“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” -Chinese proverb
Welcome! Today I am discussing Week 9 of my Master Gardeners training which was focused on the planting and care of landscape trees. It was an incredible lecture and I encourage you to check out a version of the presentation linked just below! 🌳 Enjoy!
🌳 Planting and Care of Landscape Trees by Pam Bone: https://www.uctv.tv/shows/Planting-and-Care-of-Landscape-Trees-Part-I-6673
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Realizing how little true info I really know and wondering how I’ve kept anything alive 🤣
Will a nursery take back a tree or shrub that’s had it’s roots washed? ❄️💚🙃
Thank goodness I did the right thing by girdling a black walnut tree I had growing randomly in my flower garden. It’s a new flower bed and the walnut tree was shading everything so because I really didn’t want another black walnut tree I girdled it and left it so I could grow a honey suckle vine up the dead tree. Also going to grow some sweet peas up the tree as well. We have four enormous black walnut trees in our back yard and it’s hard to grow anything near them because of the juglone the roots emit. It’s a real challenge for sure. ❄️💚🙃
Thank you Janey. ❄️💚🙃
So I am guessing that taking out the dead, diseased and damaged branches need to come out. As well as any branch that is crossing or rubbing need to come out. The water shouts and branches that are growing straight up would need to come out, as well as the suckers that grow at the bottom of the tree. Those are the ones that I look for and take out. Seems to help the tree for me. Thank you for all the information and I like to hear what the myths are as it seems to make sense for me and not to do. Enjoy the rest of your day.
Lol…..don’t shoot the messenger……made me laugh! Interesting presentation
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Thank you Janey you are teaching is An O MUCH! 🥰🥰🥰 Liz
Very informative 👏 👌 👍
Very interesting. I also watched the link you provided for Pam Bone's lecture and learned a lot. It was a ninety-minute video because they broke it up into two sessions. I haven't watched the 2nd session. I did a lot of, Oh No's. It is amazing when you think you are doing what is right for your plants/trees and find out you are "killing them with kindness" because some manufacturer spread the rumor, "You NEED to do this".
I’m so grateful you are sharing this information with us! I planted 5 peach trees on my moms property recently, then I saw this supposed expert and thought I did it wrong, I was going to go dig them out and do it again! 🙄 My mom always plants everything deeper than it should and it drives me crazy 😤
LOL so I did something right..I never add ammendment to my soil..
Hi Janey. I’ll find the time to watch her presentation. My initial take on this video was “in an ideal situation” this is how to plant it. If you are nearly 73 you may want to skip the 5 gallon tree stock and opt for a 24 inch or large boxed tree if you can afford it ….. just sayin’ I won’t live long enough to be able to enjoy that 5 gallon tree becoming a mature shade/privacy tree. 🤪
Also if you have a mature garden and have to replace a diseased or damaged tree or shrub buying small plants/trees doesn’t help the aesthetics of a mature garden. I guess common sense wins out in my more mature world.
Great class today, thank you for sharing all your info!
I always like to buy small shrubs and trees. It's fun watching them grow!
Great information about thinning cuts and heading cuts. It really makes sense when you learn the basics of tree care
Hi Janet! Long time viewer here in Southern California. I love your videos because of your enthusiasm, it gets me on my feet to garden (every time). Luckily what you discussed in this video was not new to me, only because I’ve been listening to a podcast called Garden Basics with Farmer Fred. Fred is a certified master gardener since the 1980s and he usually has a former horticulture professor Debbie Flower, talk and answer garden questions. They are based in Sacramento and have been helping fellow gardeners for many years.
Water in the hole thing is a good way to test how your soil drains. When I was creating a new bed I did that because the soil was so dry and compacted I had to use a pick axe to dig. I thought for sure I was going to have to amend in some way. Imagine my surprise when that hole drained well within the timeframe (can’t remember now how much water in how many minutes). I made sure the hole was pot depth and 3x the width then planted my hydrangeas. They are thriving. 🤯
Thank you so much,verry helpful.
Thank You for sharing Janey 🍃🌺🍃
Great information! Thank you!
Laura and Aaron from Garden Answer buy massive trees (not 5 gal) seem to have a good handle on planting trees. I wonder if she speaks only from a CA perspective. I am confused!
Excellent video! Enjoying the series very much. Definitely worth the time to research evidence-based info, whether for gardening or even our own health. So many myths (or "old wives' tales") & advertising gimmicks to beware of.
Hi Janey, really enjoyed this video, it's never too late to change and have an open mind to new ideas and ways of doing things. Funny, I just bought 2 bags of mycorrhizal fungi the other day! Now it's one less step to have to deal with , , ,
Interesting.
