How to Start a Backyard Orchard (COMPLETE GUIDE)

[@epicgardening]

Stoked to launch Epic fruit trees & bushes! More varieties (including citrus) coming soon! - Kevin shop.epicgardening.com/collections/plants

[@MrJimtheRooster]

If you all need any scion wood I've got a guy that may have some new varieties you could get in your nursery as well as many many fig varieties.

[@jenniferrosario1489]

My grandfather used to put the branches he pruned off the fruit trees in water for three days. Then he would submerge them into an aloe leaf and smuther the goo all over it. Afterwards he would plant them in a pot until it had roots. Free trees every year

[@epicgardening]

Love this technique!

[@lindseebowen9527]

This is awesome! Great to know!

[@ethanlumbert260]

I'm going to try this we have a couple really overgrown trees we are gonna heavily prune this year

[@joepa6106]

My uncle talked about the aloe vera trick the other day !! That's crazy

[@joepa6106]

Gonna try it on the cherry tree branch i broke and tied back together 2 days ago

[@kgrose102]

Would be Epic to see a follow up in about a years time to see how well everything is going, and if anything should have been changed. Especially around time when to prune the various branches into the proper shape.

[@epicgardening]

We will!

[@Denise_B17]

Agree

[@Denise_B17]

​@@epicgardeningI can't wait

[@elevatorsRockOnsMom]

Had a neighbor who would trick his peach tree into thinking it had more chill hours by putting bags of ice near the trunk. The melting ice on the roots caused faked enough chill hours to cause the tree to lose the last of its leaves.

[@epicgardening]

Pretty clever!

[@dayoffnow]

I've heard of doing that for peonies, and was wondering if it would work for fruit trees.

[@elevatorsRockOnsMom]

​@@dayoffnow it did. After the squirrel tax, he said he got at least a bushel per tree.

[@TinMan445]

@@elevatorsRockOnsMomthe squirrel tax is real😂

[@claybay]

I love that she asked so many question, and they were answered so well and in such detail. Another great video!

[@epicgardening]

So glad!

[@MsSwitchblade13]

Kevin, I've been watching you for years now and i can't tell you how happy and excited I am for you with your new business ventures like these fruit trees. This video was very informative and helpful as usual. Please do not listen to the naysayers who clearly don't appreciate your content or your business success. Your real fans like me are over the moon for you and will keep on clicking and recommending your channel to all be gardeners they meet! Much love from Texas! ❤

[@epicgardening]

All feedback is helpful! Will be working to make our fruit tree offering even better.

[@stephaniebalducci6248]

I love the videos! Very informative and I get a kick out of the boys! I have been a long time subscriber and got my daughter addicted, too. 😁 She's bought many of the birdies beds and has a beautiful garden, now. 💚

[@jennbasil]

More love from Texas! #Leander

[@araceliadams34]

❓❓❓ I'm in lower Michigan, My Peach tree was full of blooms just Beautiful, yesterday I noticed a few branches have very curly leaves. This worries me that I might be losing my tree. Is there something I can do for this the tree's about 5 years old. Thank You.

[@ashleys637]

Listen, you can't do this to me. My husband and I just moved into a new home with quite a bit of land, and I swore to him that we'd leave the outside to next year. Then, I planted 2 fig trees, in ornamental pots, bc the house should look good right? Now though I want a whole damn orchard. The slippery slope is real.

[@epicgardening]

You know what you have to do...

[@Black-ig6vh]

😂Yes, that slippery slope!! We have only been in our house for 6 months, and have already planted 6 trees. Every time we go to Home Depot, Walmart, or Lowe's, I go home with some types of plants or trees 😅

[@mayu.hobbies]

She asks all the good question and K and J anwer so effortlessly😅 I love it

[@danfarkas5375]

It is so awesome to see Kevin gifting his employee an orchard. That's the kind of boss for me!

