How to plant a tree so that it grows 3 times faster. Root training method. 

If you have to wear a mask to use compost you aren’t using good compost.

right? like.... HUH?!

I think the holes are made by AI. Unreal.

square hole is best- roots wont circle.

Don't be a square...😎​@@paullhirondelle1188

This was the wildest most appreciated turn of events hahaha

I only waited for the stripshow...🤣🤣🤣🤪🥰😎

Legit

Ill admit i waited thru the shit to here the sarading you spoke of and it was awseome start with the song

Serious fun!

Through the Tube.

He done a good job.

He cut it with a compass

Yeah, I noticed that too.

Pretty sure tge hole was dug with a power auger and not by hand.

Thats pretty much all I noticed. I was very impressed

That’s pretty cool bro 👀💪🏼🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Enjoyed your comment 👍

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So gor that 2 feet trunk the hole was 2 feet deep and 2feet wide(diameter)?

I am thinking that the time it was doing nothing, it was probably focusing it's energy on its tap roots and secondary roots. Which Is exactly what this gentleman was saying it will do. Pretty cool

Read this comment at 3m in, skipped to 6m. Wasn't disappointed.

Yeah. He's bit anal. The perfect circle, measuring tape, two separate water vessels,... We always added sand to the soil. Water drains right down, added compost as it grows,...

Thank you George. I don't mess around with my round holes. I take them seriously... I measure... I care... I squeeze my butt cheeks together and hold it... all day. I implore you to check out my square holes as well. I just uploaded and updated this video, but this time I dug a very perfect, serious, measured, and caring square cone shaped hole as retained it all with strain. Feast your eyes upon my latest video for perfection personafied. :P

@@geraldj3623 what kind of soil are you adding sand to? How much sand and what kind of sand would be that?

@@lovehorses2669 Hi. You can add regular ol sand to your soil. That will help to break up the soil. The small particle of sand will get in between soil and break it up, increase drainage, and help to aerate the soil for good root development. Especially good you grow root vegetables, Like carrot. The need loose soil to grow down.

A perfectly round hole is not good. Also the water that sitts in the bottom will become anaerobic lacking oxygen. Just look up International society of Arboriculture.

It has 131 now. 😜 You’re welcome. These comments put a big a smile on my face and warm my heart.

923 now--and I just subscribed, too!! what a cute dude, right?

2.1k now

Clearly the algorithm suddenly noticed it, because it has 4.7k likes now. Including mine!

@@rodshop5897 yeah, pretty sure watching the entire video to the end, pressing like and commenting jump starts the algorithm

He is showing the tree some love

Love it! :)

i didn't believe you until it happened

Lol...sing it!

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Observing fallen trees, the roots do grow outward, but I believe this method promotes the primary tap root to dig as deep as possible. This helps the tree wick moisture from deep below on those severe drought years. I think the concept of both deep hole and your method of digging out wide is a good concept.

He did insist that this was done for "root training". I'm going to try it.

I need a method of growing trees slower. They are getting too big.

@@seanleith5312 depending on how soon you start pruning, you can have a tree be as small and manageable as you want.

Hey Fatal. Thank you for the kind comments. Make sure you check out the follow up and update I recently uploaded for the most recent information. There's more icing on that cake as well. :P

This is actually wrong! Read a book from ISA

Trying to tell people on here that don’t know will find out the hard way when the tree dies after 5 years. This video is not good advice for long lasting strong trees.

The roots will go out horizontally anyway; there's no way to stop it. His cone idea may or may not be the greatest, I don't know. Like you mentioned, there are different methods for different local conditions and the tree being planted. But it's all food for thought.

@@NurseryEnterprises I've done research on this. So have a ton of my permaculture Buddies. Nearly all soils are compacted unless you are just cutting down an old growth forest and then planting trees immediately in The Amazing soil an old-growth Forest that has lots of Duff. I have seen in experiment after experiment that adding radial soil slice lines increases root expansion time much faster horizontally and those trees after 5 years are sometimes twice the size of one's without radial lines cut into the soil. And the greater number Radial lines makes a difference at the speed of horizontal Root spread when you factor in both the total horizontal area group coverage, as well as the total distance from the stem of the tree. These these radial lines are especially effective for situations where the trees will not be mulched annually over the roots. And we've even learned that you can water in a way that encourages this horizontal root growth by watering just a few of the radial lines when it's dry so you can get those roots to travel through the slice cracks made in the soil of radial soil slicing. I tend to follow the people I know that do hard science instead of just speaking perspective not based on hard data. Especially when we see the same results when the experiments are repeated over and over.

