How to Plant, Prune, and Irrigate Fruit Trees EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

How to Plant, Prune, and Irrigate Fruit Trees EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

In this video I’ll show every step you’ll need to know to create your own backyard orchard for season long or year-round fruit harvests. I’ll cover soil preparation, Irrigation, planting fruit trees, pruning young fruit trees, tree spacing and location, painting fruit trees, mulch, and much more! I’ll show each of the varieties I’ve selected foe year-round fruit production.

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All of my fruit tree selections from Green Acres Nursery and Supply in Sacramento California:
i. Flavor Delight Aprium -Early June
ii. L. Evas Pride Peach – late June
iii. Double Delight Nectarine – Early July
iv. L. Spice Zee Nectaplum – Late July
v. L. Shinseiki Asian Pear – Early August
vi. O’henry Peach – late August
vii. L. Li Jujube – Early September – Mid October
viii. R. Blackjack Fig Aug 10-November 5
ix. L. Panache Fig Late August – November 5
x. R. PINK LADY apple Mid October
xi. R. Giant Fuyu Persimmon Mid October to Mid November
xii. L. Fuyu Jiro – Late October to December

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50 Comments

  1. Skeptic Contrarian on June 10, 2022 at 8:55 pm

    Excellent video! Thank you! Just subbed and I now have a lit if catching up to do.



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  4. lovenotes on June 10, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    I have a Li Jujube, Fuyu Persimmon ,LSU in grow zone 8A- Georgia This is my second year and they are in pots because of clay soil. I amended soil and Li Jujube,Everbearing mulberry and Smith blood and they grew out of their pots into the ground ,sitting next to each other.



  5. Dorie Pennington on June 10, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    I agree, finally someone who lives somewhat closer to us. We live in Georgetown in the foothills of California. We just planted 4 fruit trees and not too late to do some corrective pruning. That is my job today, in mid-May 2022. Thanks for your wonderful informative videos with detailed instructions, e z to follow. We will be watching you almost exclusively since you seem to have the Know-How we need. Thank you for your channel. An Aprium is on my soon to buy list too!



  6. Ed InNY on June 10, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    Hello, I just finished planting about a dozen fruit trees here in the northeast US pears, nectarine, apples. What is the best way to keep insects from destroying my fruit without contaminating the fruit with harmful chemicals?



  7. mangisda on June 10, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    Please always cut away from your body parts. @14:10 could easily turn into a disaster.



  8. Tracy Konoske on June 10, 2022 at 9:03 pm

    Thank you! Very thorough!



  9. leslie stangler on June 10, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    what if there are no buds, and you cut the tree to knee length, will it eventually create branches?



  10. Bayou Chic Gardening on June 10, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    I’m impressed by your dedication to your dream.



  11. Laura Frey on June 10, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    Thanks for the great information! Did you plant dwarf, semi dwarf, or full sized trees? How did you decide which was best for your garden?

    PS – I recommend this video to anyone embarking on planting fruit trees!



  12. Scott Smitherman on June 10, 2022 at 9:05 pm

    Very Good very informative



  13. Lagom on June 10, 2022 at 9:06 pm

    I love your videos. what zone are you in? thanks



  14. Kyle Kayser on June 10, 2022 at 9:09 pm

    Great teaching



  15. Mr Dobalina on June 10, 2022 at 9:10 pm

    With the box cutters, cut away from your body.



  16. Anthony Lontayao on June 10, 2022 at 9:11 pm

    Thank you for sharing your video’s. I live in the Sacramento area and have the same hard clay soil that does not drain. I plan to add the same soil you did, but was wondering if I should till the hard dirt I have first and mix in the 50/50 compost and top soil on top? Also is it okay to plant fruit trees in the summer june/july in my 9B zone?



  17. Angela Matlock on June 10, 2022 at 9:13 pm

    The patience it requires to cut that tree in half then toss the fruit for two years! I have two apples, an apricot, and a fig tree on my back patio right now to plant tomorrow and the thought of it makes me so sad! But I really want successful crops and hope I can outsmart the deer and have an orchard in the next few years.



  18. Andrea Wortham on June 10, 2022 at 9:14 pm

    So no landscaping material/fabric needed?



  19. B. Chaney on June 10, 2022 at 9:15 pm

    That was informative. New Subbie



  20. leslie stangler on June 10, 2022 at 9:17 pm

    i wish I watched before I pruned before it rained…I will use sulfer/ clay for tree care.. I would feel bad killing the bugs w the outward tape goo/ and red balls, but I have a japanese beetle problem.



  21. Oversharegamer on June 10, 2022 at 9:21 pm

    Ok 30 minute videos are ridiculous



  22. Tyler W. on June 10, 2022 at 9:23 pm

    I see so many conflicting information on planting trees. I heard you are supposed to bury the graft otherwise the original tree it was grafted on will try and grow.



  23. George Sanchez on June 10, 2022 at 9:24 pm

    Excellent video Kyle !



  24. Shae Tanner on June 10, 2022 at 9:24 pm

    All the info I can find says that once you plant the tree, you need to prune it immediately(like you showed), then again after the spring flush of growth cut new growth back by half, and then a third time in late summer cut new growth back by half. But I have no idea when "after spring flush of growth" is. )’: May? June?



  25. MrsKehino on June 10, 2022 at 9:25 pm

    Very informative video.