[@epicgardening]

🙏🏼

[@oliviasalisbury9957]

I really enjoyed the style of this video! It was perfect with Kris asking all the questions and Kevin and Jacques answering in a conversational style while they worked. It’s so helpful to see a makeover start to finish with all the decisions explained in real time. This is probably my favorite Epic video ❤❤

[@j.l.emerson592]

As long as the roots are well established, you can cut the fig trees down to just above ground level. They'll come back healthier & bushier than ever. We live in central Texas & that's the way to get a good fruit set. (Figs set better fruit on new wood.) Cut it back severely every 2 or 3 years & you'll have new wood for fruit set.

[@Arlypop]

Every new video from you and Jaques is always a breath of fresh air. It's inspiring to see other people in my age group being garden geeks. Can't wait to see how far Epic goes!

[@epicgardening]

Appreciate you!

[@bridgettewade4167]

It's snowing today in Colorado, so gardening seems like a far off dream right now lol. Thank you for the glimpse of nice weather

[@epicgardening]

Coming soon!

[@AriScheer-g7s]

I'm in Colorado too we can make do with a green house that'll help a lot with keeping soil temp

[@timan2039]

Same here, I have a small inventory of plants to plant and our recent temperatures have been teasing my spade.

[@伏見猿比古-k8c]

I bet Canadian's can relate 💀

[@mcthunderstick2374]

@@伏見猿比古-k8cyep…………..

[@nikkipowers9887]

This makes me so happy, this is the exact video I needed. I have 4 new apple trees and I have been STRESSED about placing them too close. Everybody keeps telling me they wont grow at 7ft spacing. Thanks, Epic❤

[@epicgardening]

As long as you actively prune, you'll be ok!

[@X360DevNerd]

I started a orchard this winter, I have Stella cherry, Nanking cherry, Elberta Peach, Aztec Fuji Pink Lady Honey Crisp Anna apples, an apricot, Navel Orange, Parafarika Pom, Australian finger lime, desert king fig, a green olive, and Gage green Plum, and i still have so much more room to expand!

[@joepa6106]

There ya go

[@carlynmydarlin]

Dang. You’re going hard! 😂

[@epicgardening]

Wow! You have some incredible varieties

[@waterbitten]

Wait is, "Aztec fuji pink lady honey crisp anna" 1 apple?

[@travistaylor6110]

One valuable thing Epic Gardening has taught me is chill hours. I never knew berries needed that, nor had I ever heard of the concept. Pretty much knocks berries out of my possibilities in Florida. We're not "The Sunshine State" for no reason. 😅

[@hazeleyez9144]

Wild blueberries grow here and they are everywhere.

[@travistaylor6110]

​@@hazeleyez9144 I may have to try it, I just didn't think blueberries would grow in FL. I'd be very happy to be wrong.

[@EmpressG]

There are people growing strawberries here in Trinidad and also in Jamaica. You can do it in Florida 😊

[@tonjasims6109]

I love how involved she is and the questions that she's asking.

[@jackiek4159]

Kris is so lucky to have such an amazing team help her out! #Blessed! 💕💚

[@vincenthernandez2242]

I love how many good questions she's asking throughout the entire process! Really boosts the educational quality of the video. Very comprehensive 👍

[@dubcindub15]

It's a great layout, I hope Chris invites back for an update in later months :)

[@unemilifleur]

3:50 as a canadian, this part is so wild to me. Where I live there are no fruit tree that are too hot, only too cold

[@cyrusthegreat1370]

These makeover videos are VERY helpful !

[@epicgardening]

I'm so glad!

[@Dr_V]

My home orchard is already 8 years old, I had space for 18 trees and opted for 3 apple (Jonathan, Starkrimson and Golden delicious), 5 pear (Williams, Jubilee and Bergamot), 3 plum (Stanley and Centenar), 3 apricot, 2 peach, a sweet cherry and a sour cherry trees. I live in a colder climate so peach and apricot varieties are limited by their ability to survive winter, but even if fruits are smaller than what you'd get from a supermarket it's still nice to pick them fresh from my own back yard.

