer if you can get a couple 5 gallon buckets of cow manure. It doesn't have to be dry, the soft stuff works just a well. Never use chicken manure, it's too acidic.
Glad to see you talked about the soil line. Fruit trees like their root to be just under the top of the soil. No more than an inch.

[erwinbrubacker]

May you be blessed from all yer hard work. I just got 8 fruit trees put in, just heard of permaculture orchard...trying that route. Nitrogen fixer then 2 trees & another nitrogen fixer, & so on. 2 shrubs between trees, on treeline, also 10-15 edible perennials around @ tree. Working on shrubs & perennials now. Stefan out of Southern Quebec is a great teacher on subject. I'm excited to get my hands back in the dirt !

[Rustbeltorganics]

I planted both my apple trees in 42” wide 17” high raised beds haha. I control everything now :)

[lindmarcella]

Thanks so much. I’ve lost several because I didn’t know what I was doing! I so appreciate your time and sharing. You’re a wise dude!

[goodluckchuck]

Unfortunately you created an in ground “pot” for the tree. In the future you should put 50% of the soil back into the hole with your soil recipe. The roots will grow extremely well for the first 5 years and when the roots hit that clay soil they will start to choke itself out because it’s used to “stress free soil.” It’s never had to grow into thick tough clay and will take the path of least resistant and turn on its self. Also I’d recommend making the hole 3x the root ball size (for areas of clay soil) in width as well. Hope that’s helps and happy growing. (Just want ya to get the most from your trees)

[jameskerry]

Thank you. I just loved listening to that SONGBIRD in the background! (And excellent info!)

[uti]

I like your method. I would recommend mixing some native soil that you dug out with your compost mixture. It helps the roots get used to native soil so they won't just stay in the compost mixture and become root bound