Went to the shops today to pick up some trees and followed your advice . I got chatting to the lady over trees . I got her number and now we banging many thanks bro 😆 😉

Here in Australia, we can buy "fruit salad" trees. They are, grafted trees, but instead of just one graft, they have multiple grafts. So for citrus, you could have 4+ grafts, which could include; a lemon, an orange, a mandarin and a grapefruit etc... they also can be kept small by growing them in a pot

@sharoncourt75

4 жыл бұрын

I have 1 in 4 pair tree

@theconsciousmovement9669

4 жыл бұрын

ohh, ive been looking for some! where did you buy them from? (im in australia too)

@sharoncourt75

4 жыл бұрын

@@theconsciousmovement9669 the pair came from a garden center here in kansas Jhonson, the only other place i will trust to buy so.ething like this is Onegreenworld in oregon, excenlent trees they have 3 in 1

@kiki29073

4 жыл бұрын

Those were popular here for awhile.

@cristinamathew2250

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s cool

One good thing about big box stores keep the receipt if it dies within a yr you can get it replaced for free.

@SenzuBeaner

4 жыл бұрын

Case G is that so? So the warranty from Home Depot is a year?

@xRelient

3 жыл бұрын

Lowe's would give me 1/2 my money back when mine died, unfortunately for them their stock was 75% off. So I got 2 trees instead of the dead one

@robertbrawley5048

3 жыл бұрын

Lowes in gainesville va will give me a new tree or dicount on a new tree if I purchased the failed tree at half price Southern States has refunded failed trees as well one year guarantee one year but. Mine didnt last two weeks

@miquelmontgomery2542

3 жыл бұрын

Technically not for free because you’ve already paid for the tree, your just switches it out

@kiwipaws1626

3 жыл бұрын

Is big box stores the name?

Nice one mate - I caught the passion for growing fruit trees about 5 years ago, now I've got just over 50 peach, nectarine, cherry and citrus varieties in my little backyard in the Adelaide Hills

@lauraallen7755

5 жыл бұрын

Hey neighbour! Just catching a the gardening bug here in Strathalbyn 😁

@70sfred1

3 жыл бұрын

Do peach trees and nectarine trees cross pollinate with one another?

@chocolatechipslime

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see that yard of yours

@simonhenry7415

3 жыл бұрын

@@70sfred1 peaches and nectarines are pretty much the same genome, so sure they will, but most of the varieties we have these days are self fertile so no need to worry

@simonhenry7415

3 жыл бұрын

@@lauraallen7755 hey there Laura - glad to see a fellow neighbour on this channel!

I am SO glad I didn’t buy fruit trees yesterday. I am confident now thanks to this video. Thank you so much!

Great vid! Smaller trees, for the win! Something I've found tough with Big Box vs. nursery is that Big Box is often missing important information (don't know rootstock, cultivar type, etc).

Thankyou so much for your time to educate the public especially New gardeners like me 😃 I have shared your video to all our friends who are interest to have fruit trees in their garden this summer 😉

Perfect timing for this because I was going to go look for a couple trees myself! These were amazing tips. THANKS!!!!!

Glad you're planting peach trees. I've planted a new nectarine and three plums. The rest of my fruit trees are looking pretty good as well. This is great info. Loved it. thanks. God Bless you, Bertha in TEXAS

Thank you man. This was great information for me who has had some what I thought was bad luck purchasing fruit trees from this type of store. Grateful 😁

Oh wow Luke ! I thank you for all this valuable information. Perfect !

Getting ready to buy some fruit trees and glad to have this information. Thanks as always!

Thank you Luke, great information. Happy planting.

Thanks for the important information on choosing fruit trees, Luke!

I like your take on the fruit trees but I have a comment for you my friend for 25 years had one which was a peach tree in his backyard and it produced so many peaches every year in the Warren Oakland County area that it was just fabulous and the peaches were delicious keep going with the great garden information I use and like how much you explain what you do

Oh wow....this was some very helpful and important tips thanks for sharing

Super informative! New nothing about buying trees, now I do! Thanks!

Great info!! We are cleaning up the family farm and we have 2 very old pear trees and 2 what my grandma called spice apple trees. I want to create an orchard and plant so many varieties......this info has been great, informative and helpful. Happy Homesteading! ~Shaina~

I don't know how I missed this wonderful video 3 years ago. Better late than never.

