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Transcript: Home Orchard
You know, a home orchard can be a nice addition to your landscape. Here in Texas, we have a lot of different types of fruit trees that do well if you provide them with a few, simple, basic requirements.First, a bright, sunny spot. Full sun is best, but at least six to eight hours of sun if you want to have good, fruitful trees. Secondly, they need decent drainage; you don't want soggy, wet root conditions so if your area tends to stay a little too wet, bring in some extra soil and pile it up to plant the tree on a raised mound in order to facilitate drainage.
Then you want to plant the tree properly. If you're using bare roots plants and you've got some long roots, don't wrap them around to fit in the hole, rather dig the hole large enough to accomodate the roots, or cut them off.
Firm the soil in around the roots as you plant the tree. You want to make sure and firm it in well and I like to put a little water in when the hole is about half full to settle the soil in. You'll see the air bubbles coming out and you want to remove those air pockets by watering it in well and firming the soil in well around the roots.
Then continue to fill in the hole with soil and use soil from the site, not special potting mix because this is the soil the tree's going to have to grow in. And once it's completely filled, make sure it's at the proper height you don't want to plant them too shallow or too deep. They need to trow at the level they were growing in the nursury.
Finally, add a thick covering of mulch to the surface. This deters weeds and keeps away the lawn mower and weed eater. By following these steps, you can be well on your way to a fruitful endeavor.
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July 6, 2006