How to Select High Quality Bare Root Fruit Trees 

Thank you, my wife and I are in the middle of planting mutants delivered in cardboard boxes and some of last years leftovers from a local nursery. This video should be mandatory for 10th grade...... and all homeowners

Very informative. You don't mince words nor waste time. Thanks. I also like the brief intro you provided on each tree and the variety of trees you presented.

Great video and lots of information....of course, I'm looking at all the branches you cut off and hoping someone is thinking "yay! Cuttings to root more trees!!"

Thanks for the education 🙏

Great Job !

Thank you!

You people out in California Washington and Oregon have the creme de.la creme of retail trees. Retailers don't sell bare root trees on the east coast. Or if they have bare root like several apple trees from Walmart the the roots are pruned to fit in a 4 inch cylindrical bag. In other words they cut all the roots off. What is mostly available are potted trees in like two gallon pots 9 feet tall and nearly an inch in trunk diameter . Roots are extremely root bound , circling the pot and overlaping the rootstock so there is barely 3 inches of rootstock above the roots I like low branches and typically branching on these eastern nurrsey trees begin around 4 foot from the roots. I would like branches 8 to 15 inches from the roots and its a struggle to get branches to develop that low after purchase of the tree

I need to show up to the nursury when you're there.

More girth isn’t always better. Truer words were never spoken. Life lessons!

I love it. Great fruit tree nerd (that's me) discussion. One ask, please speak about the root stock type and reasons as you discuss the fruit tree variety; dwarfing, nematode, clay or rocky soil, etc. I do understand the need to stay on topic. Perhaps you've made a video on the rootstock already?

Great info ! I guess I’ve got some pruning to do 😜

THANK YOU Mr . Martin for sharing your knowledge .What is the name of the Apple tree that you said is the best , I like to buy it . Thank you

What are your thoughts on bud notching to promote improved branching structure? I've had a great deal of luck using it on my mini orchard.

That shop appears to have an incredible array of seedlings for sale. Anything like that in the NY metropolitan area?

The other day I replaced a rea rose that died over the winter in my rose garden. I have been munching my rose garden with Scotts wood mulch the last five or so years. The soil in my area is very poor and has a rather low Ph, so I must lime every year. As I was digging a new hole for the rose I was plantingI noticed many earthworms in the soil. This told me the Scott’s mulch had decomposed and was providing good nutrition to the soil. I have been using the same mulch around my fruit trees, somI expect the same results in their soil.

Can I get some varieties of Apple for plantation in Hunza, Pakistan.

Hi Mr Martin, what are your thoughts on container grown branched trees? Here in Australia I only have access to whips as bare root trees and the only branched trees are container grown. Thanks!

I see recommendations not to prune more than 20%. Is this just an older tree thing, or is it because most people don't know what they're doing?

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