I just got 3 peach trees last week! You’re complete growing guides have been super helpful! Watching from Alabama!

@brittanymcdonaldbarr1106

3 жыл бұрын

I’m from Alabama as well. What kind/ variety did you get?

Thank you Luke? Shared big time. Blessings!

Great tips. One I'd like to add is READ THE LABEL. My local Lowes had a fairly decent selection of apple trees that actually do well in my area, but they were STANDARD size! I don't have a lot of space and I always plant semi-dwarf.

Have been growing fruit trees for a good while now and after watching this its opened my eyes to what im acatually selecting for my graden. Shape, variety, quality, can it hekp another tree already in my garden. Thinking ahead rather than for the now. Great detailed video thanks very much and keep up the good work!!! Kind regards Paul

Hi Luke! I love your vids! I saw a few recently by happenstance that were vintage MIgardener. One was an orchid vid (hi LARRY!) and one about saving tomato seeds filmed when you were in high school still living at home. Both were priceless! You’ve been at this for a long time!! Keep the great content coming please!!

@MIgardener

5 жыл бұрын

8 years and counting!

Great info! The lower shoots are called suckers. I didn't know that about buying them when they are too leafy.

So much valuable information for my first video on this. Thank you so much!

SO glad I found your channel!! Thank you for the info

Excellent informative video. Tons of good information squeezed in. Thanks

A lot of great information in your videos ! I am learning so much from you! Thank you for sharing !!!

Man i wish i knew where you lived in michigan... im here in St Joe and you taught me so much about the climate can't wait for the sun to come out and grow!

Wow, thanks Luke, really great information.

Great information. I'm lucky that I can go to a propagation fair near me and get grafted trees. I just got a honey crisp apple tree grafted on semi dwarf root stock and my Mother got a pear tree for $6 each. There were seed swap tables and plant swap tables. Plus a few plants for sale.

Perfect timing Luke! I’m wanting to get some citrus trees so this is very helpful. Thanks so much!

@jimb3093

3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever get those trees?

I learned so much from your fruit trees videos! I wanted to know if you were going to give us updates on your columnar fruit trees? And would it be possible for you to explain what the differences between dwarf and columnar trees are, as well as any things to watch out for when buying one vs a regular fruit tree like you did in this video? Thank you so much!

Valuable information for us newbies! Thanks so much.

Thanks so much for sharing, i looked at this video just in time because i am getting ready to purchase an apple tree with your help i will try to select the right apple tree. Thanks

Good information. When I bought my first house my backyard was bare. I went out and purchased some expensive plants only to see them die. Now I only buy pricey plants when they are on clearance. My favorite are plants that are half dead. The stores are usually willing to mark them to a fraction of there price. At the end of the season is also good. You don't get the best but if they survive the winter and some TLC you have a beautiful garden for a few dollars come spring. The bonus is playing doctor with the plant. With fruit trees for new gardeners make sure you buy a variety that is good for chill hours for your region. Big box stores are bad about this.

Thank You Luke for your videos My mom gave me a rue and a grape vine plant and in each of them were a very small peach tree growing so I have two peach trees now they are a foot tall and growing small branches my mother grows everything from seed and I'd Like to learn more about them.

Thanks for your such great advice because I was in my local garden hardware store🙂 now I know what tree to look for👍

@ethanandreassen6241

5 жыл бұрын

I'm commenting on my own message lol

enjoyed your video and I think you made a good choice on what fruit tree to purchase there very pretty

Thanks for the useful tips, I am planning to buy apple tree this weekend, this is just what I need🌿🌱✅

I'm in East Central Florida and bought a Red Ruby Grapefruit/ Meyer Lemon grafted tree from a big box store. It had blooms and it lost them after the transplant, which I am ok with. I wish I had seen this video before that, but it is still good information for the next trees I buy.

Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Our local nursery is in danger of closing...they do great business but they want to retire and no one has come along that would run it to the standards they expect. All of their staff have certifications in agriculture and/or botany studies and they want a new owner that will uphold that and their employment standards. They supply many towns in our region with plants for beautifying the cities and parks, so I hope they don't face the same fate as your local nursery. Thanks for all of your great tips! : )

Great information! I just ordered 9 fruit trees! Raintree Nursery in Washington state. They should be here soon! I bought heirloom varieties. I don't want to spray! I even got 2 Mini-dwarf apple trees! One Liberty and one Enterprise. The rest are dwarf. I'm 67 and I'd like to have fruit ASAP! They have some videos on KZread, with Wranglerstar. I found them years ago.

thanks for that info i been getting tomato plants from big box stores(The home Depot) and most times they die i looked for the ones with fruit growing on them already.

