Fingers crossed!

He's a legend

Get the book by Jean-Marie Leapinasse and Evelyne Leterme; it'll teach you why what he did is wrong.

I've used this method with an apple tree and two damsun plums, since I have a very small yard. It's very effective for creating smaller trees for a backyard orchard, that produce fruit in a zone where you can reach without climbing on a ladder.

​@@paulmvn5431it's not wrong if you want a small tree for the backyard, but if you want a bigger, more productive tree you wouldn't want to use methods for small mini orchards..

I haven't pruned any of my trees as hard as he does. I can't reach the top of my semi-dwarfs, but seems much much more natural. I am 15 years in and having some disease problems from not pruning enough, but it has to do with airflow and fruit causing breakage rather than not pruning enough when they were small. Highly recommend the book The Backyard Orchardist if you don't mind slightly more natural pruning. I am fine sharing some fruit with nature.

Best of luck growing!!

Howdy neighbor, I'm also in zone 4 WI, and also planting first peach trees this spring! Hopefully we both have good luck and they survive the winter!

Best if you have 2 of any species, even if they are self-pollinating. They'll produce more that way. If you see peach leaf curl the first year you own it, make sure to spray it in the winter to prevent it the next season.

I am also from WI! Will be planting first apple tree this spring!

​@@crab_aesthetics I'm in a similar situation, have another month and a half or so till my fruit trees ship out. I just hope they all survive the first winter..

That is awesome!

God bless you too

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Great! I wish you great success!

Thank you!!

Can you cut the burlap away after you put in the ground?

@@user-ey2ei5yv3f the roots need to be in direct contact with soil so removing all the burlap after putting in the hole is fine. When you take the plant out of the pot, remove that nursery 'soil' which mostly consists of wood chips and perlite, rinse the roots to get it out. If your soil has a lot of clay and the sides of the hole are smooth/slick, almost glazed looking, score it with a hand trowel or even a fork because the 'glaze' will act as a barrier as well. Build up and slightly compact a mound in the bottom of the hole so the tree does not settle downward, eventually putting the root collar below the natural soil level. When you fill the hole with dirt (not compost), water well, adding more soil as needed and jiggling the tree to shake loose any trapped air and keep the root collar at, or even slightly above, ground level. The roots in this demo are straight. If your roots have curved from being in a pot, prune off the curve, you do not want roots curving as they grow, you want them to go out straight into the soil. Be sure to monitor soil moisture for a year or so, the roots arent deep enough yet to tap into subsoil moisture. It's also best to plant in the fall to give the tree some time to get established before the heat of summer, but keep checking that moisture. Also prune the top quite a bit. There has to be enough root mass to support the foliage above. At this point your tree may be looking pretty hacked on, but if you do the roots right, the tree will catch up and surpass anything you just take out of a nursery pot and drop in the ground. Don't fertilize for at least a year, if ever.

​@@user-ey2ei5yv3fyou have to remove the entire piece of burlap

@@user-ey2ei5yv3f part 1the roots need to be in direct contact with soil so removing all the burlap after putting in the hole is fine. When you take the plant out of the pot, remove that nursery 'soil' which mostly consists of wood chips and perlite, rinse the roots to get it out. If your soil has a lot of clay and the sides of the hole are smooth/slick, almost glazed looking, score it with a hand trowel or even a fork because the 'glaze' will act as a barrier as well. Build up and slightly compact a mound in the bottom of the hole so the tree does not settle downward, eventually putting the root collar below the natural soil level. When you fill the hole with dirt (not compost), water well, adding more soil as needed and jiggling the tree to shake loose any trapped air and keep the root collar at, or even slightly above, ground level.

It’s hard to beat!

Aw man, reminds me of climbing up my grandfathers pear tree to pick a perfectly ripe fresh pear, nothing store bought can even come close!

I love my locust trees! The flowers are amazingly prolific and fragrant! I also am waiting on my fruit trees...It seems a little late them getting here but...nothing I can do about that now. My microclimate has confuzzled my local fruit tree producer... Good luck and have fun growing!

Good luck!!

@@epicgardening Thank you!💓

Glad you like them!

I agree. I'd love a video for how to prune each type of fruit tree....peach....apple.....plum.....pear.......fig......

@@EP-qi8ed we will get those in time. There are a few other channels I like that have solid guides.

Avacado too.

Jacques stated in his video that he was trying the big hole method because he was impatient, and wanted fruit sooner.

Just like most things in life there are multiple ways to do just about everything.

@@Ni-dk7ni Good to know! Thank you :)

Maybe a high fence before trying again...8 ft. fencing...TALL order :)

@@Sue-ec6un I think you're right Sue!

Depends on the tree, you don't want them to block each others' sun. People usually recommend 10 - 15 feet.

Go to Dave Wilson Nursery online, click on the 'Home Garden' link and then 'Backyard Orchard Culture'. That shows you how to grow fruit trees in a backyard garden, planting, pruning to harvest without a ladder and acres of space. Following it helped me rethink decades of commercial agricultural thinking and made my home fruit growing a breeze. Thanks and happy gardening.

Es correcto

Gopherhawk is effective. Next level gardening uses n recommends it. Doesnt have other critters so not sure if it will work on them.

Check out the one on the coast of North Carolina-- I think he's the Millenial Gardener. He prunes & shapes his trees like crazy for maximum output in a small space. Not sure I could do it, but the tips are helpful!

Go to Dave Wilson Nursery online, click on the 'Home Garden' link and then 'Backyard Orchard Culture'. That shows you how to grow fruit trees in a backyard garden, planting, pruning to harvest without a ladder and acres of space. Following it helped me rethink decades of commercial agricultural thinking and made my home fruit growing a breeze. Thanks and happy gardening.

I have some Satsumas and lemons here in South Georgia I'm fertilizer right now end of Feb and in April and in June. They need nutrients now for the blooms and spring & summer growth.

Check to see if you are watering slow enough and deep enough to penetrate down through 10"-12" of the soil, then allow the top few inches of soil to dry before watering again. I chronically underwatered my citrus at first by going shallow and too often. The didn't really as a result.

Hope you enjoyed it!

Seems doable as long as you keep it well managed!

Be careful because roots from the tree will eventually invade your raised beds.

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It’s a trade off. They’re cheaper but slower to grow. But you can often get more varieties in bare root format

Ok thanks I might have to get some

If you wait to prune, the tree grows in a direction you don't want, which you then prune off, so it has wasted that effort. Pruning early gives the tree some "direction" about where you want it to put its energy.

I don’t think so. The roots just grow through the holes. Then if a gopher eats the roots it can’t get enough of them to kill the tree.

They grow through the holes.

They probably sell better that way. I don’t think everyone would buy a stick with a few roots on it. Plus it takes labor to do all that trimming.

@@lvthunder You're right...I'd be pissed if I received young trees where the tops were hacked off. I need a follow-up video on this in 2 years comparing this heavily pruned young tree to another young tree that is only lightly pruned. Seems too extreme to me.