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What spacing are you using for these, Sean? I’m planting mine at just 10’, knowing that at this point, I’m primarily planting for seeds to sell and seedlings to grow and sell. Hoping to have more room for a proper chestnut orchard in the future. Interested in your experience. Hey to Sasha, baby Zelda, Juan, the kitties and puppers!
Oh you could cut roots on dormant plants? Oooph. I planted a couple of elders that suffered all summer stuffed into a temporary pot full of wet peat. Their roots were massive. I tucked them into the hole I dug. Had I known to trim them some, confidently, i wouldn’t have “spinning” roots at the bottoms of those elders now. Went down to the lowest temp yet this morning, ground frozen but thawing as the weather gets ready to snow and rain and warm up some by Thursday.
Do you think with elders it’s ok to leave them in the ground with their big spindly roots? And can i plant in some perennials against them or leave their root system space for them? My other elders have many surface roots all around the trunk (might be a consequence of the j worms eating away all the surface organic matter & the roots continuing to search up for more, dunno, interesting to observe, I’m adding org matter, no shortage). Thanks and hi!
thank you trees.
We had chestnut trees in my backyard growing up. They are beautiful, and it's nice having the fresh nuts. Just be aware that the chestnut burrs will fall in abundance roll around all over the property, and they will destroy your feet (big ones have gone through my shoes multiple times over the years). If you ever have kids running around over there, be sure the parents know about the potential landmines. The worst thing is when a cute little 4 year old is running around in sandals and a burr gets stuck in their shoe. Just posting for anybody interested in these trees that might not be aware.
Love these techniques! My customers have oft asked why i dont dig a larger hole when tree planting-"Shouldnt the hole be 2-3 times as large as the rootball?" etc. What they dont notice is that we are using a metal spade to loosen the soil surrounding the hole much like a broadfork loosens a garden bed. It saves the time and mess associated with shoveling out soil only to put it back in. We deploy this method for bare root, container and even balled and burlapped stock. The soil conditions have to be right but it can be a real time saver. If we have to use an auger to dig a hole, this method also disrupts the sheer sides of the hole that can be troublesome for new roots to penetrate. Cheers from KY!
Did a similar method with some seed grown mulberries this year. Will have to try garlic and mint around them as some are very close to wild areas. No deer here but rabbits, hares, and voles are plentiful.
Those trees look amazing Sean! I love the fall and spring as it means time to plant our new friends into their permanent homes. Started planting catnip and egyptian walking onions around our new trees and shrubs this year with great success thus far as well. Next year I should have more garlic than I know what to do with so I think I might try that out too. Love seeing the propagation and planting videos this time of year. Great video as always!
I was planting some flower bulbs the other day and, having ordered far too much seed garlic, put little rings of garlic around them. Who knew I was so smart? (Voles at all of my potatoes except two, so I am forewarned.)
I like the voice over!!
Bamboo in your climate? What kind?
I just moved all my fruit trees from my old home last week im hoping they make it mine are alot bigger than this
Do you trim the trees back a little after planting?
Wow you guys are fast tree planters! I use hardware cloth around valuable trees because we have a zillion rabbits, but I will try putting garlic around the less valuable ones and see if it works. Thanks for the valuable info!💕🌿
Algorithmus take that.
Super helpful! I just received some bareroot chestnuts. I didn't want to plant them in my fenced garden/orchard because of how big they will get some day, but was worried about planting them where I wanted but couldn't water easily. Now I'll put them where I wanted.
Nice pickup bet it will run forever keep the rust off it. Oh and nice trees too!
Thank you so much for this video, so much useful information about planting trees that I'll for sure pass along! Those root systems look so healthy and the top growth is outstanding, nicely done and hope to see them in future videos! 😄
I have to think of some winter gardening video ideas, I can't wait til next spring to start a gardening/bushcraft/etc channel, watching this gets me too pumped to start connecting with those communities. I'm building a terrace out of paper bags packed with wood shavings and my poop from an indoor bucket system with stuff to stand on to allow for a healthy full squat while pooping, great morning stretch missing from modern life for most. And lots of sticks and leaves from the nearby woods. A large tree was felled so it lies horizontally against a steep slope so I started thowing sticks and leaves and dirt down there for fun and then started that humanure system and it became the obvious place to compost them. A legit terrace is forming quickly and easily, it naturally wants to swoop down the slope in a nice graceful curve to the stream. It'll be cool to catch some pics and video of it in the early stages, show the progression. Eventually going to plant small trees and shrubs and native perennials in there to get a yield, add beauty, and help hold the slope. Hazel and plum come to mind first, elderberry. Already have blueberry and raspberry up the slope and apple on a different slope, but might bring a couple dwarf apple over there as well because apple trees are awesome and they love VT. More flowers and bees and fruit is alright with me 🙂
Thanks for showing everyone how simple and easy gardening is. It's also as deep a topic as you want to take it, but the basic actions needed are super simple. In VT, all people need to do is pick an area with good light not in a super wet spot, lay thick piles of leaves where they want garden beds, and surround with a thick mulch of wood chips. Wait through one winter and rake back the leaves when they thaw to help warm the soil and you have a fertile garden of beautiful rich soil just waiting to give you good yields. I just seed or transplant in there and bring the leaf mulch back in as they grow. I might water if there's a weird drought, but usually don't at all. If you get them started in the wet spring and keep a good leaf mulch, the soil usually stays plenty moist here for strong crops. It still works well in AZ too, you just have to water, and it's better to think of depressions instead of piles in the desert vs wet climates. You need drainage in the wet, and to gather/hold the moisture in the dry, pretty basic idea really, but it works wonders for system design, like with the changes in water capture in Tuscon due to that permaculture guy changing the laws because the preexisting design was obviously stupid by comparison. He demonstrated it by just doing it, gathering water, growing things, getting his community involved, so badass 🙂
iv been hiding trees with lemon grass.. works great 👍🏼👍🏼
Garlic and mint sounds good. I have to try it.
I transplanted some catwaba from my garden beds to a fence line.
I layed them in a ditch sideways, their tops pointed towards the fence.
Threw dirt and leaves ontop, then rolled a log over the roots😂
The same day I bent a mattock trying to dig a hole for a purchased tree.
Its still not in the ground !
I got a few saplings a couple falls ago. Our soil is poor so they're growing slowly, not even 4 feet tall yet. They've each started growing as three lateral branches with no central leader. Do you have advice on how best to prune / train a new leader?