What We Mean By PROPER MULCHING of fruit trees
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- This video is designed to help answer some questions and misinterpretations regarding the application of mulch to trees in the Phoenix, Arizona area.
Apply 12 inches of mulch (organic material such as dry leaves, wood chips, pine needles, etc) to your tree several times throughout the year. The mulch should reach out to the tree's dripline. Mulching helps stabilize soil temperature and retain moisture. It also provides a home for bugs and microbes that, over time, will turn the mulch into compost that will provide nutrients for the tree.
Special thanks to Brandon and Alyssa from Greenie's Garden ( / greeniesgarden ) for assistance in this video.
www.GreenLifeByShamusOLeary.com
In Iran we had 10 acre fruit orchard. They let leaves branches, forest matter build up around trees. My grandparents said they have done this for 100s of years.
The ancestors know 🌳 your grandparents are smart!
Okay, I'll give you a third reason for mulching, as you said there are a few reasons. Geothermal heat from deep beneath the ground heats up water from underground pools and streams to create steam or water vapor. The water vapor rises up towards the surface. If nothing is covering the ground, the water vapor escapes into the air. So, covering the ground is like putting a lid on a pan of hot water, where the moisture from the steam collects onto the bottom of the lid, keeping the vapor from going into the air. Geothermal water vapor is slight, and mostly unseen, but it is there and is good to utilize.
The two trees that I mulched heavily last year showed their appreciation this year, their trunks got much bigger, had bigger and much more fruit, so this year I am going crazy with mulching.
Ever since I put woodchips down 4-6 inches deep my 50 plus fruit trees have never looked so good and grew so much. Plus I don't water as much! Can't wait to see now what next year brings!
Actually, they are finding in dryer areas that root systems, especially in dry areas, the roots go deeper and will extend 1/2 again if not twice the distance of the drip line. I really like your education presentation. Very humble, very assured, and giving credit where it is due. Thanks for the video. Appreciate it.
One thing to be aware of, when mulcing so high you will start building up soil levels eventually. Most fruit trees are grafted so you must keep the graft well above the soil level. The graft can rot out if too moist, sometimes the grafted tree will set roots and the rootstock traits will be lost. I use hugelkulture instead of mulching for fruit trees.
everytime I find a wild fig tree in san diego, it is in a foot of mulch, I found one next to a road under a sycamore with over a foot of mulch, and another in abandoned avocado orchard where all the trees were chipped, and a fig tree kept growing on its own and has the BEST, blackest, finest soil I have ever seen under it.
i completely agree with this process, i use all my leaves for mulch and have produced excellent results with my fruit tress, plus its free!
Just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for all of your very helpful videos! We're building a house in the Phoenix area and my husband really wants to grow some fruit trees. I didn't think it would be possible but now I've learned so much in such a short amount of time! We'll probably be visiting your nursery later this year. :-)
Love your attitude Shamus! Such a giver! THANK YOU!
Shamus you are providing pure organic antibiotics for your trees💚
one of my favorite TH-cam channel
Thank you very much Shamus. GReat video. Oh, and no offense to Jake, but it's nice to see you do a video of your own sans Jake.
I've been mulching my trees for over a year now no problems at all. The birds always seems to like doing a mulch party looking for bugs, but I don't mind I just put it all in place.
I had no idea we had to put down that much mulch. thank you
It's definitely true that the native stuff likes mulch too. Even in the desert, these trees and plants like to grow in washes and trenches, clustering up together and usually have a nice layer of their own deadfall beneath them.
Jojoba and desert broom in particular will really take advantage of extra water and protection.
Shamus is a super chill guy I wish I could play basketball with him..
You can add some bark mulch also, with the dry leafs, I do it to my trees it works better
I just put a bunch of hay around all of my trees. I am going to lay down a thick layer of cardboard next year and put down thick layers of wood chips as I can get them. I am currently planting a food forest.
Now that I know better I can do better with my trees.
Thank you for all this great info.. Shamus.
🌟 Thanks, can't wait to see you other videos! 🌟 🙌 ✨
Wow this guy reminds me of Vince Vaughn his mannerism!
His voice too.
The way he talks and everything hahaha
Spot on
This is a great video full of value information about growing tree!!! Please keep up the great work!!! I just started watching your channel and this is the first video I watched. So please keep providing educational information about growing fruit trees.
Love to see a video where someone gives props to other people.I also like that it was published on my Birthday.lol The analogy i use is seeing a news reporter talking to a Farmer on how the drought is effecting his crop.I almost always see a forest in the distance/background.?I wonder what is the forest doing that they aren't?
I prefer to shred leaves and finely chop all greens/kitchen waste. This greatly speeds up decomposition. The sooner the better so water picks up and delivers the "tea" the roots need. It means mulching more often, unless you put the mulch real deep, but it's better for the roots.
great video glad you back man. ima be that guy and ask for alot but would be cool if you could do a nursery tour and show us how the new land and pond you guys were digging is doing. i literally planted mangos and avos cuz of your channel tryna get loquats to grow to
Hi Shamus great video my brother
Who is the person with the pony tail in the green shoes? Does he have a channel too? Great video! Bless, Sheila
I wish I could get you guys and Jake Mace to check out my yard and give us some pointers. We are located in Paradise Valley, AZ.