@@brianwnc8168 But how long these cracks remain effective/penetraable - the first year ?

​@@brianwnc8168I'm interested in learning more about this. Have some links or resources ?

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Actually a proven fact plants respond to music and this is the best. Ya wouldn't want your trees to listen to rap or they'd become punks 😂

@@bonnieblenders4606 I put on classical music for my plants.

@@sburgos9621 yes! I notice a difference in my garden when I put my music on. Now if I can only figure out what music the gophers don't like🎶

@@bonnieblenders4606 I have the same problem. I spoke with someone who removes animals humanely and they told me that gophers hate the smell of rags soaked with bleach or human urine. Also told me that they hate mothballs but mothballs are probably toxic for the soil and people/pets. You can buy some cheap cameras to see where they go and some solar powered motion sensor lights for nighttime. The gopher I have is very active around 3am but I wouldn't have known that if not for the lights and cameras.

Just pour compost or worm tea down there (diluted)

This is actually wrong! Read a book from ISA

Excellent idea and wonderful video by Growing Together.

Tree roots penetrate concrete. That smooth sides is nothing

Good info, but have to give him credit for digging a good looking hole

Square or round don't mean shit! Roots will go where they need to go, A square hole makes no difference.

@@hartzland7658 he owns a pool and grow grass so how the hell Who would listen to this fool.

Spoiler alert!

Deep watering better mimics nature and that's what most tree are adapted to in many climates. Tropical climates can have both frequent light showers and heavy downpours but often have shallow soils where heavy rains just runoff instead of penetrating below the surface. The important thing to understand and remember is that surface soils often dry out rather quickly through evaporation but subsurface soils can last longer and any tree that has Deep roots is going to be healthier, stronger, more beautiful and fruitful as well as more resilient to weather extremes. I appreciate your reminder on Deep watering, just don't forget to set a timer or you may forget to turn the water off. After all, we don't want to waste precious water in today's world of weather extremes like droughts for example.

Kiora. Bamboo is great for erosion grows fast and those root balls or almost impenetrable one well established but make sure you get the clumping varieties they make great walls

Holy cow Bat man! Good stuff.

Please explain the inspection chamber you have mentioned. How can one inspect through the tube?

@@vijayak2470 It’s typically a 4” perforated pipe, wrapped in filter fabric, that’s installed at the edge of the root ball when a new tree is planted. It’s as long as the tree pit that was dug and it allows someone to look down into it to see if there is water. Sometimes the topsoil looks dry but there is water pooling below. You can typically see down into it during the day but if not, use a flashlight. It should stick up an inch or two and have a removable cap or grate so it doesn’t fill up with debris. It helps determine how much water a tree is receiving. Sometimes overwatered tree’s seems as if they are under-watered. It shouldn’t be watered so much that the root ball is always saturated with water. Before planting a tree, it’s best to fill the whole with water to see if it holds water or drains. If the whole doesn’t drain fairly well, you should put some sort of drainage system. I usually dig the hole deeper and put perforated pipe that is either connected to a storm water drain line or to a French drain. The perforated pipe is set in a layer of drain rock (8”-16” deep) and wrapped in filter fabric (so it doesn’t get clogged). If you can’t connect the pipe to drain somewhere, you can put an inspection chamber all the way down to the drain rock so you can pump the water out as needed.

Hi Bat man. Would deep root watering benefit potted plants?

Water from below?

Thank you Sergio! I just uploaded a follow video for the trees and an improved update of the method with new lyrics for the song. :P

Thank you for your input.

I don’t agree with the idea of digging a deep narrow hole. It should be just the opposite. Dig hole just deep enough for root ball and 3 times as wide as root ball. Don’t backfill hole with anything but native soil and make sure root flare is not under the soil level.

@@jameslippert3523 I concur, the majority of tree roots are found in the top 12 - 18". The feeder roots are typically found within a few inches of the surface. It makes the most sense to make the hole wider than deeper and encourage lateral growth. I've seen too many trees needlessly die in clay soil because of digging a hole too deep and/or backfilled with soil conditioner (pine bark) and non-native mixes that trap too much moisture within the clay pond they created.