3yr old video but I needed this today thank you 📝

Planting my first apple tree this week and found your channel for some valuable info. It’s a “honey crisp” variety and i am trying to figure out a proper phosphorus, magnesium, potassium and nitrogen to give it ( it’s a heavy clay soil and i want to make sure the tree is supported but also not overwhelmed). Just learning that if I plant Peaches I’ll have to double up 👏🏼✅🙌🏼

Hey, Luke. Thanks for the helpful info. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA

Great info Luke! Thanks!

I buy mine online and have gotten the best trees from nurseries

@jessicaluna9743

5 жыл бұрын

heather Ellis hello what website?

@bobbrawley2612

5 жыл бұрын

I ordered 20 root stocks. Apple pear and plum from Cummins nursey of New York. About 80 dollars including shipment

@demetriuspowell29

5 жыл бұрын

@@jessicaluna9743 nature hills nursery

All my trees go in when they're dormant...bare root in winter. There's just too much variability in the spring with a tree that's broken dormancy early. And...bare root is cheap, just have to plan and do your research. I've got a list for next winter.

This is great! Thank you, it also explains why I might have lost my passion vine to shock. It was getting ready to bloom and go to fruit. It bloomed and then started to die instead :(

Wonderful tips, thanks!

Thanks for this info as I did not know what to look for I live in sturgis mich. I dont know much about tree planting .

@ChaosCoordinator123

5 жыл бұрын

Caught a few of your videos and found them interesting. Realized you are in my neighborhood and now I watch more! Feed N Seed is a great local, family owned place we have tried to support for years!

Thanks for the furit tree tip I know what to look for now.

Thank you for the good advice!

Excellent video as always! What advice would you give me about growing columnar apple trees on a 9th floor, southern exposure balcony? Should I attempt it and, if so, in addition to the recommendations in this video, what additional information would be needed to ensure success? Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Great information! Thanks!

Great advice as always.

You can order from some smaller stores online, theres some neat varieties you can find too

Hi, I live in Kern County, California's high arid desert. Apples don't do well out here, I don't know about pears. Our weather can get down to 19 ° in winter and 115 ° in summer. I do have a Nectarine I stratified from seed, and it loves it here. I have an almond tree which needs a second pollinator , mulberries, and an ornamental pear. I have been told that Pistachios do well out here, but I'm not sure. Thank you for your informative video I will definitely keep those things you said in mind when buying new fruit trees.

Great tips. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada.

Good tips its usefull! Tanks from the Netherlands 👍

Great video! I learned a lot. Thanks!!

Good concepts. In my area, there are really no apples or pears, but lots of citrus. Several houses on each block will have orange, lemon, and/or avocado trees. And the dormant tree thing I don't think applies -- I almost never see dormant trees for sale, but I think it's probably the zone.

Super helpful, thanks Luke!

Great video as always.💕🤗🦋💗💕

My husband and I are sitting here going, “huh...” Great information. I certainly will check out my local nurseries first before the big box store, but feel armed with information.

@bobbrawley2612

5 жыл бұрын

Nursery charge about 20 dollars more for the same size tree that is sold @if box store but a local nursey outside of Warrenton va has varieties that are not available at big box store. Honeycrisp apple and regina cherry are two examples

Really great tips! Thank you!

Thanks. That is very helpful info.

Great video! Can you make an update on your columnar fruit trees?

Another thing to watch out for is the rootstock. If you’re lucky they tell you semi dwarf, dwarf or standard. Most of the time they don’t, which usually means a standard tree. I personally haven’t purchased anything but a plum and a fig from a big box store. I like to know what variety of rootstock my trees are grafted to, whether I’ve purchased them or grafted them myself. I really like M111 for apples. If you want inexpensive apples, learning to graft (I learned from KZread) saves a ton. It’s usually $3 for a rootstock and $5 for a scionwood, and a scionwood will do several trees. This year I am propagating my own M111 rootstock, so that part will be free.

I got a peach tree today. Last one on the shelf was fairly cheap. When I was transplanting it the root ball partially collapsed. I was so frustrated with myself. I hope it still makes it though, I'm gonna wait before I buy another.

