I'm experimenting with notching my new apple tree to encourage the structure I want instead of cutting down the top. Instead of encouraging branching by decapitation, you encourage it on the specific nodes you want by severing the cambuim layer just above the node. It's supposed to make the tree react the same way (throw out a new "leader") without actually losing all that vertical growth.
My dad was transplanting a root-bound crepe myrtle and was struggling to get it out of the pot -- tipped it on its side, banged on the pot, etc. Mom looks out the window after about 15 minutes... and sees the tree, still in the pot, go bouncing across the length of the backyard 😂 I live right where the two periodical cicada broods will overlap this year, so I'm going to hold off on planting any trees until next year.
I'm waiting on my fruit tree delivery right now. I have 7 apple trees going in as a belgian fence (a hair over 2ft apart) and 4 plum trees going in a freestanding espalier/fan shape (about 6 ft apart). Some of those designs may suit you if you are wanting to incorporate fruit trees into your garden and it could make good content... I think
That's really cool, I have 1 espalier apple tree but I haven't actually invested time to train more up properly! The idea of the Belgian fence sounds really intriguing
@@jacquesinthegarden i have a very small yard and that was the only way for me to get enough variety in. They essentially take only 2-3 feet depth on each side perimeter of my backyard.
0:58 I planted Fig trees all along my garden, since it's on quite a slope and I am counting on the roots to help prevent erosion (also I love Figs) 9:50 Bare root is definitely a good option - if planting something that has been in a pot it's super important to check the root ball for tangled roots that can girdle the tree in the future (roots should grow outwards away from the tree and not twist or cross back towards the middle). When I plant potted fruit trees I always wash off alllll of the potted soil exposing the roots (yes even if the tree is not dormant) to inspect the root ball, untangle any circling / tangled roots, and cut off any that look like they are growing back to the middle or are circling around the stem.
Jacques best of luck with the fuji apple tree. I had one in phoenix and it was said to be a lower chill tree. But not quite a true low chill deciduous fruit tree. With this being said I had the tree for 3 years with no fruit set. The golden delicious I had in the front yard as a pollinator was a true low chill requirement tree and it produced the most apples ever. Heavy yields every year even though the previous year It a huge yield. It was on a dwarf rootstock as well. I’ve never seen so many apples year after year on such a small tree. I even had to thin out 100+ apples each season. I do hope you get some production off your fuji apple tree. I now live in New Mexico and have 12+ fruit trees and an almond tree. Best of luck sir and thank you for the vids.
Very interesting, I am willing to accept that I may not get fruit but I am really hoping I get some production in the end! I'm thinking of giving it 3 years as well
once the hole is dug, i start filling it with water and soil to make a loose mud consistency. i then plant my tree in that mud mix and just top up with soil so that its not very muddy. I found this works best for me to eliminate air pockets and acts as a very good first watering - ill leave it for a week or so before putting it on a watering schedule.
This is so encouraging to hear! I’m in 9a and that’s my favorite apple ever. I was thinking I couldn’t get an apple here but maybe I’m wrong about that!
Here in Peoria AZ I have to dig a 3 foot wide and 4 foot deep hole, fill with good native soil mix. The ground here is different, lots of big rocks to remove .
I would put a stick to tight the trees in the first couple of years. When they have leaves and there is a strong wind, they could snap. Better safe than sorry. The other thing is to cut 1-2 inches(or until you see healthy root) of the biggest roots before you plant. Greetings from България!
Hey Jacques, nice looking trees! I'm not sure it matters as much in a more protected suburban area but the recommendation for G11 rootstock is permanent staking so you may want to put a couple stakes in there before the roots get in the way!
This is such an informative, thorough video. Thank you! I’m experimenting with a dwarf fig in an airpot from Epic Gardening. Year 1 was rough. But it has leafed out exuberantly this spring.
I planted two bare root peaches and one low chill bare root cherry back in January (Zone 9b) and they flowered and leafed out beautifully. I will also be pruning off all potential fruit production this year to give the trees a chance to establish themselves. Unfortunately my peaches both have peach leaf curl so I'm having to deal with that. I'll be expanding my orchard next year once I clear some more bushes in my yard.
