What THEY don’t tell you about dwarf fruit trees!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Dwarf Fruit Trees are awesome and there are tons of reasons why the homesteader or backyard orchard grower should choose dwarf fruit trees. But, there is something they don’t tell you about dwarf fruit trees that you really need to know BEFORE you plant!!!!
Mmm... yum yum... I love watching Stella eat the apple. So cute.
are you sure those peach trees aren't dying because they are peach trees? peach trees actually live 10-20 years. they are not trees that are long-lived like apples. so, the death of these peach trees probably has little to nothing to do with a dwarfing rootstock.
Yeah. Peach trees are only productive for a good 15-25 years. Soon after that, they typically decline. However, apple trees can live much longer than that. Blueberries can also live for 50-100 years in some cases. But yeah, Peach trees don't live longer than 25 years. Someone needs to come up with a peach that lives forever 😂
I don't see these as Cons 20 years of fruit seems like a good investment... And then you get firewood! And mulch just bought a dwarf nectarine tree.
the 20-30 yrs is contrasted to the 300 years a good apple tree can potentially live
I agree that 20 years is along time. We live 60-100 years unless you are one of the people with the best gene pool out there. This means out of someone's lifetime even if they make it to 100 (Most do not) you only have to replace the trees around 5 times and that is assuming you inherit the house and land from when you were born. The reality is at the rate of 20 years you will only replace it 1-3 times. People have also chimed in with the comment section stating peaches have a shorter life span. Tipping is easily fixed with stakes.
They are also MORE prolific. They pack MORE density of crop per size compared to a full size standard. Having 10 dwarf trees vs 1 big apple, think about it, not all trees live their lifespan either. They can get disease, all sorts. I've seen 40 year old full sized apple trees give up the ghost because of either damage or disease. If you have 10 or so dwarf ones you are spreading out your chances of success over 15-20 years.
Also someone did mention that they have grafted apple trees from the 1960s, dwarf kinds, that are still doing fine. I think with some care in the first 3-4 years, they will last a very long time.
@@ingridm7041 15 years is a long time! And as I see it, they only die because of disease or damage. They are still capable of living much longer. If you take care of them in the first 3-4 years they will last a very long time.
Umm dwarf fruit trees don’t get real trunks so no firewood, but good kindling
Good point Tom! I didn't think about it, but often the branch systems and root systems will mirror each other.
It may be a good idea to plant the dwarf fruit trees in a closer zone, because they may need more attention and getting replaced more often.
I planted 3 more last spring! Once you guys get some water cache , maybe you can get some fruit trees!
I am still a novice but between this year and last planted 2 semi-dwarf Apple and a red haven peach tree. Thanks for a great informative video. I just subscribed
Nice! I’m hoping to get a few more fruit trees soon. My grandpa says north star is the best cherry tree!
Thank you! We are planning on planting a few fruit trees in our suburban backyard. Leaning towards dwarf, but also considering semi-dwarf. We currently only have one pear tree that is probably semi-dwarf and is old enough that we are planning to remove it soon...we have put off removal the last couple years because it keeps surprising us with a larger crop of fruit than it had been giving previously.
Yeah don't take it out as long as it's producing
@@fotochikyo we took it out because it was rotten in the core and was reaching the point of being dangerous dropping pretty large branches.
We have replaced it with a cherry and two apple trees.
@@anna7118 oh that makes sense. Hope your new trees do well 😀
LOVE YOUR PIG....HE LOOKS HAPPY.
He is! We have 3 pigs!
You're not going to eat them are you?
@@nealhanlen1362 he said pet pigs
Stella is a she.
oh, Stella!
came for the garden, stayed for the pet pig. she's great💓
I've seen cases before where someone used air layering techniques to mound up soil around the bottom of the grafted tree and convert it from a dwarf to a standard.
I'm tempted to try my hand at that strategy deliberately. Start with dwarfs for a rapid harvest and transition to standard about ten years in.
Stella the ASMR queen.
OMG, I HATE eating ASMR videos! LOL
@@GraphixChic then maybe dont eat them
I loved that part lol
Grafted trees in general just long for 10 years, near about, not only the dwarf ones. But shalow sandy soil drops down trees, at windy spots. Thanks to place the subject here. Have a nice time at nature.