Mulching, deep water (flood style) and good shade is key. It seems air temp means very little really, just intensity of sunlight. I think the crap high pH clay soil is the biggest battle in AZ for fruit trees. Literally the default clay in AZ is like adobe and its useless. Even cactus hates the concrete packed in clay in the lower parts of the valley hence why even the saguaros usually only grows on the hills surrounding town. I'd bet tons of waste pine needles brought down from Flagstaff would make some killer mulch.
I look forward to your videos... wealth of valuable information. Thank you
Everyone is worried about nitrogen being tied up lol
1. Mulching does not tie up nitrogen unless you mix it in your soil
2. These are FRUIT TREES, they need minimal nitrogen (per Dave Wilson nursery) or else you’ll have too much foliage and less fruit.
3. The purpose of mulching is water conservation, cooler temps, and microbial activity which occurs in the layer where the mulch and soil meet and goes downward, not up
Glad to see you Shamus
hello again shamus. I tried to leave a comment on the video of the AZ34 mango taste test but lost my connection. I was trying to ask in they would grow in my central Florida area and would you be able to ship here.
Thanks for the information
Whoa even oleander leaves . Chills
My question is, What about rodents? I see a nice nest for critters who love to munch and kill trees? I understand wood chips. but that looks like a warm haven for tree munchers
Ruts haha nice vid as always Shamus!
enjoyed watching. is it ok to put pine bark around mango trees. thanks
great video. guys.
Can you also use fresh grass clipping to mulch or do they need to be dry?
Gracias! Learned something new today.
Some good and useful tips.
Shamus, have you run into issues with the roots of your trees growing up and into the mulch instead of the surrounding soil like it is supposed to? Perhaps in AZ you don't run into this, but I have heard this is a problem in other temperate climates.
Would it have been useful to maybe pass a broadfork around the tree? Just to aerate the soil a little bit before mulching? It does look a bit compacted.
What are the names of three people he mentions? I couldn't understand them well.
Were do you get all the leaves and pine nettles? I don't live in the city. I live way out west past Buckeye.
makes so much sense thanks
I know that you get floor irrigation, as do I. Do you have problems keeping the mulch in place when irrigating? If so how do you keep the mulch from getting washed away?
Do you find if you mulch with wood chips you have to add them less frequently?
That is what I am thinking too. My mulch in California decomposed in about a year on the paths, which I obviously do not water. They do get some water run off from the beds though.
Thanks Guy
Can i mulch using paper and egg cardboard boxes?? I have a sapodilla tree.i dont really have access to that much dry leaves
Great video
How does the system work if the only water is from drip?
You can plant durians at your place..
At 1:00 he says that he uses Oleander leaves for mulch. All parts of Oleander are poisonous. Is this a problem?
Nope
Everything breaks down, it doesnt leave behind poisonous soil.
love the info thanks😊
shamus says they use oleander leaves in mulch, I have been throwing mine away. I thought those were poisonous, and would break down and leach poison into the soil over time! learn something new from him all the time
There are research papers written by researchers from various universities in the US (available on the web). They found that the poison decomposes very quickly. They were also growing various greens and vegetables in oleander mulch and compost. They did not detect any signs of poison in the produce. So oleander can be used in compost or as mulch safely.
Here are the results of the research on oleander: slosson.ucdavis.edu/newsletters/Downer_199829067.pdf
SERGEY MAGRUK , thanks for sharing this! Science is the way to go! I love that there are a lot of myth busters in this group! :-) When I first heard Don say he mulched with oleander a couple of years ago, I found that same UC Davis article and have been saving the oleander leaves ever since. I use them both in my hot compost pile and as mulch. I haven't put them in the vermicomposter just in case, but it might be an interesting experiment if I weren't so worried about killing off my red wrigglers! 😵
I have a question..when u put compost ,.should u cover the compost? I mean would the heat kill the microbes from the heat and dryness if it was put on top?
harrell tolentino just do layers as you get it, no till or mix. search TH-cam for Paul Gautschi. edit he is the master of mulching for orchard and garden
harrell tolentino, I always used to mulch compost. It's what happens in nature. And you're completely right about light killing microbes. I no longer use compost anymore. topping the mulch is all that I find that I need now. it's continuely breaking down so it maintains soil health perfectly
Great video. Is the ginger from PA? He says "rutz" vs "roots" which is how PA dutch say it..as I do!
Chicago. "root" is what a dog does with it's snout
Can you use grass clippings as mulch?
I do around my double-cordon trellised blackberries, but I let my grass get fairly high and harvest it with a scythe and then actually dry it for 2-3 days (look up 'how to make hay'). The reason being is if you put wet, green grasses in a pile, it tends to stick & clump becomes anerobic and slimey, and will begin to smell and I've found it to attract pest insects like roaches. Anerobic decomposition does not provide the same long term fertilizer compounds that you get with aerobic.
It's a good way to spend a weekend. Get out at the edge of dawn, scythe down a ton of grass, dry it in the sun over the next two or three days. I love the sweet aroma of fermenting grass on the winds, then heap it around the trees and bushes.