@@GrowingTogether we have solid clay, they used to make clay roof tiles out of it in the next property, so its difficult to get trees started. Like the idea of the clever watering.

Right on James! You listed most important planting facts of all today. Especially with 100% of nursery trees arriving already to deep in root ball.

On the face if it, your statement seems to make good sense, however, it depends on the environment as well as the species of tree your talking about. A small basin in a dry or Mediterranean environment like Southern California would be beneficial for almost all trees as our climate is predominantly dry and short periods of rain would not harm the tree but benefit it greatly as the basin would serve as a catchment thus capturing water and allowing it to slowly sink in. A welcome thirst quencher to any tree in a dry climate and especially a drought. Having said that, if your watering your tree on a daily basis this could present a problem. The beauty of this method is that your are essentially training the tree to seek water stored below the surface, especially during dry periods. That way the tree becomes strong and capable of surviving without being watered by you. That's kind of the whole purpose for his method in my opinion. He did after all mention that once the tree was established, after a couple of years, the watering tube should be removed.

Yes settling can cause many issues.

@@Halopa60 Too bad your logic is missing a few key factors.

@@popeyedog1087 You are right!!!, actually, it will cause a LOT of issues.

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I just uploaded a follow up video and and update to the method. It premiers tomorrow but it’s already visible on the channel. ☺️

Admit your wife did most of the work lol

@@strictlyyoutube6881 She did!

☺️Thank you.

Glazing digging hole smooth when using shovel actually causes roots to hit surrounding soil and bounce back toward tree. And why is best to score and rough up sides of hole. Also today's best practice planting method involves digging hole only as deep as needed and double wide in order to help Roots strike out.

New Jersey. Garden state ftw.

Sacramento CA. There’s nothing like 10,000 years of river silt to build up a finegrained mineral-rich soil.

If in the Midwest, it's pretty much Nebraska and south.

We have it all here in the south.

Ikr where I am I can't stick a shovel in the ground without a clang

Obrigado pelo seu comentário. Acho que também é uma informação muito importante hoje. Tento adicionar um pouco de entretenimento também, mas o conteúdo é o que importa.

@@GrowingTogether BR? Or just Googe translator? Saudações desde o Brasil ! 💥🇧🇷

great idea , thank you.

Thank you

Thank you Axel! I just uploaded a follow video for the trees and an improved update of the method with new lyrics for the song. :P

Thanks... it’s a surprise for the loyal few. 😜

Yes , there whole time I’m thinking that this tree will be sunken in 2 feet within the rest of the year as well as it already sitting low.

I made my comment about playing it too deep before I read your comment. You’re right on

@Yggdrasil Yes it is

No it didn't sink ....in fact he built a chandelier on this tree and his children are playing around ...all in about 8months just coz the technique made the tree grow 3x faster.!!!

why it that? bc of the rain water force?

Northeast Texas here.. you live near by? You have a RU-vid channel? I'm on the search for experienced advice specific to my area!

@@RootsAndWings yes in the southern DFW area but no YT channel. I would be happy to help though lots of practical experience

Yeah, I’ve only had one Apple tree die out of 7 Apple trees and 2 pear trees planted in my yellow clay in the UK.

@@Infiniti25 I lost a few last year, but they were cheap, bare root trees. So far, all the ones I planted this year have lived. I still have more to go, though. But this late in the spring, they're probably going to have a harder time of it. But every year, I get further ahead. Now, if I could just learn how to root tree cuttings. I haven't had one success with that in 2 years.

@@kerim.peardon5551 look up the channel JSacadura on RU-vid, he has lots of grafting videos and I believe he does a large variety of methods and large variety of fruit tree types in different forms. I know he talks about grafting onto rootstocks, he may also show how to create new rootstock. I bought all my trees in pots with soil/compost already with flower buds developed, so never had the bare root bedding in problem.

Sounds like my garden. The soil looks like glacial till. It would truly make for wonderful structural concrete. 😭

@@geoengr3 Mine near the house isn't too awful; good enough to plant in, but not 4 feet of impossibly perfect, Garden of Eden soil like in this dude's garden. But down near the creek, you can dig that stuff out and make fine pottery from it. Looks just like the clay we had in our clay class at school.