Thanks for the info. We're removing 2 gigantic pecan trees due to storm damage and disease. I've wanted to replace them with fruit trees but have been hesitant buying from Lowe's etc. Now I know what to look for! Thanks

@txredkim867

5 жыл бұрын

@ihave35cents thanks. I'm going to go get a couple now.

@txredkim867

5 жыл бұрын

@ihave35cents Ive been researching them and peaches are my favorite as well as apricots

@txredkim867

5 жыл бұрын

@ihave35cents yes, we have well fed squirrels around here. I watched one eat a baby summer squash right off the vine a couple days ago. They pick my cherry tomatoes, sit on the fence around my garden and eat them. I had to build an enclosed planter for my strawberries too, little stinkers!

@txredkim867

5 жыл бұрын

@ihave35cents lol...I like watching them

One of my favorite videos, besides crimson giant

Just got a few from rural king the other day gotta plant them today. I got a peach plum combo tree and a cherry and Jonathan apple gotta get another peach and a red or yellow delicious to help the other apple tree

@jeffereyhopkins750

5 жыл бұрын

I work at Rural King and most of our fruit trees come from North Carolina and Tennessee. I am zone 6, North Carolina and Tennessee are mostly zone 7.

Great info thanks Luke

Great info Luke !

Great video!! I want to put in a couple if peach trees, I live in SC Wisconsin, zone 5. Would there be one that you would recommend? Or 2😊 Thanks again for all your great information. I have learned so much from you!

At what point do you recommend pruning the top off the tree? Immediately after planting or should you let it establish for a year first?

Thanks, needed this.

Great video Thanks!

Very good tips. Thanks!!!

Awesome stuff! I have 1 blueberry Bush and it’s on it’s 3rd year in a pot. Should I get another Bush? Thanks!

Please say that you’re going to make a video vlog about pruning these trees!!

Stark bros. Countless peach and apple trees bought, always great trees and big producers.

Another great video. I’m looking to start a family orchard (homestead?) in fenton Michigan. I’m having trouble with selecting a specific variety for each of the fruits. Should I not worry about specific variety? It’s overwhelming how many varieties are offered. I’m currently planning for 20 trees; 4ea of two apple varieties, 3 peach, 3 cherry, 3 plum and 3 pear plus strawberry, blueberry, grape and raspberry. All to be a kind of ‘pick and eat’ variety. I’m finding that choosing based on soil, sun, size, yield, taste and harvest time is taking a lot of research.

I have several acres I love the video My first apple tree lives but it’s a dwarf and now pine trees have taken its sunshine away. I never knew to prune it. Wonder if what little sun it does get ... it can be salvaged ALSO I want to know how to stop a tree from growing too tall

Good info! Thanks.

Can you do a segment on late blooming apples. Am in Central NY and have a climate similar to MI, but am seeing more and more late frosts.

What do you think about the apple “twist” trees? We picked up a honeycrisp/gala twist tree and are excited to see how it grows and produces.

thank you for the information. very helpful.

Thanks for the great tips!

Thank you for the tips Appreciated

*Watches from Georgia* The fruit trees we get come from Tennessee and are always starting to pop late February/early March. It's actually really hard to get bare anything, we get dormant grapes and blueberries and similar but they just pop almost immediately and it makes it hard to keep them alive in the nursery. If a tree looks dead, I scrape the bark gently to see if it's still green. I wouldn't pay full price for something dicey though.

@bobbrawley2612

5 жыл бұрын

Same way here in Virginia suburbs of Wash DC no bareroot trees usually all potted

I plan to plant 10 more trees this year. This vid has helped a bit. I'd love to hear more about your views on citrus trees. When to give up on them etc. I have a few of them from the previous owner. im not sure if they are dead or just dormant.

@ryanissa3353

3 жыл бұрын

Citrus trees are deciduous meaning they do not go dormant during winter and keep their leaves. If there is a citrus tree with no leaves, it is likely unhealthy or dead.

I had no idea what I needed to look for until now! Thanks so much for the info! Being June 2, is it too late for me to buy and plant fruit trees this year?

Great info. My new orchard will be better with this info!

very helpful and timely..I am about to go to Costco to buy fruit trees but I dont have ground to grow. Can I grow them in pots. I plan to buy Cherry and Pomegranate?