Stella's like, what do you mean......this apple is great!!!!!!
Great information... I will definitely succession plant my dwarf fruit trees. Thanks!
That's why you see ppl mounding mulch oddly high in "dwarf orchards", to stabilize the structural integrity given the shallow roots. Sometimes something isn't a downside if you know how to deal with it. Also just because the roots run shallow doesn't mean you can't build up the surface out pretty Darby mulching the whole area each year aside from the mounding
Thanks! This is really good to know if you don't have lots of land because the roots of a tree are hard to dig out so the space becomes unusable after you cut a tree down.
Great tip!
Those crunch sound is so satisfying
It's also quite possible that fruit trees now/in the future will be more resistant. 20 years these days is light years in technology.
Stella is adorable
I’m glad I seen this! We get a ton of wind where we live. What apple, pear, plum and peach tree you recommend
Thanks for that information,was longing to plant dwarf fruits but I .gonna change my mind now
I just got a dwarf pink lady apple!
I just planted a dwarf Granny Smith apple tree
Should I plant a mate for it? (Another type of apple)
Or should I wait til next year.
We don’t have as much space as you which is one of our issues.
I was planning to plant some dwarf trees in our garden beds along the front of the house. But seeing the size of yours I am very concerned that they will damage the house now
I think most dwarfs top out 15-20 feet, but pruning can keep them smaller.
@@WhistleThicket Semi dwarfs reach about 15-20, true dwarf varieties usually only get to around 8-14
Standard dewarf trees with g11 root stock for apples are improved. Fox11 root are improved as well .
Those dwarf trees are grafted. The "dwarf rootstock" is usually from a "dwarf" tree branch, which was air layered. Once the air layer roots are sprouted, they graft on the cultivar. So you don't really have a "real" tree, grown from a seed, with a root ball and a tap root. Those air layer developed roots, without a true root ball and taproot, just aren't going to be that strong or live that long.
If you have the extra space burry the graft. Trees grow so much better on their own roots. They will be much healthier, require less attention, produce large yields and live longer 👍
Would planting one of these in a 100gal pot be sufficient to have a decent tree? I have to plant in pots to keep the gophers out lol.
That's not a dwarf tree bud. That trees like 15 foot. Dwarf trees should never go over 10.
Is that Matt Damon?
Shhhh! Don’t give away my secret identity!
I planted a wind barrier around my food forest. I used Cedar in Cypress trees.
Make sure the cedar isn't close to apples. Cedar trees carry a disease deadly to apples and contract it easily
@@joekenetic7509 yeah. I found out a few months ago. It’s to late to anything about now though. Cedar grows wild in my area so I can’t avoid it anyway. I planted the cedar trees around 6 or 7 years ago and my 1st apple trees went in almost 3 years ago. If I loose the apples then I will replace them with pears.
Wow! Great insights here. I didn’t n ow that dwarf trees did not last as long. 😢
Look at that sweet girl!
Peach wood is Beautiful for carving - don't waste it!!! 💚😎
Hello, I am just seeing this May 25th of 2023 as I am considering the possibility of dwarf fruit trees. I don't have a whole lot of room but I do have room for maybe three trees I would like an apple, cherry and I already have an apricot. However, I am seeing in some information where you have to have more than one of the same tree for them to pollinate and get fruit? Is that the case with all dwarf fruit trees or are there some exceptions to the rule
I am from Southern Michigan and I am going to buy fruit trees also, learn all you want from Google as that's what I am doing! What I am finding with apple tree is you need a pollinator for best production but you need to Google your current growing zone and it will you to decide what will work best for you
Stella has a good life lol
Yes, yes she does! She is almost 10 now!
There actually are no dwarfing rootstocks for peaches or nectarines commercially available, the only true dwarf peaches are the bonfire and bonanza because they are genetic dwarf. The only rootstocks for peaches currently available are, Lovell, Bailey, nemaguard, halford, and guardian. Some of the experimental dwarf peach rootstocks have poor survival but they aren’t released to the public or available to nurseries.
These trees are over 20 years old, might have been back then!
