Is Buying A BARE ROOT Tree Worth It?? | Bare Root Fruit Trees Explained

[@TheBusyGardener]

*What bare root trees have you planted? How are they doing?*

[@marcuspowell2510]

I planted a fugi apple tree about 5 years ago with no idea what I was doing. It seemed like the soil was just good enough to keep it alive but not to allow the tree to grow. Last year I watched a ton of your videos and tried to improve the soil and actually care for the tree and it started producing apples! I know 3-5 years is average for fruiting but it is looking healthier too.

[@vincenty747]

Planted a Royal Crimson last year and it adapted well to my area (South OC), growing like 8 feet in a manner of months. So this year decided to buy it a sister plant, Minnie Royal. And thanks to your channel, bought a Spice Zee Nectaplum and jujube :-)

[@MikeB_2112]

Strawberries. Made the mistake of buying them in early summer. They grew but didn’t last in our summer heat in zone 9.

[@BoltActionBob]

4 pears, 2 apricots, 2 plums, a cherry and an almond. All within in fairly small spaces!

[@CurtisBrandt]

I've grown apple trees on an espalier and planted traditionally in the ground, pruned to a central leader, and peach trees pruned with an open center. I've got a newer home where this year I planted 8 mini-dwarf apple trees, two peaches, and two pears, with a Spice Zee nectaplum on the way this winter. In the current situation (extremely limited space) I'm focusing on very compact forms and all will be pruned to an open center, and kept small. I can't wait for late winter pruning and seeing their form take shape!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Just the video I needed to see! Costco has bare root trees already here in Arizona! Beautiful variety of California grown low chill hour fruit trees! So many choices, I don't know what to get, I want them all! LOL Thanks for posting this video, I am a subscriber to your channel Cameron!

[@TheBusyGardener]

Fantastic! That's the perpetual problem as a gardener. Unlimited desires vs limited space 🤦‍♂️ Thanks for subscribing!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

@@TheBusyGardener indeed my gardening friend indeed.. lol

[@graceholland4853]

Hi Cameron love your channel i started watching you I think for last 2yrs with helping me with my fig trees all in containers, I have gotten ambitious and have purchased grafted container fruit trees. I think i am going to put a few in ground this year. I am going to start with my figs Celeste, Brown Turkey, Violet de Bourdeau and Fantasia my Citrus Owaria Satsuma, Kumquat and my Pear tree. I have a lot a fig trees staying in containers along with citrus Cara Cara, Meyer lemon and a few more lemon and lime trees. Have a cold hardy Avocado just purchased not doing so well all in my greenhouse until spring comes. So, I will continue to watch and get your tips on growing THANKS SO MUCH

[@TheBusyGardener]

That's amazing, Grace! I love the varieties you're planting. 😋 And thanks for being a Busy Gardener channel member! You're doing a great job 🤗

[@CurtisBrandt]

Purchasing and planting bare root fruit trees is one of those things that just seems like it can't work! Fortunately, it almost always does. Most nurseries have some sort of guarantee. And if you do some research into proper handling and planting, you can do very well with bare-root! I love the wealth of variety that is available online, so many fruit varieties often available on a bunch of different root stocks. I generally prefer to support a local business whenever I can. But out of about 23 bare root trees that I've planted, the only ones I had trouble with were one or two little peaches from a local nursery. Winter at my lattitude is such a dull time for the gardener - it's fun to receive those late-winter tree shipments and get them tucked into the ground where hopefully they'll have a great life! I've got way too many (little mini-dwarf) trees on my tiny lot, I'm adding just one more this year. It's on your recommendation - I think you have a video about the Spice Z nectaplum? Pretty sure it was your content that pushed me to hit "buy now". One last tree!

