How to Plant a Fruit Tree in Clay Soil - Tree Planting 101
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Start to finish tutorial on how to plant a fruit tree. I share my learnings over the past years from planting 100+ trees in my yard. Learn from my past mistakes and get the best tips and tricks of the present!
The video shows a pluot tree being planted in clay-like soil in USDA zone 9b (Phoenix, AZ).
Haha! I have the double pleasure of clay mixed with limestone rocks. If I find the perfect spot for a tree, there's a good chance I'll hit an unmovable slab. My "orchard" is riddled with aborted holes. Somehow I still enjoy it
Super insightful with a great mix of science and real world experience! Love the innovative de-potting method.
All good information!
Construction sand mixed with native soil is best for root oxygen long term, not decomposed wood chip compost soil that loses oxygen decomposing in bottom of hole. Compost soil from nursery is better on top of sand/native soil on mounded ring in my experience.
Great Video.
Isn't the nursery soil full of dead trees?....Bark?
Do not follow him he is dangerous. First the hole should be 3 times larger than the pot, This tree being in this large pot certainly it would have poted roots and the way he planted he did not see that to ammend it. The hole should be rectangular and not round so the roots would go straight out and not round the hole.
Not dangerous, just sharing my gained experience. By the way, tree is doing great currently.
1. This tree was recently bare root, so it's not fully rooted in the pot - that's why I use this method. Otherwise the soil often falls out if you pull it out from the top and this damages the roots.
2. Size of hole depends on how vigorous the tree is. For instance, mulberry, stone fruit, eucalyptus, etc., doesn't need 3x size of the pot; whereas if I plant a sensitive tropical tree like lychee or miracle fruit, I will do at least 3x.
3. I've experimented and found rectangular vs circular doesn't really matter much once the tree gets going. Especially for vigorous trees that have rootstock bred to penetrate clay soil as this one does.
Cheers.