[@epicgardening]

Wow, you have some AWESOME pear varieties!

[@misss7777]

Yes, somehow we colder climates have the opposite prroblem. I am from Germany and the most popular fruits for planting over here are heritage apples, cherries, plums and pears as well. We have a lot of a little bit more sour apple varieties which are perfect for apple pies or strudel. The sweet varieties just don't have that nice contrasting flavour a good apple pie needs.

[@kairifan12]

There's a lot of unnecessary hate under this video, and it's ugly. Thanks for the professionalism is taking the feedback in the comments and keep the vids coming! Would love to see a video about fruit trees in containers

[@epicgardening]

Appreciate! We have a container fruit tree guide coming

[@oliviasalisbury9957]

@@epicgardening REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTAINER FRUIT VIDEOS!

[@Greenthumbs2025]

There should be filters and message firewalls to block negative comments. " if you haven't got anything good to say , don't say anything at all"

[@Shitstain951]

@@Greenthumbs2025 shut up feedback is feedback. Epic gardening understands, he looks at his metrics, he knows you learn from the positive and negative. Appreciate your comment though

[@Striker176TV]

@@epicgardeningplease and thank you!

[@puggirl415]

I've felt critical at times of the kind of money that gets spent on the homestead. I can't hope to have all the fancy coops and greenhouses and ponds but you have truly been very good about all the criticism on here. Your customer will be ok with your prices and it's great that you will be trying to get them more affordable over time. I'm not your high end customer but I can learn to propagate fig cuttings, grow from seed and start with smaller plants for less $. The people who complain are ok to do that but as a business owner myself I know how hard it is to source quality for a decent wholesale price. Add special shipping to that in order to make sure the tree survives and is delivered in good health and it might be the best price one can get for the service. I'll trudge out to the nursery or ask for cuttings from friends. Rich people get theirs delivered. I'm sure we will both appreciate the fruit.

[@CodexPotter]

I also appreciate how he said to buy from your local nursery, but you can buy it here if you can't find it. I can't afford $100+ on one fruit tree but maybe someday I'll get one of his to support him because I've learned so much here.

[@northerngirlhobbies]

Great that you two are getting Kris setup with her orchard. I would have attempted to air-layer the top of that one tree though. Please give us an update in a few months, beautiful yard. 💚🌱 Excellent info.

[@epicgardening]

We will!

[@utdesertghost199]

I started gardening about 3 years ago. I mixed my own soil and use it for my garden boxes as well as my pots and containers. It's been working awesome and short of mixing specifically for carrot bed, all my vegetables use the same mix and do very well. I was able to use the limited amount of extra dirt around my yard which had been very neglected. I used a combination of several things to amend the dirt and now have some really good soil.

[@bdctrans70]

We only have our apple tree that is left from our little orchard. We had everything we enjoyed to eat, apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, apricots, cherries and plums. I do recommend getting two of each and all dwarf trees, all 6ft or taller if you are in a mid-to-northern state. Don't get the smaller 3 to 4-foot-high saplings, spend the extra money and get the larger potted trees to give yourself and the trees and good foundation to grow from. Dwarfs make life easier for the home gardener, especially if you are getting up there in age, it will be easier to maintain and harvest after they start bearing fruit. We made the mistake with the cherry and plum trees, many of those fruits went to waste every year after the trees hit over 20 feet. The birds, squirrels, deer and badgers were happy with the fallen fruit, but it did attract many unwanted insects too. We also set up bird and insect boxes around them for pollination. Our nectarines and peaches were out of this world!

[@joepa6106]

Where I live in bellefonte pa there is really a place called my little apple orchard .. its right down the street

[@epicgardening]

Some great tips here! Hope your remaining apple does well;

[@bdctrans70]

@@epicgardening Plenty of blossoms! ☺

[@cyndismith4939]

Most fruit trees can be kept around 6' with proper pruning. There's a great book on it called Grow a Tiny Fruit Tree.