  26. Yolanda Cree on June 10, 2022 at 9:25 pm

    Great video and information! Exactly what I needed to hear and learn. Thank you!



  27. No Bull on June 10, 2022 at 9:26 pm

    22:16 you meant to say balls height?



  28. Caleb Callahan on June 10, 2022 at 9:26 pm

    Here some other tips to increase planting success from my food forest!
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UgMV-XYgvQU



  29. Nei Haokip on June 10, 2022 at 9:28 pm

    Wow,, am also so inspired in farming



  30. Maya Sandler on June 10, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    Great tutorial! I would love to learn more about the first step – the soil. I’m just in the process of replacing the grass in my yard with fruit trees. I live in California, zone 9b and heavy clay soil. I saw in another tutorial video that it is best to let the trees grow in the clay because they get used to the soil and spread their roots, instead of growing them in the upper nice soil. What is your experience with these methods? I would love to learn what is the best approach as well as how much nice soil you added (in height) above the clay soil. Thanks!



  31. dan cheng on June 10, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    Hi could you give more details about how to prepare the soil? In the video you tested the drainage of soil and said it need be improved. And then next second you show the improved soil bed already. How deep should I replace the poor soil with compost? Thanks!



  32. James Sanford on June 10, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    I love your videos. You explain a lot of stuff. I’ve learned so much watching these. I’m starting my garden next spring. I also want to start a orchard with all kinds of peaches, pairs, apples, mulberries, grapes all those things. If you have any extra advice you would like to share about starting a new garden, like preparing hard, clay Kentucky dirt for a garden would be helpful. Also anything on the fruit trees. Thanks for making the videos.



  33. Chantal Tulliez on June 10, 2022 at 9:36 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this invaluable information. I started a Permaculture food forest here in subtropical Australia and have been researching how to prune my fruit trees to keep them small so I can harvest the fruit without climbing on a ladder. I have subscribed and I am looking forward to see all your videos regarding pruning your trees. Thank you again this user friendly video…



  34. Patricia Hefner on June 10, 2022 at 9:36 pm

    Are these dwarf varieties? I recently purchased two apple trees (Anna and Dorset), a Methley Plum and an Owari Satsuma also 2 mandarine orange trees. Curious if I can train non dwarf varieties using your training methods. (Viewer Following in Zone 8B Central Louisiana.) Thank you for sharing your videos.



  35. Danielle Pardiac on June 10, 2022 at 9:39 pm

    What did you do with your cut branches? Did you start new trees?



  36. James Hand on June 10, 2022 at 9:40 pm

    Thanks for the informative video. Are all of your fruit trees self pollinating??



  37. ABBATE 2 on June 10, 2022 at 9:40 pm

    You sir are a bad ass



  38. Jared Owen on June 10, 2022 at 9:42 pm

    Can you do a video on irrigation?



  39. ToneDeaf on June 10, 2022 at 9:43 pm

    13:52 getting a little careless with that blade pulling it right toward your Femoral Artery



  40. Kay B on June 10, 2022 at 9:44 pm

    What if you get a fruit tree those size from nursery but they already stared budding all over do we still cut it down?



  41. Meshell Trini on June 10, 2022 at 9:47 pm

    I need someone like you to help me with my mini orchard. Lord I do not know what I’m doing. Trees are flowering and some have fruit but they are so short.



  42. Edumacated Redneck on June 10, 2022 at 9:48 pm

    Omg the fact you’re from Sac too is amazing. Wife and I met in college there and now we are in Texas working on starting out own gardens/orchards!



  43. Mstrlink1 on June 10, 2022 at 9:48 pm

    Hi. I’m just starting my orchid and your videos helped a ton. All my trees are newly planted. Since working the soil and adding mulch and irrigation around I noticed a lot of earwig bugs hanging around now, like a lot. Seems like an over population of them now all under my mulch. What should I do? What bugs do and don’t you worry about for your trees? Thanks again and keep the video coming please, love your channel!



  44. Sensational lifestyle with Helen on June 10, 2022 at 9:49 pm

    I really love your videos, you encourage me on going forward with my dream in having fruit trees farm. I started buying fruit trees one by one..now I have 4 fruit trees. I see you start your orchard with 12 trees ,that really make me feel that I’m doing the right thing. Thank you very much.



  45. S Hall on June 10, 2022 at 9:50 pm

    love your orchard. Great video! I had a peach tree grow out of my compost last spring. I repositioned it into my front yard and now it is about 1.5 ft tall. At what age should I start to trim it? Live in zone 5 so ground is still frozen and last frost near end of May.



  46. Sinh Nguyen on June 10, 2022 at 9:51 pm

    Living Garden Trellis



  47. Mr Dobalina on June 10, 2022 at 9:51 pm

    Adding mulch to a new tree weakens the tree because the moisture is retained in the hole you dug. Don’t mulch directly over the plant and the roots will go searching for moisture and make a stronger plant.



  48. Kat A. on June 10, 2022 at 9:52 pm

    Best fruit tree video I’ve seen!!



  49. Sara Aarhaus on June 10, 2022 at 9:54 pm

    Did you order your trees online or pick them up from a local nursery.



  50. Kat Gilland on June 10, 2022 at 9:55 pm

    Would staggering the line have given each tree more access to sunlight? Would that make a significant difference overall?