October 02, 2022
Thank you so much for the important information 😊 I do have a question please, if I want to do dwarf fruit trees instead of putting them in the ground can I put just leave in a the big black tubs and before it gets to big put in a big tub? I'm disabled and have no one to help me that's why I want to dwarf trees, so when it's time to put it in the bigger tub I'd have to pay someone.
You might be able to if it was a big enough tub. I would try w/ 1 or 2 and see how it goes!
I did learn a few things. I thought dwarf fruit trees only lived a maximum of 15 years, so that was interesting. I was wondering are dwarf fruit trees self pollinating?
I think some are and some aren't
What about semi dwarf? Same issues? Same between all of them or peaches just have more problems?
Semi dwarfs are in the middle as far as age wise and root structures
peach trees in general don't live as long as other fruit trees though... think it's only like 30-50 years.
I love apple everyday I eat one
Have you dug under?sometimes termites is the culprit
Looks like fire blight to me.
Do dwarf fruit trees give smaller fruit, too? Or is the fruits the same size as big trees but just smaller wood.
Should be same size
There is one other video that explained that a drawf tree will blow over. .. they showed a section of trellised apple trees on Bud 9 rootstock that blew over.
Blown over even while being supported on trellises? That's interesting.
Top wire of the commercial trellis was 9 feet. I will see if I can find the video
Ours did I guess everyone has to see how it goes doe themselves
I just planted my first dwarf Fuji apple tree.. I placed it about three free from a wall.. should I move it? The area get nice sun light In my garden but it’s close to my house.
Yes that is probably to close, but there is the espalier method you could use to grow an apple tree along a fence or building.
that tree wants to grow how it wants
Who told you this about dwarf trees?
I love your pet pig.
I too have "pet" jews theyre at the bank usually.
But they arent lovely at all and are invasive! Need pestcontrol to boot their arses out from our lands.
Night kindaa weddy too eat 😂
I knew that they only lasted about 2 years. I figure, if you plant new trees every 3 years, you'll keep a good cycle going.
Of course, you can also graft on to those trees and have multiple stone fruit variety on one tree to offset space taking by having so many generations of trees.
I tried 2 cherry dwarf trees, but I picked a bad spot and they died. I need to raise the cash to chop down all of my extremely tall shady but not very useful to me trees in my yard so I can have a postage stamp orchard.
Dwarf trees last about 15-20 years, unfortunately that’s about how old mine all are! Yes a fruit cocktail tree is great for a small yard.
He said they last 20 years not two.
@@msjennable typo on my part
The way I see it is 15-20 years is a good investment considering the amount you can plant and the prolificness of them based on their size. For every full size standard, you can have 10 dwarf varieties and they will always produce WAY MORE every year when you combine them vs the standard. Pruning becomes easier, as you said, and you can literally control exactly how they grow with MINIMAL effort.
Fruit tree get more delicious the older they are, I have 30 years old water apple tree and it was the most delicious rich taste ever, no 2 years can compete with it.
Good bacon, Stella.
How about the fruit? Is it still good?
Yep! Gonna have a bumper crop! Making cider!
But Traders Landing Way over caught the right limbs off and on the right side of the tree
What do you use to keep deer away
Irish spring soap! And my dogs!
Stella was my favorite part
Never seen a dog eat an apple like that lol
It was an wolf...
I would think it would be easier to harvest since they are a bit smaller.
It definitely is! I only need a small step ladder.
Would dwarf fig or almond tree varieties have short life span?
What state are you growing these in?
The mountains of NC
@@WhistleThicket thanks. Could I grow any of these in south FL?
Do you recommend trying to find dwarf trees from Nurseries or just to buy online? Im having trouble finding nurseries that know what the rootstock actually is.
Generic nurseries may not deal with true dwarf species, online can work!
@@WhistleThicket yeah most I’ve seen at my nurseries are the Dave Wilson ones. I appreciate those because the at least call out the rootstock
Dwarf pig and dwarf trees
And a white house full of jews
good info, i got some planning for the next 15 years :'(
You sure can't be accused of getting to the point..
Please find another channel to watch, get!
trees die ? wtf
Please shoot more of Stella eating fruits
dwarf fruit trees suck. id rather have the regular size ones that nature intended
mmmm bacon...
sea sickness
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Do you have to plant 2 peach trees together?