[@KellieDTravis]

I saw this video at the exact time i needed it!! Thank you!! Ive been looking to see what fruit trees i wanted to grow in Northwest Louisiana but thought we didnt get enough cold hours for some of the things i like. I googled it and had no idea we got 700 - 1,100 chill hours a year!!! Thats a game changer! Now to figure out whats best to plant

[@barbaralong8665]

❤ Thanks. Enjoyed you helping. I have to prune mine more drastically to keep height. You show helps me be braver.

[@epicgardening]

It hurts but it's worth it!

[@amymandeville8342]

Thank you for this video! We've been wanting fruit trees and now i know how to understand the tags on them. I wish you lived in my state. I'd love for you to see my Mom's garde. She's got lilacs that were full grown when she moved in over 65 years ago, beautiful Old Fashioned roses, bleeding hearts, foxglove, columbine, primrose, a rhododendron and so much more. It does surprisingly well with our clay heavy soil.

[@epicgardening]

Would be awesome to see!

[@chrispennington5981]

@amymandeville8342, sounds like your state is WA with all those lovely varieties in your Mom's garden 😀. I live here too!

[@amymandeville8342]

@chrispennington5981 nope, I'm in NY lol. I just love the old fashioned flowers.

[@Ms.Waters]

❤❤❤..Loved the content style of teaching a new gardener step-by- step with questions and answers and simple, non- overload explanations of why and why not, to do certain things....Great teaching!!!!

[@mb6019]

She had so many good questions!

[@Qazwsxedcrfff]

Kevin, could you do a video specifically on Pomegranates. You are by far the best at explaining gardening on KZbin so a pomegranate video would be great

[@epicgardening]

Absolutely. I have two awesome bushes going right now.

[@Qazwsxedcrfff]

@@epicgardening That’s awesome, can’t wait

[@RealHomerSimp2025]

Please remember to do constant updates for her garden. 😊

[@FarrahFrazier]

I want to be part of your team!!!! You've inspired me to just go ahead and start gardening and I love it. ❤️ so far I have 2 bush tomatoes and a bell pepper growing in grow bags. And I have some seedlings just in case I make mistakes like more bells, thai pepper, thyme, Dill, Habanero, I plan to get them outdoors as well. I'm excited about gardening. Thank you for so many good tips hacks and overall education.

[@brendastephens5893]

Great work guys! Thanks for the tree education and the importance of the gradt versus no graft trees.

[@Sunflowerdivinity]

Growing trees espallier is a great way to fit more trees in a smaller space

[@puggirl415]

I would have loved it if they had chosen one of these trees for espalier. I've seen a fig espaliered in my neighborhood and it looks gorgeous.

[@borisljubic231]

Sawdust is one of the best blueberry mulches, it raises the acidity of the soil so you might get even away with a less quality soil

[@epicgardening]

Good tip!

[@dnp1776]

Pruning is why I'm here please!

[@gigiartstudiowithartistvir3919]

My sister and I planted our first orchard last fall.

[@toast_the_knowing]

So glad i found this video, my partner and i have started a small orchard of peaches, plums, mulberry, calamansi, lime, valencia oranges, mandarins, mangos, guava, papaya trees in our south facing backyard. Planning on adding many more now that i have a bit more knowledge

[@daveg.5579]

You should take in consideration radiant heat from south facing walls effecting total chill hours for trees requiring chill.

[@epicgardening]

100%

[@GrowsGoneWild]

Epic fruit trees! Epic Gardening aiming to cover all our gardening needs? GL on the new venture!

[@epicgardening]

Fingers crossed!

[@GrowsGoneWild]

@@epicgardening you got this!

[@Kermits_Ghost]

What a perfect video! I was just about to start planting some plants for my own orchard! This video will most certainly help!! Thanks, Kevin! ❤🌳🍎

[@capeeddy]

Western Fence lizard, cool species ❤

[@repus1386]

Starting my own Permaculture, partially thanks to stuff like this. Thanks a lot :D

[@lynnoconnell6062]

I always enjoy...and learn... valuable information from your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@lindseebowen9527]

Great video. I planted some blueberry bushes and an avocado tree about 2 1/2 years ago, and a peach and tangerine tree in March. All from nurseries. I'm learning as I go.

