Going bare

Planting bare root and fruit trees

Cool, cloudy, rainy days are great for planting or transplanting! Again, use weather to your advantage!

Bare-root and fruit trees are becoming more available. You might also order them from a nursery online and receive them in the mail.

Here are a couple good videos and an article. I'd also toss some Myke's in at root level when planting. They say it's like forks and knives for trees and shrubs, helping roots soak in soil nutrients.

Don't add plants around new trees - leave that bare except for some shallow mulch that doesn't touch the trunk. Also, when in doubt, plant too shallow versus too deep.

How-to plant bare root tree video. https://youtu.be/WTa453qiycY

Fruit trees. Looks like more trees planted a bit closer is better :) https://youtu.be/R23smdpvPmk

Covering ground around tree. Janet Macunovich is an outstanding speaker - especially on trees. She routunely “recues” trees that have been incorrectly planted - even those that are decades old! https://gardenatoz.com/what's-up!/main-features-this-season/new-tree-best-barefoot

Since trees are investments, it's good to know how to get them off to a good start! Great diagrams here https://www.mnla.com/resource/resmgr/docs/MNLA-WF18-PlantWellRoots.pdf

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