Thanks for this video. Just in the process of finding a new tree for the yard. So glad a 5gallon is the better option. It’s probably the only thing that will fit in the car 😂
Just the other day, I told my husband that I never add starter fertilizer when planting and wondered if I should start doing so. I'm so glad you're bringing this info to us! Many thanks and happy gardening! 🌼🌸🌷
Great video, Janey. Planting the smallest plant is always the best option because there are hardly any roots to naturalise. I always buy tube stock if I can and yes, these plants catch up within 2 years and I can see they look more healthy than those that I bought in a 20cm pot. The disadvantage of this is no wow factor initially
Great Episode!
Excellent info, thanks very much! Always looking for better ways to garden and listening to science based learning.
Since I'm doing so much wrong, now I am wondering if I should be mulching. And if so, with what type of organic material?
That’s how I garden. I like when I don’t have to amend the soil and I figure if it is a native plant then the good outdoors will be just fine as is! If it’s a plant that is not native to this area I give it the bare minimum lol. I do not like fighting with plants. If it’s not thriving it’s outta here 😂 on the topic of landscaping I took the plunge and uploaded my first video about landscaping. Wish me luck!
Great information. I just planted 2 trees today! Both are 10 gallon so I think I am good. I was feeling badly that I could not afford a bigger tree size. Now I am glad I was on a budget.😃 All of these tips are money savers. I have never used microrisal fungi. and I never add compost to plant shrubs or trees. Everything is happy in my garden. I'll save the compost for perenials and annuals. Thanks Janey!!!!
I’m very grateful to be a student in Janey’s classroom. I know I’m learning when I’ve said “wow!” a couple of times during this video. Such fascinating facts, thanks teach!! 🍎
Fantastic information!!! I really need to apply to a Master Gardener class in my county!!! I appreciate how much you've shared!! Thank you!!
Great video! I got to get out into my garden this weekend and your theme music was playing in my head as I worked. 😂.
Great video very interesting thanks for sharing
In pruning trees, Heading cuts are necessary as it is a cut used when you want to keep a tree or shrub from growing too tall or you want side branching. It also increases lateral growth and stiffens the branch to hold more fruit. It’s best to cut on wood that is older than a year. There is also what’s known as Bench (Selective Heading) Cuts – This is somewhat both the Thinning and Heading cuts combined as you’re cutting off the top branch (which is the terminal branch) from a lateral branch. This cut is used to make the lateral branch the terminal branch to promote outward growth versus upward growth. This method is good to bring down the height of the tree or shrub as it does not cause too much growth nor changes the shape. You don’t want to do too many bench cuts on a mature tree or shrub as it’s a better method for new immature trees or shrubs.
We have 100 metres of hedging to plant soon so thank you so much for this information, I will be buying smaller size plants now!
Hey! Great video! Someone sort of addressed this in the comments but I still wanted to ask to clarify about the heading cuts. Last year we planted some dwarf variety fruit trees in the backyard and all the videos I watched showed that I should make what I think are heading cuts by outward facing buds to help control the size and to help with fruit production. So I'm wondering if the rule of no heading cuts applies primarily to landscape trees which would make sense to me since you're not really focused on controlling the size of those trees necessarily.
So, I'm totally not shooting the messenger Janey. But I think it's interesting that the myth busting you gave from the master gardener was, "you don't want to do this because it MIGHT hurt the tree or plant". But if SO many of us have done it and nothing bad has happened, what's the point of being aware of "this MIGHT be bad"? Like I said, I'm not angry or trying to "shoot the messenger". I'm just saying, if you have bad soil and you have to amend your soil for a tree and it does amazing….didn't that just make the "myth buster" a myth itself? Because it didn't stunt it's root growth? Or how many of us have added water before planting a tree or shrub and the plant/tree didn't have any problem at all. If the "Might" only happens 1 in 1000 times, which is the myth? I use a root stimulator on most of my plants and trees (when I remember ;)), I don't know what's in it, but when I do use it at planting, my plants tend to do better than the ones that I didn't use it on, especially my veggies, like I said, I don't know what's in it, but it does seem to help the roots. I think in all honesty that ANYONE can find scientific articles that "back up" what they're saying. It doesn't necessary make it true. So if someone (even a master gardener) tells you you're doing something wrong, take it with a grain of salt. A master gardener once told me we can't grow blackberries in my city. And I said, tell that to my 5 thriving blackberry plants in my back yard.
Side note, I love your videos. You're so awesome and I love getting inspiration from you!