How to plant a bare root fruit tree

We have spent the last 6 months prepping our for our future orchard and the time to plant is finally here! In this video I go over the steps we are taking when planting our bare root fruit trees.
Are you planting any fruit trees this year? Let us know the varieties in the comments!
To see a rundown of what we are planting see this video here:
• Planning an Orchard an...

[@JeffBitler]

Thank you Pete! I guess I need to bone up on my tree planting...this is the first I've ever heard trimming the tree back to promote low branching. Why do we want that?

[@TheGardenFamily]

Hey Jeff 👋 for our trees we want to keep them 8ft or lower in height. In that height for most apples I usually try to prune them to a central leader with a scaffold of branches down low followed by a second scaffold higher up (usually about waist and then chest / shoulder level). So by cutting the leader a bit lower it will stimulate the tree to branch out down low so I can establish that lower scaffold. It’s not necessary for tree health, it’s more a convenience for me to allow me to prune and harvest from the tree at a lower level. At the tip of that cut a new central leader will also form allowing me to establish the higher scaffold. Hope that helps!

[@dougingoldsby7029]

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[@TheGardenFamily]

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