40 TIPS for EASY Fruit Tree growing - 35 years of experience

Do you have fruit trees? Do you want fruit trees? Do you hesitate having fruit trees because they're too much work? Here is 40 low maintenance tips for growing fruit trees.
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[erwinbrubacker]

Thank You, Stefan. Last spring I planted 8 fruit trees, this fall I purchased 5 more. Once I get my swales built, I have space for 20 more. This excludes nitrogen fixers. Im getting excited ! I ran 500 ft garden hose this summer, evenually I desire to bury 2 inch blk pipe, & have drip irrigation setup.

[adyingbreedofman]

This is your most fantastic, informative video to date, not a minute wasted, complete 40+ minutes of knowledge gained from personal experience. What's that worth? Better than gold, it's priceless. I have been struggling lately, very discouraged with my fruit trees and homestead overall, lots of fungus, diseases and pests. It's been a long winter and can't get out of my funk to keep up the intensity. Your video came up today, ment to be. I've been watching you for years. I now realize just how much I know but most important, how much I've learned now by my mistakes. Thanks to you I can now recognize the mistakes and im seeing the results or lack of first hand. Sincerely, thank you again, you have renewed my SPIRIT, friend.

[WKGorbet]

Interesting. I was always told downwards branches leads to broken branches with weight of fruit. Super interesting.

[lobodo]

Thank you! I just bought a dwarf Chojuro Asian pear and I'll be using these tips!

Best tip you told me: Put up a guard. We have lots of rabbits and they took out my young Honeycrisp apple several years ago, just chewed it up and killed it by girdling the trunk. I cannot let that happen to my Chojuro -- it wasn't cheap $$

[doggiefamily]

You have so much knowledge. I remember asking you a few years ago about trying some temperate climate apple trees in my sub tropical central GA. You said don't bother, but I decided to try. Of course you were right, and none of them did well. Most of them are dead or barely alive.

[stevenspencer]

Brother! You just confirmed to bless my socks off! thank you so very much. God bless you and your family.

[richarddufour]

Many thanks Stefan :-)
GREAT summary of 30 years of hard earned experience :-)
Best,
Richard

[MS-debb]

Dropping wisdom like low hanging fruit 😊

[lornabaker]

Thanks for your informative and engaging videos. I always learn from and enjoy them.

[bitethebullet]

your best video to date - so informative. well done!

[peterellis]

I always appreciate your enthusiasm for your work ;) It's not just the information I get from you that I value, that energy boost from your positive attitude can be even more valuable to me when it all gets to be daunting ;)

[MariaOffGridLand]

Thank you for your videos! I never grew anything or had a garden, but your videos are teaching me the right skills. Getting ready to build an orchard with lots of fruits 🍇

[gwynnethvanjaarsveld]

Thank you so much for sharing your amazing knowledge and experience so freely. I consider myself blessed to live in the same time as you on earth 😊❤

[MarkHoover-dvmf]

Disease resistance is very good. I swapped out Bartlett pears for Moonglow, warren and Kieffer. Fireblight is nasty. Something also to consider, flowering time in many climates. Example, here in Missouri, peaches can get frosted off. So I made sure to get mid to late season trees to avoid that. Sunglo nectarine blooms are frost resistant too. Just something to consider. I've planted about 90 trees and 30 cherry bushes. Cherry trees can crack, but bushes don't. If you're looking at tart cherries, juliet bushes are nice.

[GodExplained]

This is amazing. Regarding picking up fruits in the fall, what about letting chickens run under the fruit trees on a rotating schedule? Would that help, or even replace, picking up the fruit?

[peterellis]

Sharing plants is a great way to build community ;)

[peterellis]

Thanks again for the reminder - what grows like a weed here on my site? Black Cherry, wild grape, wild blueberry, some blackberry. I've leaned into the blackberry/raspberry and experimented a little with the wild grape. Everybody here grows blueberries (SW Michigan), so I'm not that motivated to be one more blueberry grower ;) I should try cherry, even though I don't like cherries. We've also got a tremendous Oak population - our woodland may be better suited to nuts than fruit trees, over all. Mark Shepard (Restoration Agriculture) has some strong opinions about growing what wants to live instead of fighting desperately to grow things that want to die.

[carlac]

Thank you Stefan. I do love your tips and avoid mistakes videos the most❤

[Orangatangerine]

The only thing i disagree with is the when in doubt space them out. I personally go with the when in doubt double down. Which means i plant even closer together, with the plan on removing or transplanting every 2nd tree when they fill out enough to encroach on each other's space. More work in some ways, but the higher density seems to work well for me

[tommyhundersmarck]

I have sandy soil, and I amend my holes with carbon (peat, compost or anything else i can get my hands on) for water retention and nutrient retention, since I dont have a drip irrigation, I dont have the time to go watering all the time.