Both of my favorite apples! Pink ladies are the best! I wonder how they would do in pots for while? I’m currently renting and can’t plant in ground. Already have a mulberry and mango tree in pots. Have to wait and see how they do lol
Very cool. I planted 4 apple trees last year that I’m training espalier, flowers are about ready to come out. Going to be sad to clip them off though I think I’ll let the flowers stay a while. Planted six bare root fruit trees this spring and currently waiting for them to start growing very excited for those.
Thank you for the info about fig roots, I have been thinking about putting my fig trees up against the house as I keep having them die back in the winter... Good to know that's a bad idea
Im sorry, I have absolutely spammed your videos with comment. But your videos and shorts give me so much inspiration and information to grow my dream garden❤ thank you!!
You have great taste in apples! Last year I planted a Red Fuji and a Pink Lady (along with Hardired Nectarine, Utah Giant Cherry, and Rainier Cherry). I can't quite tell if my itty bitty pomegranate survived the winter (idk if the green at the bottom is weeds or pomegranate!). My little almond tree is in a pot until I decide where to plant it. You are so right that people need to get the tree of their choice on either dwarf or semi-dwarf root stock. The roots will grow as wide or wider than the crown of the tree. All the trees can be pruned to a manageable height. Yes, you get a smaller harvest, but how much do you need? Is there any truth to the "plant it so the graft faces north" for wind protection or any other reason? Great video. Edited to add, don't forget to remove the labels so that the tree doesn't get bound by it or grow over it.
Hey Jacques I just got my first passion vine, i was planning on planting some crops around it as it grows, do you know what crops might be a good for that? 🤔
Have you considered growing vegetables between the trees while they're still young? The trees won't shade out the veggies due to their size in the summer and there are no leaves in the winter to shade out winter veggies. I'm planning on doing that this summer so I'm curious about any potential pitfalls with my plan (although I've spaced my trees out further apart).
QUESTION: This video could not have come at a more opportune time for me! I just planted an "ultra dwarf fuji apple tree," and was wondering about pruning it down. It already has leaves coming, but it is still okay to prune it, right? If so, I am not sure how far back to cut it. It currently has 2 upright branches, and 1 branch that shoots out to the side. Thank you so much! 🌱
I planted a Fuji and a honey crisp about 2 months ago. Both are about 3 feet from the graft. I didn't cut either of them short. Now, they are both starting to grow leaves. Can I still prune them at this stage? Or should I let them go for this year and prune them in the summer and next spring? One is just a stick, like the one in your video. One has a couple of small branches
My pomegranate trees love compose. And I actually place my potted blueberries underneath the pomegranate branches. I utilize the branches as a naturel protection source to keep the birds away from the blueberries. This past weekend, I just purchased a jelly bean blueberry to add to my collection. Pomegranate trees are amazing, just be sure to prune annually to get the most out of your tree. Just be careful of gophers, they LOVE the roots to some varieties. One of my pomegranate trees literally over night was sunk into place. It was heart wrenching, but I was able to bring her back. It's been 2 years but tree survived. I was completely shocked. I may just leave it in a pot. It's to bad you and Kevin don't live closer, or I would give you guys my first cutting from my black mission fig. I watched Kevin "do his thing", but went a different route and was able to get 9 out of 9 cuttings; not bad for the first time. BMF are great on pizza (one of my favorites). Unsure about your rules in San Diego, but I've always been told always plant trees 5 feet away from a major structures because of root damage. My father was into fruit trees, so I've carried on that little tradition within my backyard. I still have an asian pear and honeycrisp apple to plant from last year. Great video!
Hate to say it but I actually saw a gopher mound just today by the tree, hoping the cats get it before it gets my tree! The 5 foot rule is definitely a good one, I am hoping the dwarf roots are truly brittle as described and won't be able to do any major damage, fingers crossed!
