Box Store Trees May Never Make Fruit

COMMENTARY

• Three things for successful fruit trees in low desert
  • Low Chill: Under 350 hours of low chill at under 38 degrees
  • Correct root stock: Planting the wrong root stock for low desert won’t make it
  • Soft flesh fruit off the tree by July 1st
• Apple tree talk!  Anna & Dorset Golden trees for apples
• Growing your own fruit tastes better at the peak of freshness

Value Of Fruit Trees

COMMENTARY

• Value of a fruit tree is the trunk diameter at the base of the tree.
  • Tell the age of the tree and how well it will be trans planted
  • First year roots, second year shoots, third year fruits
• How NOT to plant your trees
  • Hot micro climate
  • Around grass lawns
  • No drip irrigation
• Method to plant
  • Dig a square hole
  • 60% planting mix, 40% native soil adding Mycorrhiza, Azomite, Worm Casings, Organic Fertilizer
  • Plant 4 inches above grade in a basin of woody mulch
• Flood basin watering once a month in winter, twice a month in summer

Trees Need To Eat Too!

COMMENTARY

• Fertilization
  • Organic fertilize 4 times a year at minimum
  • One pound fertilizer per one inch trunk diameter around the tree basin
• Foliar Feeding
  • Delivers fast nutrients to correct deficiencies during growing season
  • Spray leaves, bark and branches. Safe for fruit
• Urban Farm’s Root Camp Step-by-step through the secrets of growing healthy fruit trees

RESOURCE

• HyKreations for foliar feeding