How to Plant and Prune a Bare Root Apricot Tree || Black Gumbo

ts time to plant fruit trees in Zone 9a on the Texas coast. Dormant bare root trees are the most cost-effective way to get a quality tree and to start out right. Join Sam and I as we plant our newest fruit tree, an Apricot, in our backyard micro-orchard where we are practicing Backyard Orchard Culture.
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[@foodforestretirement2799]

Nice tree and good bareroot planting!

[@VagabondAnne]

Sam's voice has deepened! I guess time has passed!

[@tangell481]

Hi Scott wow Sam has grown since I saw him flame weeding great video info guys

[@IVOrganic]

Fantastic demo on planting a bare root fruit tree! Keep up the excellent gardening content Scott & Sam! Your newest subscriber!! Charles 🌱👍

[@ScottHead]

I use your products and just ordered a new batch. Thanks for coming by.

[@sandraoconnor5700]

This is so timely as my brother just blessed me with several apricot trees which I will plant this week!! Appreciate you so much❤❤❤❤

[@libbylauderdale1382]

Great demo on pruning. Very good information. Thank you so much ❤️

[@noramaegomez197]

Thank You Scott. I have to move a lime that my daughter planted next to my garage an a orange that my son an friend planted too close to a fence! If only they would have asked me beforehand! This video has given me encouragement to do these projects so I thank You Scott. Hopefully I’ll be getting a few Passion fruit to plant along my chain link from my sons friend.( His friend is just a Awesome gardener. She’s 22 and has transformed her parents front yard into a vegetable an fruit garden. So many wooden planter beds 😮She really wants to help feed the community. ) I know I have to keep Passion fruit under control 😄😄but that’s my next to do project. Take care & stay safe an Enjoy the nice weather coming your way I hear it’s going to be nice. Best wishes to you & your family!🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

[@lukustreloar7243]

Thanks for the tips.Happy new year.😉😉😉

[@gryphonrampant24]

man, I want an apricot tree so bad. I have to push the zone a little for them, but they're just so lovely. Thanks for this tutorial.

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

My Sam is a 6" electric posthole auger. Also, Howard Garrett says to plant the crown high.

[@cindynielson4231]

Great lesson. TFS 👍

[@conniecasale3593]

😊thanks so happy. Love fruit trees. I need smaller trees that can give me fruit. Had a great dwarf Italian lemon tree it took a few years but finally decided to wake up and give me the most beautiful tasting Sicilian lemons and of course my ex-boyfriend just thought it was dead. It was just probably sleeping and he threw it out along with my fig tree that’s why he is my ex-boyfriend, he has no idea of how beautiful it is to grow and see things mature, and you can finally eat from that beautiful little seedling so he remains my ex boyfriend, no feelings whatsoever. If it was up to him, he would just put concrete over everything excuse me, but he is a ass call bless you. Looking forward to this. Thanks a lot happy new year.

[@BlackJesus8463]

Apricots are ok, I'd be excited for those peaches though!

[@warrenmaker798]

Thanks, BRILLIANT video

[@WILLITGROW]

well done sir

[@conniecasale3593]

🎉thanks so much

[@raydel5732]

Nice

[@jacknanuq6119]

I need a dog like that. Apparently, you've trained him to capture a hole digger

[@leodeboca]

you should have added some good soil and fertilizer, my guess!

[@atomicbd100]

I wish I had black gumbo - all I have is rocks and red clay! Mostly chirt :(

[@libbylauderdale1382]

I know what you mean, Jackie. When I see Scott digging in that black soil, I find myself wishing for a bucket of two to add to my rocks and chirt. 🙂

[@wendyburston3132]

So far we have a pear tree that we bought and also the stock tree we grew from a pear seed. Hoping to graft a branch in the future. But would really like a plum and peach tree. This property did have plum trees before but I remember weird bumps on the branches so will have to learn more about that first. At least thanks to you I know how to prune/shape them. Too bad apricot trees don't grow here in Ontario Canada

[@BlackJesus8463]

Plums are way better than apricots.

[@baddriversofcolga]

@@BlackJesus8463 Dried apricots are the bomb, though.

[@BlackJesus8463]

@@baddriversofcolga They're no dates.

[@baddriversofcolga]

@@BlackJesus8463 🤯

[@BlackJesus8463]

@@baddriversofcolga 🤣👌

[@MoMoas]

Wonderful, we had great players, like Islahuddin, Shahnaaz Sheikh, if we could see them.

[@ronkincaid9107]

SCOTT - what kind of Apricot tree is that? I would like to plant an apricot tree but don't know what kind of Apricot tree to plant near Houston. We enjoy your channel. Thanks.