The only actual fruit trees i have so far is an orange tree and a pomegranate, the other 2 fruit trees i have are a dwarf fig tree and a dwarf mulberry tree that has already started ripening its fruit, it was a struggle at first to get it going at first but after i added a fistful of granular sulfur to the soil, it exploded with leaf growth and immediately started setting fruit lol
I've got 3 pomegranate bushes and none of them are growing. they're the same exact size as when I put them in the ground. for some reason, whenever the branches grow, they seem to die off and there's just very little growth too. how do i make pomegranates grow?
Hehe reason: I forgot. I end up with that being the reason for a lot of things in my garden. Good to know there’s no new counter-view on the use of mykos 👍
I have a dwarf orange tree planted in the big planter. Right now has tons of flowers on it, just like last year, but no oranges appeared last year even with tons of flowers. Have any thoughts on how to encourage oranges after flowers appear? zone 9b
It could be a few things, first if it is really young it might have just dropped them all because it couldn't support them. Another is lack of water during the flower set stage, if they are stressed on water or nutrients they will simply drop flowers to focus on growth.
Look for a rare fruit growers' group in your area. There is or was one in San Diego East County off the 94 near (I think) Bancroft, and for a couple years one of the members who was into pomegranate varieties would post on Facebook whenever he pruned his so people could come relieve him of a 10-foot chippy stem to turn into propagation wood.
Usually it is listed on the tag or as a second attached tag. Occasionally it will say something like M26 rootstock and if you google it you will see that it is a dwarf rootstock. Sometimes listings will simply say grafted on a dwarf or semi-dwarf rootstock and that is all you really need to know!
Just sat down to rest from planting a fruit tree and this video pops up. PSA: Plant mulberry if you have the space! Red mulberry is native and has MASSIVE yields for basically no work.
I don't grow fruit trees anymore, yet i watch 😂 I got tired of growing food for the raccoons, birds and rats to harvest just before it was ripe. My crab apple remains.
I'm experimenting with notching my new apple tree to encourage the structure I want instead of cutting down the top. Instead of encouraging branching by decapitation, you encourage it on the specific nodes you want by severing the cambuim layer just above the node. It's supposed to make the tree react the same way (throw out a new "leader") without actually losing all that vertical growth.
It's also helpful to plant the graft facing north so it doesn't receive direct sunlight.
That is another good tip! I am hearing that doesn't matter as much as we thought but it is the safer option.
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Jacques coming out with this video at the perfect time
Glad to hear it!
@@jacquesinthegarden Where did you get your trees? I actually work for a nursery and it looks like they use the same tags lol
Thanks Jacques in the Garden. You share so much truth and facts. Thank you for being honest and sharing a real channel.
Thank you for the super thanks! I always try to keep it real and deliver what I know!
My dad was transplanting a root-bound crepe myrtle and was struggling to get it out of the pot -- tipped it on its side, banged on the pot, etc. Mom looks out the window after about 15 minutes... and sees the tree, still in the pot, go bouncing across the length of the backyard 😂
I live right where the two periodical cicada broods will overlap this year, so I'm going to hold off on planting any trees until next year.
I'm waiting on my fruit tree delivery right now. I have 7 apple trees going in as a belgian fence (a hair over 2ft apart) and 4 plum trees going in a freestanding espalier/fan shape (about 6 ft apart). Some of those designs may suit you if you are wanting to incorporate fruit trees into your garden and it could make good content... I think
That's really cool, I have 1 espalier apple tree but I haven't actually invested time to train more up properly! The idea of the Belgian fence sounds really intriguing
@@jacquesinthegarden i have a very small yard and that was the only way for me to get enough variety in. They essentially take only 2-3 feet depth on each side perimeter of my backyard.
0:58 I planted Fig trees all along my garden, since it's on quite a slope and I am counting on the roots to help prevent erosion (also I love Figs)
9:50 Bare root is definitely a good option - if planting something that has been in a pot it's super important to check the root ball for tangled roots that can girdle the tree in the future (roots should grow outwards away from the tree and not twist or cross back towards the middle). When I plant potted fruit trees I always wash off alllll of the potted soil exposing the roots (yes even if the tree is not dormant) to inspect the root ball, untangle any circling / tangled roots, and cut off any that look like they are growing back to the middle or are circling around the stem.