Agreed

Why remove the pipe? I have used the same method and left the pipe for 20 years. Also, why have the pipe sticking so far out of the ground? I cut mine off just a few inches above the ground. It works great to prevent erosion control in sloped areas.

It's got a cap bro...still anaerobic

I think the aerobic roots will rush down to the pipe level and then it will continue further down into anaerobic zone so the long term effect is that water is delivered to the center of the total root mass and not the bottom of all the roots. That said, I have not tried this but it's really interesting. I wish he had planted another same sized plant without the pipe as a control for long term comparison.

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Save your time by not doing this, he didn't even plant the tree right, you can't see the root flare/crown. Also, creating a perched water table isn't a great idea in the long run, and amending the soil isn't necessary. Find a tree species that will grow well in your soil, dig a hole, wash the medium off the tree and prune the roots if you need to, put it in the hole and mud it in. Give it some support for the first year if it needs it. It really doesn't need to be more difficult than that. Entire forests have grown without PVC pipes running down to their roots.

yup

I totally agree with you, i did it this way and my apple trees grew massively in the last two years

I should have noted that mulch is the best fertilizer. Just dont bury the crown, keep it 6-12” away from the trunk, pile it deep and keep it moist!

@@lorenluyendyk5800”…don’t bury the crown…” but also “…bury it deep…” Jesus man, what do you want from us?!

only shredded hardwood mulch... other mulch that are dyed are typically shredded pallets and will actually pull nutrients from the soil; @@lorenluyendyk5800

This video is actually wrong! Read a book from ISA. I would like to see a follow up video on all these trees.

So did I. 😏

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Same, except I start hitting rocks about 2"-3" in...but I live in Vegas.

Same I thought man thats a nice round hole and really deep haha. At my garden u can dig like 30cm deep than u hit rocks

Like he was digging a hole for a putting green. It was so perfect and crisp. A 3 foot wide golf cup.

Same here but I live on the soadw of a hill lmfao

This is actually wrong! Read a book from ISA

Thanks! Check out the update and follow up video that premiers tomorrow.

That’s even better. With really hard soil you might want to water a bit less frequently because it retains the moisture a lot better. Make sure you keep a good eye on the tree so that you don’t over water.

i think they will have the same result. he is giving water to the anchor roots while ignoring the feeder roots (that clay soil looks quite hard also). this method is dumb and useless

@@regnbuetorsk, I think a watering spike would be a better option. Then you could move it from tree to tree, and not have a bunch of ugly PVC mowing obstacles sticking out of your yard.

absolutely yes. and i would till the top soil all around the tree and add good compost. also, i don't like to see the little trees in a "bowl". the root flare should stay on top of the soil, and that bowl is a guarantee that the root flare will be covered by soil sooner or later, leading to rot

@@regnbuetorsk you wrote the comment I was too nice to write, but it had to be said. Dont do this folks. Also, dont mix 50/50 clay soil and compost or “garden soil” your tree will sink especially in hard soil after a couple of years. Add lots of mulch, 2-8” the more the better, 6” away from the trunk and water less often but deeply. Read a book on gardening, don’t do this folks.

I've had that "experiment" on my citrus trees and it's actually 3 3ft PVC pipes all the way in. It keeps the soil very soft and the trunk looks the biggest. Also fruits great. Going to do the whole lot.

Sí...tendrán la típica reacción de latinos: "es que los gringos están tan avanzados" .... (yo era igual...hasta que me dí cuenta y hace un año y medio fui a gringolandia...)

Im a crazy black lady with 15 fruit tree babies. I love them.😍 Let them talk😏

@@gusper314 no entendí ¿Los gringos son muy avanzados o no? ¿Y qué significa "latino crazy"?

Im a polish man crazy about his garden, both trees and herbs alike. Doesn't matter your race brotha. We're all the same.

What about urine for lemon trees?

False

@@timothymarino69 do tell

@@timothymarino69 Tim Actually Owe my life is %100 correct. He just said it a little bit wierd. Square hole Yes!!! native soil at bottom yes.

Thank you for posting scientifically backed information

@@DeannaHerald most important I didn't mention... Follow trunk down to root flare. Root flare needs to be above ground, roots below. If you burry the root flare you are likely to get decay into the cambial tissue and eventual root rot.