I suppose you could do it with a rotary mower too, but you'll want a bagger, but raking around the short slivers of grass might be a pain where scythe cut, long intact blades just glide over the turf.
another thing you can do is just not mulch, and let the lawn around the tree get high. This is called 'living mulch'. The taller grasses block most of the UV and create a cooler micro-climate around the base and rootzone mimic the soil-net. shallow-rooted grasses, overlaid on mid-depth root shrubs and pruned trees, overlaid with deep root trees for either wood or maybe nuts.
I'd seed with a good 'mulch blend' or some taller grasses though instead of trying to let the turf go full evolution-mode, because you run the risk of weeds taking over in those spots
Great, thanks for the help!
maxdecphoenix
Roaches nest in wood chips and wood mulches and actually are an integral part of composting 😁
How much mulch is too much? 3 feet?
i wouldn't say that exactly. Too much mulch can interfere with the top-soil oxygen exchange, and can also lead to vertical rooting
Hi
Can I also mulch my fruit trees with cow manure?
wood chips will work?
not enough mulch! most of those pine needles are air pockets. more mulch!
Pity about the chainsaw background noise. Any announcement about Shamus Lake and The Food Forest Project?? 🤔😳😊
Hi Shamus
Do you have multiple graft mangos available? I have "coconut cream" and would like to have "Ice cream and Pina colata" graft on one Keit Mango. Is it possible and do you sell scions of the mentioned mangos? 🤔😊
Is there a reason your trees don't have berms around them to create wells to hold in the water in the mulched area?
pretty sure Don's property is flood irrigated
Chris Swain on flood irrgation
Would this mulching style in northern Carolina keep the roots warm?
I believe it works both ways: cools down in summer and keeps roots warmer in winter like insulation.
hey i was wonder if you would send me a cream mango seed and how much they are
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Don't you think you r puttin too much leaves on a single tree what if you have 2000 trees whr u goin to bring tht much leaves for those trees
With all that mulch is there any need to fertilise your trees?
i still foliar feed
Cool, thanks. Luv u bro!
I'd have half that blown across my yard by the end of the day. Monsoooooons.
What about the carbon in the leafs I think gonna use and consume the nitrogen from the soil result of that will have leakage of nitrogen!!!
do you recommend mulching in a pot?
Yes! Its even harder to retain moisture in pots. Mulching helps unless the soil is too saturated
I need a source for leaves, etc. anyone know of a good source?
ernie 85017 if you're looking for free mulch, just drive around any neighborhood and look for bags of leaves sitting on the curb. No one will complain or call the police if you take their trash. ☺
we will have available in Sept
The light is on: In some areas I see bags on the curb occasionally. I wondered about other junk in them. Maybe this fall? One year I got big bags full from a lady who advertised on Craigslist! What a treasure.
Shamus: Leaves available in Sept? Or another type of mulch?
Glad you made a good video on three care here in hell,. er, Phoenix.
Is that the singer of nickelback?
ash from your fireplace or fire pit is good for trees and shrubs.
so what happens ,when the wind blows it away.
The pine straw helps hold down the leaves.
mom bear , thanks
Ca I use hay or straw??
yes
Thank you!
Don't use coastal bermuda hay or you will get a huge crop of it and then can't get rid of it. At least in Texas where they throw dry coastal hay on the roadsides and then when it rains it comes up. I know alot of places don't have it but here we do. I use bahia here in east Texas.
Don't chance of that here in Utah. I will use alfalfa!
1994abbygirl
Hay is more nutrient dense than straw but it contains weed seeds. Get a jump on composting it by wetting it down while it’s still wrapped and cover it with a plastic tarp in the sun for 3-5 days, the heat will sterilize the weed seed.
The only time I could hear you was when you bent down. Please adjust your microphone. I'd love to hear what you have to say.
Thank you
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It's called "permaculture", the Australians have the best science on desert growing. The city I live in offers free classes on this entire approach. Worms, microbes, heat, moisture- aka soil lasagna...
prune those suckers!!! @ 4:12
Besides spending time mulching, you need to do some major pruning of that poor tree!
use hay an leaves in ohio
That guys hair is sexy
I think his pony tail is pinched a little too tight.
All that carbonaceous material should have been run through a shredder first.
It'll steal nitrogen from the ground at the expense of the tree in order to break down.
Plus it looks like shit. I'd never be able to talk a customer into something that looked like that. And you'll have animals making their homes under there.
Only if you mix it into the soil. The microbial and nutrient layer is where the soil meets the mulch. The primary composter of wood mulch is insects like wood lice, roaches, and fungal colonies.
Also, the materials used are mostly branches and leaves and pine needles, which is the most nutritious layer vs the trunk. It has a less carbon to nitrogen ratio than shredded wood bark.
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Keep that ish away from the base of the tree!!!!!!!
Alameda Landscape Inc. why
Shamus O'Leary I'll refer you to my buddy Daniel marival for the best answer you can get. He's at green extraction technologies. Look him up.
Alameda Landscape Inc. So.....no answer??