Wow that MEGA Calamansi Tree is GOALS! 😍We just transplanted Our Calamansi from Pot to in the ground!
It will get there with time!
Jacques best of luck with the fuji apple tree. I had one in phoenix and it was said to be a lower chill tree. But not quite a true low chill deciduous fruit tree. With this being said I had the tree for 3 years with no fruit set. The golden delicious I had in the front yard as a pollinator was a true low chill requirement tree and it produced the most apples ever. Heavy yields every year even though the previous year It a huge yield. It was on a dwarf rootstock as well. I’ve never seen so many apples year after year on such a small tree. I even had to thin out 100+ apples each season. I do hope you get some production off your fuji apple tree. I now live in New Mexico and have 12+ fruit trees and an almond tree. Best of luck sir and thank you for the vids.
Very interesting, I am willing to accept that I may not get fruit but I am really hoping I get some production in the end! I'm thinking of giving it 3 years as well
@@jacquesinthegardenwhy did you change the icon? Is your channel legally owned from EG somehow lol
once the hole is dug, i start filling it with water and soil to make a loose mud consistency. i then plant my tree in that mud mix and just top up with soil so that its not very muddy. I found this works best for me to eliminate air pockets and acts as a very good first watering - ill leave it for a week or so before putting it on a watering schedule.
My mom does the same. Her trees seem to love it.
Nice! It feels weird like it shouldn't work well but it works really really well!
My zone 10a Pink Lady apple is producing well despite my no-frost zone. Go for it! 💚
Absolutely love to hear this!
This is so encouraging to hear! I’m in 9a and that’s my favorite apple ever. I was thinking I couldn’t get an apple here but maybe I’m wrong about that!
Here in Peoria AZ I have to dig a 3 foot wide and 4 foot deep hole, fill with good native soil mix. The ground here is different, lots of big rocks to remove .
That's pretty wild but I bet the trees grow great after that process!
Bless up Mr. Jaques
I love watching your lectures and advice. You are so honest and give great advice. I'm trying to get loads of apples and have five trees growing.
Very happy to hear this and glad you enjoy the information!
I would put a stick to tight the trees in the first couple of years. When they have leaves and there is a strong wind, they could snap. Better safe than sorry. The other thing is to cut 1-2 inches(or until you see healthy root) of the biggest roots before you plant. Greetings from България!
Jacques,
Love that ya'all are now selling live plants--way to go! 😊
Hey Jacques, nice looking trees! I'm not sure it matters as much in a more protected suburban area but the recommendation for G11 rootstock is permanent staking so you may want to put a couple stakes in there before the roots get in the way!
This is such an informative, thorough video. Thank you! I’m experimenting with a dwarf fig in an airpot from Epic Gardening. Year 1 was rough. But it has leafed out exuberantly this spring.
Very cool, figs are also super forgiving to being cut back in size making them easy to control.
I planted two bare root peaches and one low chill bare root cherry back in January (Zone 9b) and they flowered and leafed out beautifully. I will also be pruning off all potential fruit production this year to give the trees a chance to establish themselves. Unfortunately my peaches both have peach leaf curl so I'm having to deal with that. I'll be expanding my orchard next year once I clear some more bushes in my yard.
It’s such a pleasure to watch your videos! Your very easy to understand and you explain very well. Thanks!
Glad to hear this was helpful!
Both of my favorite apples! Pink ladies are the best! I wonder how they would do in pots for while? I’m currently renting and can’t plant in ground. Already have a mulberry and mango tree in pots. Have to wait and see how they do lol
I needed that demo of how much to prune the new tree - thanks! 👍
Very cool. I planted 4 apple trees last year that I’m training espalier, flowers are about ready to come out. Going to be sad to clip them off though I think I’ll let the flowers stay a while. Planted six bare root fruit trees this spring and currently waiting for them to start growing very excited for those.
It is super hard to remove the flowers but it pays off in the long run!
THANK YOU for showing that you don't put mulch against the trunk! It's so important for tree health!
It is important for sure and understated.
