Healthy Roots Create Healthy Chutes

COMMENTARY

• 3 Ways To Kill Your Fruit Trees
  • Planting in a hot microclimate (gravel, dirt, near block walls)
  • Don’t plant in grass lawns (grass fights for water)
  • Inadequate watering with drip irrigation (deep watering is needed)
• Greg’s 6-6 Rule For Planting
  • Create a 6 foot diameter basin
  • Place six inches of woody mulch in the basin for moisture retention and soil quality
  • Ground cooling plants around the tree: Cowpeas and/or sweet potatoes

Lets Get To Planting

COMMENTARY

• Components Of Healthy Soil
  • Air
  • Water
  • Living organisms
  • Micronutrients
  • Organic Matter
• Dig a square hole prevents root binding
• Tree hole mix
  • 60% planting mix
  • 40% native soil
  • 2 ounces Mycorrhiza for life
  • 2 pounds of Azomite for vitamins
  • 2 pounds worm castings for nutrients
  • 2 pounds organic fertilizer
• Plant the tree slightly above soil grade and cover with 6 inches of woody mulch
• Deep watering
  • Once a month in winter
  • Twice in summer
  • Use a moisture meter or long fiberglass probe to measure soil depth

Extra Tips For Success

COMMENTARY

• January is ideal to plant bare root deciduous trees because they’re dormant
• PERC TEST before planting to check for proper drainage
• Remove fruit in years 1and 2 to let the tree’s energy focus on root and branch development
• Fruit trees are a long-term investment potentially producing fruit for decades or even a century

RESOURCE

• Root Camp Course