[@m.martinez167]

Awesome and very informative video! Thank you for all the hard work and time you all put into it!

[@epicgardening]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nicolewestwood9700]

Loving all the questions Kris has asked! Really helped make the most of this video 👌

[@petekooshian5595]

I get so pumped when I see people installing perennial foods 👏👏

[@merryworld4776]

So many great gardening tips. Thanks so much !

[@TheWiseOne6775]

I planted my fruit trees 3 foot apart in a row, and then 6 feet between the two rows. We put a nice path between them and have the path go off along the front of our fencing to where all the "bushes" are, we have all native ground cover that are also foods and everything will look gorgeous in the summer, winter...not so much.

[@smea87]

Especially in colder climates root stock matters, you need roots that run deep. Frost depth means no dwarfs in northern climates

[@FiddleKat]

Would you do a video on fruit trees that do well in containers. Do to utilities, I can't plant in my yard.

[@epicgardening]

Absolutely

[@kairifan12]

Yes awesome request!

[@lyndelgado6138]

Air pruning containers pls.

[@olivergrljevic2128]

I just cant stop laughing when I see those prices on fruit trees and berries...here in Croatia normaln price is around 6 dollars.

[@ec8662]

This isn’t normal for US prices either. You can buy them at your local nursery for $6-$35 depending on the size and cultivar.

[@gardengatesopen]

IKR!! 😆😆😆😆😆

[@gardengatesopen]

Plus, once you have one Mulberry tree, you've got many, many more, every year for free!

[@andrewlalis]

I mean, they're probably pricing in shipping to most of the plants, and they're live plants, which really ought to be bought at a local nursery instead if you just want the basics. But they have some crazy varieties like a pink lemonade blueberry.

[@azumag4432]

Yeah...here (in Romania) the prices for Thornless BlackBerries start from $2 and get to...let's say $10 for a "BUSH" of them.

[@rpdx3]

Nectarine pie? Say what?! 😮 Like how she got the boys to do all the work. 😉

[@anne-ix7fw]

Thank you for all the information you guys shared to us

[@travistaylor6110]

I've never understood the botany behind a plant not being its own plant. Roses and fruit are grafted so much and I've never understood why the need for that is there, I just know that it works.

[@MrEzekiel1982]

I give my wife a hard time about being a sucker for the colors and packaging at the grocery store. The fact is I do the same thing in a garden shop! :)

[@epicgardening]

We all do!

[@michellecolledge2355]

Brilliant video. Great information and demonstration. Love you guys.

[@epicgardening]

Our pleasure!

[@purposeful142]

Your area looks so warm ,and nice 👍 as compared to uk😅.

[@Snakeskii]

Lots of good information here, y'all really know your fruit trees!

[@kaprenawheatman8222]

This was a really good teaching video…she was asking great questions and y’all were doing epic teaching!

[@KatMcNamara-fh1nc]

This video was jam packed with good information. Thanks.

[@epicgardening]

Glad to hear it!

[@The_Mystic_Mermaid]

Super helpful! I love all your videos.

[@tressanallenmartin9336]

Omg!! Totally enjoyed this episode… thank you guys!! More episodes like this please

[@vagelisvivikidis8201]

Here in Greece bare root trees are mostly 3 to 6 euros, trees on pots 2to4 years old 6 to 15 euros, berries 5 to 10 euros

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

I'm planting uncommon and unusual fruit in my yard. I've got pomegranate, jujube, apple cactus, and pineapple guava so far.

[@epicgardening]

Jujubes are amazing! I have two - Kevin

[@Mohilfc2]

None of these are uncommon or unusual my guy. Besides jujube in the states

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

@@Mohilfc2 Aside from the pomegranate I haven't seen any of the other fruit anywhere. No markets in my area carry the fruit and my nursery had to special order the plants for me.