Thank you for the info about fig roots, I have been thinking about putting my fig trees up against the house as I keep having them die back in the winter... Good to know that's a bad idea
Im sorry, I have absolutely spammed your videos with comment. But your videos and shorts give me so much inspiration and information to grow my dream garden❤ thank you!!
You have great taste in apples! Last year I planted a Red Fuji and a Pink Lady (along with Hardired Nectarine, Utah Giant Cherry, and Rainier Cherry). I can't quite tell if my itty bitty pomegranate survived the winter (idk if the green at the bottom is weeds or pomegranate!). My little almond tree is in a pot until I decide where to plant it. You are so right that people need to get the tree of their choice on either dwarf or semi-dwarf root stock. The roots will grow as wide or wider than the crown of the tree. All the trees can be pruned to a manageable height. Yes, you get a smaller harvest, but how much do you need? Is there any truth to the "plant it so the graft faces north" for wind protection or any other reason? Great video. Edited to add, don't forget to remove the labels so that the tree doesn't get bound by it or grow over it.
Hey Jacques I just got my first passion vine, i was planning on planting some crops around it as it grows, do you know what crops might be a good for that? 🤔
I've heard rumors of fuji apple trees doing well in LA but haven't actually seen them. Looking forward to seeing how yours get on!!!!
Same here, very excited to see how it does!
I ahve a PArfianka pom - it is fabulous! Great producer and excellent flavor.
I'm very excited to see if it produces for me!
When are you going to make more chili oil videos?
Have you considered growing vegetables between the trees while they're still young? The trees won't shade out the veggies due to their size in the summer and there are no leaves in the winter to shade out winter veggies. I'm planning on doing that this summer so I'm curious about any potential pitfalls with my plan (although I've spaced my trees out further apart).
QUESTION: This video could not have come at a more opportune time for me! I just planted an "ultra dwarf fuji apple tree," and was wondering about pruning it down. It already has leaves coming, but it is still okay to prune it, right? If so, I am not sure how far back to cut it. It currently has 2 upright branches, and 1 branch that shoots out to the side. Thank you so much! 🌱
Thanks for the detail on bare root trees!
No problem!
Thanks for sharing
Great video, lots of Info.
I planted a Fuji and a honey crisp about 2 months ago. Both are about 3 feet from the graft. I didn't cut either of them short. Now, they are both starting to grow leaves. Can I still prune them at this stage? Or should I let them go for this year and prune them in the summer and next spring? One is just a stick, like the one in your video. One has a couple of small branches
I would like you to do a driveby of your property so i can see if it looks like I imagine it does and the contrast of your neighbors' yards.
My pomegranate trees love compose. And I actually place my potted blueberries underneath the pomegranate branches. I utilize the branches as a naturel protection source to keep the birds away from the blueberries. This past weekend, I just purchased a jelly bean blueberry to add to my collection. Pomegranate trees are amazing, just be sure to prune annually to get the most out of your tree. Just be careful of gophers, they LOVE the roots to some varieties. One of my pomegranate trees literally over night was sunk into place. It was heart wrenching, but I was able to bring her back. It's been 2 years but tree survived. I was completely shocked. I may just leave it in a pot. It's to bad you and Kevin don't live closer, or I would give you guys my first cutting from my black mission fig. I watched Kevin "do his thing", but went a different route and was able to get 9 out of 9 cuttings; not bad for the first time. BMF are great on pizza (one of my favorites). Unsure about your rules in San Diego, but I've always been told always plant trees 5 feet away from a major structures because of root damage. My father was into fruit trees, so I've carried on that little tradition within my backyard. I still have an asian pear and honeycrisp apple to plant from last year. Great video!
Hate to say it but I actually saw a gopher mound just today by the tree, hoping the cats get it before it gets my tree! The 5 foot rule is definitely a good one, I am hoping the dwarf roots are truly brittle as described and won't be able to do any major damage, fingers crossed!
Omg! That calamansi tree is HUGE!!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge to us
Very useful for my new garden
Love to hear it!
