How to plant a fruit tree. Using Hugelkultur to grow a Fruit tree

In this video we show you how to use Hugelkultur to grow a fruit tree. How to plant a fruit tree. We love living off grid and growing our own fruit.
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[@goodlifesimple]

looking forward to seeing this tree next year with some branches

[@HippieHillHomestead]

Me too LOL. I think it will do well.

[@ziggyustar3137]

I have used hugelkulture all around the acre with great success thou I have a hugel mound where the rotting wood breaks down with the soil and turns the soil around it powerful in nutrients & wonderful to use for covering the gardens with or tea made from the soil for new seedlings(which I always add onions peels the brown shell around the onion is great for nutrients) When I plant trees I use the soil from the mound but never put wood chips or chunks into the hole perhaps on top to keep all the leaves from blowing away the covering w leaves is great protection for new trees. I only rake leaves to bolster the hugelmound./definition of hugel mound: a spot in the yard covered with plastic tarp or canvas covering old trees, sucker trees, broken off branches, any wood that was never treated or painted all laying in a mound of soil large compost site open to air and sunlight letting nature do her thing/ all things green are good

[@HippieHillHomestead]

Wow great info.Thanks for sharing. We have used Hugel mounds with great success growing flowers, vegetables,raspberries and blackberries.

[@OmegaBlueFarms]

I used this idea when I planted my first fruit trees. They didn't do so well. Many were stunted from root issues and some died. When I planted in plain gravelly sand, I had much better results. I top dress with chicken manure in the fall. I dig a hole at the drip line that I fill with wood and bones every 2-3 years. Sometimes I need to protect the roots from the chickens and have had good results using fishnet or wood as a ground cover.

[@HippieHillHomestead]

What issues did you have with the roots? Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@OmegaBlueFarms]

external foliage showed symptoms of either nutrient imbalance or disease. I found that when I planted bareroot trees into native sandy soil and then mulched with my composts, they got off to a much better start. It provided a buffer between compost and roots. Every few years, I will dig a hole or two near the drip line and fill with bones.@@HippieHillHomestead

[@helloneighbor11]

Maybe the wood was taking up too much nitrogen?

[@OmegaBlueFarms]

@@HippieHillHomestead I could not nail it exactly. But plants have a "look" when their roots are compromised. Almost resembles a drought response without being a drought response. .