Planting Fruit Trees the Easy Way

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[DK-qxlv]

According to an irises, trees adapt to their environment better without compost in the hole. Otherwise, the roots will not anchor themselves searching for nutrients.
Better to fertilize on year two.✌️

[classicrocklover]

I am in Michigan. I dig a hole twice as large as the root ball AND twice as deep. Then to the hole I add any fertilizers, etc (not a lot). Then add half of soil back to hole and tamp / water down. Then position tree so the root stock is just above ground level. I only use native soil, no manure or compost. Putting the fertilizer deep encourages the roots to grow deep to reach it. In future years I will drive down Jobes organic fruit fertilizer stakes out at the drip line. I do it in fall, so the fertilizer can start dissolving over winter. I can tell when the roots reach the fertilizer because they have a huge growth spurt. Trees are surrounded 3 ft by thick wood Mulch, just pull back at the trunk. First year of watering is essential. Water DEEP, but less often. Protect trees from buck rub with fencing.

[myopinion]

I like the idea of pavers and mulch around the bottom of the tree.

[robertbrindley]

Good tips I knew I should have done that too. Keep posting

[Mercury]

Most gardeners will say not to do this. You really don’t want to amend the soil when planting. To get the strongest, healthiest roots you just loosen the native soil around the tree and plant into the ground. When you add all this you are basically just making the ground into a pot for the plant that won’t shoot its roots down very deep until like year 4

[susanroberts]

Self sufficientcy --- preparing for the future 😊

[maureenmckenna]

What you do to the soil depends on what the quality of your soil is. I just put in a dwarf styrax. What I dug out was clay, so thick, that every shovel full stuck to the shovel. As I dug down, the soil seemed to get damp, which made even more of a gooey mess. Needless to say, I dug a much bigger hole than intended, mixed planting soil, a great compost and another soil amendment in a wheelbarrow, and used that as the base. Before putting the tree in, I added a couple of handfuls of fertilizer and mixed it all together. I honestly don’t know how it will fair after a couple of years, mainly because of the surrounding crappy soil, but I know it will have a good start. It is also a dwarf, so the root ball won’t be as needy as a standard size tree. Just one more thing. Digging out grass is a pain in the neck. You can eliminate that task by marking out the area, laying cardboard over it, diggin as usual, and mulching on top of that, with good soil or mulch. Worms are drawn to the cardboard, it holds moisture and generally disappears in about a year. No weeds, and no grass.

[janelast]

Excellent work and very useful Thanks for sharing

[Rosalyn-zt]

I planted my fruit trees here in florida.native dirt, fish head n scraps, lime, and water.And I have been successful so far!later fertilizer., , 🙏

[ntuthukozwane]

In Africa, we just dig a hole and water and pop it in.

[smallfootprint]

Thanks for showing us how you do it. 😊

[sweetpie]

I think it's important to note that what works in this lady's backyard is probably best for her part of the country. We all have different dirt and rain happening where we live. I love the effort she's making. Me, I buy trees, my husband digs the holes, I place it, he fills it, I water, oh and if we have some compost laying around he'll throw a couple shovels full on top. It works great for us. Other issues arise. A drought, a sudden freeze, now all my citrus are growing back from the bottom even though we wrapped them up like ghosts.

[mariaconboy]

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[lorenzanob]

Thank you for that! Do you recommend any specific fertilizer and how often should be applied?

[terrylawson]

If your soil is super compacted make sure you don’t just dig a round hole! The roots tend to spiral in the pot and will continue in your ground. Try to make an irregular shape hole with some roughness on the sides. This will help the roots spread and make for a better root base!
Hope this helps!

[johnsheppard]

Lol the color difference from the compost to dirt is wild. I came from a place where dirt and compost was always the same color. Moved to the east coast and some shovel fulls are gray, some are red, and some are green!

[brianpendez]

It's advised not to put compost in the hole when planting trees. The roots of trees need to go deep into the soil to anchor them properly. If the roots sit in nutrient rich compost, they won't send their roots very deep to find nutrients. This can lead to overall poor performance or worse, it topples over in the wind. You want to plant straight into the native soil and then put a nice bit of compost on top and then cover with mulch.

[francestaylor]

Wow. That Florida sand really drains. I live in E TN where it’s all clay and limestone.

[michaeliiensing]

I always heard not to add a bunch to the hole but instead around it so the roots are encouraged to reach out

[ching]

hole should be 3 times the size of root ball and make sure you break apart the rootball itll shock it a little more but they'll be just fine just helps promote the roots to grow outward instead of turning into a circle like it was doing in the pot