[@ScottHead]

Tropic Gold, they have them in stock online at Willis Nursery. Great quality!

[@diannebartkus9893]

Make sure to check your Zone

[@daniellecordova2255]

Happy New Year from San Antonio Scott! I have a question. My Lemon tree and Hibiscus didn't make it from the freeze. Should I leave them alone? Or trim them back? Or just pull them out? Thanks.

[@ScottHead]

Wait a few months to see if they will put out some fresh growth.

[@angelasheppard7197]

I really liked this video. Do you dehydrate or pressure can or preserve(except jelly and pickles) foods?

[@ScottHead]

I pressure can sometimes if I have enough. Give the size of my garden usually I just eat it all before it goes bad.

[@angelasheppard7197]

@@ScottHead gotcha thanks

[@ShakiraYah]

Hi Scott im in Spring. I purchased 2 fig trees from Lowes 2 months ago on clearance. They have went dormant and are still in containers. Should I put them in the ground now or wait till Spring ? Thanks in advance ❣️

[@ScottHead]

Any time now to then, it is always best to transplant trees when truly good and dormant. I'd plant in late January.

[@ShakiraYah]

@@ScottHead they literally shed their last leaves right before this frost. I'll wait then THANKS 😊

[@angelasheppard7197]

Thank you . Question: how long before bearing fruit?

[@ScottHead]

With the exceptional root size and well developed limbs on this tree, maybe two years? We shall see. Sometimes they bear right away but the quality isn't good until the tree is older.

[@angelasheppard7197]

@@ScottHead thanks

[@70sfred1]

Great visual and how long before it will produce fruit. I'm in Ohio and also when is the best month to prune it?

[@ScottHead]

This variety can bear fruit almost as soon as it is able to blossom. I expect fruit next year, it blossomed a bit very early on this year but no fruit formed. Prune any time it is dormant for shape, prune in mid-summer to stunt growth.

[@70sfred1]

@@ScottHead Thank you and much appreciated!

[@melissakingery4393]

Scott is that your son or your son in law? Scott my one seed challenge my Lemon Drop Pepper I tried to winterize it covered it and wrapped it and today for next couple of weeks I took off covering and watered a little! The stems were nice and green!! I think being in the corner by the fence really paid off. Hopefully!! But lots of my stuff got burnt Scott what can you do to help your plant's recovery from a hard freeze??

[@ScottHead]

That is my youngest son Sam. He's been on the channel occasionally since the beginning. :-)

[@kath-phlox]

Look at them together, father and son obviously.

[@melissakingery4393]

I thought he was Scott but he's grown up a lot!! Grew taller I thought he might be older that's why I thought maybe he was your son in law so just making sure lol!!

[@markoliver4194]

First

[@tiffanitexas09036]

Do you have to protect young trees from frost that require chill hours ?

[@ScottHead]

I don’t. They handled our recent deep freeze just fine

[@aletafrances4984]

How deep is the freezer? I live in cold country w/temperatures as low as -45C so should I cover in the fall w/straw? Also lots of deer in my neighborhood ... I guess some sort of fencing would be required?@@ScottHead

[@lbf5984]

Gypsum...

[@TomHightower]

How's it doing after a year?

[@ScottHead]

Its a bit out of control, I'm having to do summer pruning. Its the most vigorous tree I have.

[@aletafrances4984]

Hey young man use your legs/feet to dig a deep hole for goodness sake!! It would have been a good idea to pour a bucket of water into the hole before planting the tree.

[@robertevans8024]

If you're going to plant a tree into black gumbo, maybe plant a pecan tree...🤔😂

[@BlackJesus8463]

I'm trying to find a dwarf cold-tolerant pecan if you know of one. lol

[@ScottHead]

I don't like pecan trees, around here they are bothersome, pest magnets and bring in the squirrels. My son had a dozen of them on his previous property and they were not fun. I have seen well cared-for pecan trees thrive and give good yields but its just not for me.

[@user-iy7iv3hi5e]

Why are you planting an apricot tree if you have a dog? Seeds are deadly to dogs. Am I wrong?

[@RoofTopPigeon]

most dogs instinctively stay away from this stuff; they have learned to do so; since before domestication; has an survival technique; besides dogs are meat eaters; so the better majority of dogs would walk right past this anyway. Fruits and Vegetables Have about has much nutrition to dogs; has a cupcake does to humans. For Dogs; Fruits and Vegetables are just empty calories; the same way a cupcake is empty calories to humans; Their Digestive System Just "Works Differently" than ours.

[@stunbanks]

Still planted wrong.

[@aletafrances4984]

How's that?

[@stunbanks]

Root flare buried, which end up rotting, insect damage, or disease issues.