The only actual fruit trees i have so far is an orange tree and a pomegranate, the other 2 fruit trees i have are a dwarf fig tree and a dwarf mulberry tree that has already started ripening its fruit, it was a struggle at first to get it going at first but after i added a fistful of granular sulfur to the soil, it exploded with leaf growth and immediately started setting fruit lol
I've got 3 pomegranate bushes and none of them are growing. they're the same exact size as when I put them in the ground. for some reason, whenever the branches grow, they seem to die off and there's just very little growth too.
how do i make pomegranates grow?
That's very odd, I'm guessing it has plenty of access to water and full sun?
Fellow San diego love your channel hope your well.
Thanks I appreciate it!
@@jacquesinthegarden if you ever need free labor lol I like learning
Did you collect your rebate from SDG&E for planting out trees as well?
Any reason you didn’t add any mycorrhiza? I’m planting a few more fruit trees soon and I figure it’s a worthy investment for a fruit tree.
It is a good point, I will likely drench with wettable powder since I just happened to forget this time!
Hehe reason: I forgot. I end up with that being the reason for a lot of things in my garden. Good to know there’s no new counter-view on the use of mykos 👍
What breed is that dog? Its beautiful!
He is a total mutt that we got at the humane society, the largest percentage was German Shepard!
@@jacquesinthegarden ❤
Such cool apple varieties! Is the Pink Lady tree freely available in your area? I though pink lady trees were only provided to partnered farmers
Its technically a "Crips Pink" which is the same thing!
@jacquesinthegarden cool, didn't know that. Thanks!
I have a dwarf orange tree planted in the big planter. Right now has tons of flowers on it, just like last year, but no oranges appeared last year even with tons of flowers. Have any thoughts on how to encourage oranges after flowers appear? zone 9b
It could be a few things, first if it is really young it might have just dropped them all because it couldn't support them. Another is lack of water during the flower set stage, if they are stressed on water or nutrients they will simply drop flowers to focus on growth.
@@jacquesinthegarden thanks
Ornamental Bradford pear trees have very invasive roots also. They will destroy your patio. Beautiful flowers when the bloom though.
Such an awful tree in so many ways!
They are terribly invasive. I wish that they were no longer sold:)
Another great video ❤
Glad you enjoyed!
You should try pawpaw trees too!
I really would love to try an actual pawpaw, such an interesting sounding fruit
@@jacquesinthegarden I planted mine when I was still zone 7 western Oregon. They've done well and pawpaw bread is amazing
Watching a video wanting to clear away, all the shrubs & foliage around the area 😳😳😳
Would love to get parfianka poms, where did you aquire them?
This was a random luckily get, Tom Spellman from Dave Wilson nurseries stopped by the Epic homestead and brought a few trees!
Look for a rare fruit growers' group in your area. There is or was one in San Diego East County off the 94 near (I think) Bancroft, and for a couple years one of the members who was into pomegranate varieties would post on Facebook whenever he pruned his so people could come relieve him of a 10-foot chippy stem to turn into propagation wood.
How can you find out what type of root stalk each tree has?
Usually it is listed on the tag or as a second attached tag. Occasionally it will say something like M26 rootstock and if you google it you will see that it is a dwarf rootstock. Sometimes listings will simply say grafted on a dwarf or semi-dwarf rootstock and that is all you really need to know!
There are apps you can use to determine the path of the sun throughout the year to help you plant in the right places in your property.
That is another great option! I always forget about them.
Just sat down to rest from planting a fruit tree and this video pops up.
PSA: Plant mulberry if you have the space! Red mulberry is native and has MASSIVE yields for basically no work.
I love the darker mulberries, so delicious and crazy prolific! You can cut them down and they will fruit year after year!
Great video… thanks! Do you worry about gophers??
My two wonderful poms are thriving! But my citrus.... ooof.
Citrus is a temperamental one at times. They respond very quickly to fertilizer when deficient
I don't grow fruit trees anymore, yet i watch 😂
I got tired of growing food for the raccoons, birds and rats to harvest just before it was ripe. My crab apple remains.
This time I scattered a bunch of chili flakes on the bed surface and they haven't dug in that bed yet
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We have the same profile picture:D
Nice!
The new logo sucks. The old one had so much heart and soul into it. Making it so lame just takes every thing that made it eye catching