[@diannasgardenmenagerie967]

Perfect timing!!! I needed fruit trees!!!❤

[@MayWay.Gardening]

lol a ladder, 😂 I love it here ❤ I want all the fruit , hoping I can get a few trees this year 🤞

[@Boterhammetpindakaas]

Thanks for the video. I just planted 6 new fruittrees as well (2 pears, 2 cherries and 2 apples). Now I'm extra curious to see how your orchard will grow the coming year(s)!

[@bethb8276]

I'm trying to minimize the amount of pruning I have to do, especially going forward as I get older and may have more difficulty keeping up with that, so I'm only interested in drawf varieties now. They may still need some pruning but not nearly as much.

[@epicgardening]

They still need a good bit as even dwarfs can go 8+ feet!

[@bethb8276]

@epicgardening yes, 10' typically, which is far better than 20 plus. A lot of them are slower growing too. Such as my Wurtz avacado, which will be about 10' or so. Also called Little Cado. Beats a 40' tree, because here in South Florida the type grown commonly grows pretty fast, difficult to keep up with. Another thing I'm trying to add is drawf banana plants, harvesting from regular sized banana plants by standing on a ladder is dangerous, especially as I grow older.

[@MsSwitchblade13]

I recently bought a baby dwarf fig tree called Fignomenal. It's not supposed to get more than a few feet tall. We'll see I guess.

[@bethb8276]

@@MsSwitchblade13 Sounds cool. I'll have to research that, thanks!

[@bradleysimpson9819]

I always plant trees and bushes slightly high keep the top of the root system about 1 inch above the surrounding grade and your good 👍.

[@lorenbush8876]

The Murcott (Honey) Tangerines are very sweet and tastes great and they only require 100 chill hours( hours below 60°F (15°C)). You should have air layered the cherry tree where you cut it off and wait until you got the roots to cut it off, and if they don't have room to plant it in their yard, sell it and get the money back that you payed for the tree.

[@terrimelgoza4424]

Could you do a video on collecting rain water and how to set up the system you have. I am a beginner gardener ❤

[@paulk7169]

If you really fall in love with some thing add chill hours with ice in the basin.

[@Michael-ln7us]

I'm looking at planting an orchard this has been such an informative video. Thank you

[@epicgardening]

Of course!

[@zach9036]

I added Peat Moss to my blueberry soil because I couldn't find an acidic mix near me. It worked okay, they didn't do super well but they didn't die thid year. I will have to test it and try to fix it again.

[@marykerr4381]

Awesome video. I’m just starting to add fruit trees to my space. I’ve learned a ton today. Thank you

[@epicgardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Montesces]

Thanks for another awesome video! Kris asked so many good questions! These are the type of questions that occur to me as I'm planting stuff as well. You should add a Kris q&a to the end of every video lol (jk i'm sure you're all busy enough)

[@abenito206]

Genuine question: Are container grown home orchards viable? I love the idea of having producing fruit trees but am always nervous about having a home that may not be my forever home and then all my hard work may end up for nothing and I'd have to start over again...

[@bobby350z]

Excellent video. Thanks.

[@JeanneBook]

So many infos packed in one video, definitely one of the things I want to have once I can buy my own property, Mini orchard.

[@epicgardening]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@eQui253]

At my area the harvest time of cherries matters.. the earlier the better.. because then there will be no fruit fly larva in the fruits and I don't have to net the tree... (if I want to share a bit with my bird friends)

[@HotPotatoGardener-HPG-143]

32:21 fig trees, although if you buy from a nursery are most likely not grafted. However, we grafted it over 10 varieties on our fig tree. Don’t believe it?

[@EmilieSteinwachs]

Not me literally eating berries from my high bush blueberries. Hello from Maine. ❤ Btw my high bush blueberry plants that are naturally propegated. Meaning the woods have both male and female bushes so they spring new bushes every year. They are about 6.5 ft tall 😊 they are impressive.

