Comments on: How to Plant a Fruit Tree https://modernfarmer.com/2020/02/how-to-plant-a-fruit-tree/ Farm. Food. Life. Tue, 14 May 2024 13:16:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Betty Waldner https://modernfarmer.com/2020/02/how-to-plant-a-fruit-tree/#comment-61885 Tue, 02 May 2023 00:22:38 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=70116#comment-61885 In reply to Khalil Khan.

Trees don’t grow in winter anyway, they are dormant. We have very short winter days also, but then snow and ice are covering everything.

]]> By: Khalil Khan https://modernfarmer.com/2020/02/how-to-plant-a-fruit-tree/#comment-38283 Sat, 19 Jun 2021 08:13:28 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=70116#comment-38283 my land is in Kashmir and there is not sun light more than 4 Hrs in winter season cause of Mountain area. which type of tree plant in this area are suitable.

]]> By: Gary Evans https://modernfarmer.com/2020/02/how-to-plant-a-fruit-tree/#comment-34953 Mon, 25 May 2020 10:00:36 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=70116#comment-34953 In planting a fruit tree, you must really find the perfect spot where it must be planted so that it will grow healthy.

]]> By: Teresa Doll https://modernfarmer.com/2020/02/how-to-plant-a-fruit-tree/#comment-32213 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 17:58:53 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=70116#comment-32213 I would like more information about pruning and do I need 1 tree ot 2. Thank you.

]]> By: Craig Steely https://modernfarmer.com/2020/02/how-to-plant-a-fruit-tree/#comment-29636 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:13:23 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=70116#comment-29636 Many things left out of this article. The rootstock of the tree is most important, especially with apples. Different rootstocks will have a different growth effect on the tree and all dwarfing rootstocks will need some kind of support. Also, apples will need some kind of cross-pollination in order to bear fruit. It is more important to have the graft union as high above the soil line as possible than it is to “orient it to the north.
Protection from rodents and rabbits is very important when the tree is young or you could find the trees girdled when the snow melts in the spring.
Soil fertility and pH should be adjusted before planting. One cannot rely on the magical microbiome to supply nutrients to a rapidly growing tree.
Good luck!

]]> By: Vasile -Ioan Radu https://modernfarmer.com/2020/02/how-to-plant-a-fruit-tree/#comment-29588 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:26:29 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=70116#comment-29588 A little more detail would have to be added : if you can , make the pit at least one month earlier . It is very important to form a suitable bacterial microclimate !

]]> By: Stephanie https://modernfarmer.com/2020/02/how-to-plant-a-fruit-tree/#comment-29584 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:35:03 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=70116#comment-29584 Great post! I live in central Massachusetts and we often get winter winds that’ll snap our 4″X 4″ fence posts off at ground level. No telling what they’d do to a new sapling. Staking is excellent advice for a noob like me!

]]> By: Derek Kingston https://modernfarmer.com/2020/02/how-to-plant-a-fruit-tree/#comment-29575 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 19:41:54 +0000 http://modernfarmer.com/?p=70116#comment-29575 Excellent advise you might want to mention that adding fertilizer to the hole will impair long term root growth. Also that if you use healthy trees you shouldn’t need to stake them.

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