[@Mercury688]

This is great! I have a weird yard with no flats spots, just slopes. Would love to see how to do this on a slope

[@anthonyeli1084]

I would also love to see a slope garden video. My backyard is all cement instead of a hill and the slope is a pain to plant on. Would love some tips!

[@lyndelgado6138]

They said it was a slope that they were planting on hence the donut rings to keep water n nutrients drom just running downhill.

[@zaretnavarro]

Figs!!! Can we get a video on figs? I really want to have a few fig trees. I only have one right now because i wanted to try growing one. I have thankfully been successful ❤ i want some other veriaties but not huge trees. More like dwarfs. Im still not sure on when to pick them.

[@epicgardening]

Fig pruning video coming soon!

[@puggirl415]

Plus figs are super easy to propagate so include that in the video.

[@VinceMorin]

I would be nice to see a follow-up in the future, 6 months, 1 year etc.

[@epicgardening]

We will!

[@VinceMorin]

@@epicgardening Awesome, thanks ! 😎

[@joklazen]

the epic orchard boys at it again

[@tammynguyen7929]

Hi Kevin, was wondering if you can make a video of up potting in details. I have a owari satsuma and a meyer lemon tree in a 10 gal pot for two years now. How do I know it’s time to up pot it into a bigger pot (15 gal?) without taking it out of its current pot? Then lets say after I up pot it to 15 gal, how long can I keep it in the 15 gal before up potting again? Is there a common knowledge about up potting? Do backyard gardeners keep up potting every couple of years ? I’m a 60 years old lady who don’t have the strength to keep up potting to 20 gal, 25 gal pot. Since I don’t have anymore space in my small backyard, What can someone like me do? Like after says 3-4 years in a 10 gal pot, can I take it out and trim all the roots at the bottom and the sides and put it back into the same 10 gal pot? Please if you can do a detail video explaining how to do it, I would greatly appreciate your insight and help. Thank you

[@glennahoki6476]

I love this video, but as someone who lives in Utah zones 6/7, I need to add the Chicago Hardy fig is not reliably hardy to zone 4 in the sense that you can expect to harvest fruit. In my experience, temperatures below 20° will start killing top growth. Once you hit the teens, it will die to the ground unless you protect it. If a Chicago Hardy dies to the ground it will likely grow back, but whether or not you get figs totally depends on how long of a growing season you have and how late of a spring you have. Here in Utah you may get a few figs to ripen if we can avoid the late spring freezes (May temps in the teens happen quite often) and early fall frosts (we can have snow mid September). Covering your figs in colder climates really helps increase the possibility of being able to harvest ripe figs. I just thought I would add this for your cold climate subscribers who love figs!

[@epicgardening]

Covering is best in zones lower than 6!

[@annacooper8554]

I have been considering putting in Fruit trees, but the area I wanting to people say is too small. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@RobinJohnston-w1z]

I have several cherry trees which grew from the neighbors and they are very beautiful do I need to cut the tree tops?

[@missmaziecat5058]

Just purchased your Wonderful Pomegranate ~ I've wanted a pomegranate tree ever since I was little!

[@epicgardening]

Amazing! Hope you enjoy. It's a fantastic variety - Kevin

[@TinMan445]

It would be cool to see an update on this

[@KDFriend-lf4nn]

When I purchased apple trees years ago the nursery told me planting two trees in one hole would reduce the growth of both trees. Also they said apple trees need a pollinated that fruits or blooms at the same time. I chose two late apple trees. Which fruit trees require a pollinator ?

[@jeannamcgregor9967]

Ì prune maybe 1/3 of my Eureka lemon every year to keep it manageable and it LOVES the abuse. But I made the nursery staff do the first shaping cuts on my baby apple...it felt too painful.😢💚

[@epicgardening]

Haha it's a familiar feeling among all of us! Hurts to cut