[@TheBusyGardener]

There's always room for JUST ONE MORE 😂 😜

[@toosense]

Great info. I will be adding thornless blackberries to my collection this Spring. I've e already purchased a couple bareroot plants from Lowes so Im good to go. Im also adding to my small salad garden. I call it that because it contains salad ingredients only: cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, and greens. The greens were problematic for aphids and other pests so Im scratching that. Instead I will be adding red onions, red potatoes, and rainbow carrots. Already purchased as well. I transplanted some azalea bushes to make room for food as I have limited space. Wish me luck as the gardening experiment continues! As always thanks for sharing all your valuable information! Love your channel.

[@TheBusyGardener]

That sounds like a terrific set of veggies! Any thoughts on growing greens and spraying/dissuading aphid presence?

[@toosense]

@@TheBusyGardener hi, yes, I tried a couple sprays but it just started to feel like too much effort for the few plants I had. Thanks

[@ellenconforti5693]

I just planted the Spice Zee Nectaplum you spoke about in one of your videos. I am also trying grapes this year

[@TheBusyGardener]

So great! I think you're gonna love that Spice Zee. We've got grapes on the horizon

[@MikeB_2112]

Just purchased a Bruce and a Methley potted plum tree and a Blue Java Ice Cream banana plant. I also have a Ruby Red grapefruit, navel orange and Bonfire peach tree which are all dwarf varieties. All my plants last February died in the “Big Freeze” here in Texas. So I’m waiting a couple of weeks past our last frost date before I plant them in the ground.

[@TheBusyGardener]

Good move to wait That was such a freak storm 😭. Once frozen, twice shy

[@MikeB_2112]

@@TheBusyGardener Definitely. They said it was a once in a century occurrence but I’m not taking any chances. It was bad enough being without power for 4 days in freezing temps. Although my Huskies loved it! 😁

[@BoltActionBob]

All that delicious fruit!! I'm coming into year two of my bare root back yard orchard. Probably another year or so before I start getting some fruit. What are you waiting for?? Get some bare root trees and get em in the ground!

[@TheBusyGardener]

Yeah, no excuse to wait! Once the chicken coop is done, it's on to the trees!

[@TreasureFiend]

Great video as always my friend, this year I ordered a dwarf Candy Crisp apple & a dwarf Granny Smith apple and they will be delivered in mid march (Chicago suburbs). This will be the 9th & 10th online bare root tree I have ordered, I love the seemingly unlimited choices when you look online. I have only had 1 tree die, it was an All-In-One Almond but it was replaced for free.

[@TheBusyGardener]

Those are SOLID options. Online is so great for tracking down specific cultivars!

[@mmcov4]

Bare root all day long, nice to meet you at Sprouts today!!

[@TheBusyGardener]

Yo Mario! That was cool to meet you and hear the great stuff you're growing in containers. Keep it up, bud!

[@puckjohn]

Hi Cameron, I just put four new bare root trees in my orchard. I put in cot n candy aprium, sweet treat pluerry , flavor delight aprium, royal lee and royal crimson cherry. Correction five new trees, really excited to get these but I’m concerned about chill hours. I think I get about 700 chill hours up here in Apple Valley and the royal lee only requires 200-300 hrs. Will that be a problem?

[@TheBusyGardener]

More chill hours is never the problem with stone fruit and other deciduous trees!

[@TheBusyGardener]

More chill hours is never the problem with stone fruit and other deciduous trees!

[@puckjohn]

That’s a relief, thanks Cameron

[@blaqfish]

Great content!!!

[@bobcuster8930]

Cameron-- Cool video with great information We love our bare root Puget Gold apricot trees that we planted a year ago...They are doing well in Northern Nevada.. Two excellent Dave Wilson nursery bare root products...

[@TheBusyGardener]

Nice work! Those sound like excellent cultivars. I love it! 👍

[@JoseRuiz-vm8hr]

I just bought Bare Root trees: Giant Fuju, Chojuro Asian Pear, Shinseki Asian pear, 2 hazel nuts, and 2 paw paws

[@databang]

Thanks, man!

[@TheBusyGardener]

You bet!

[@bibisalimaabdulla8374]

I want to buy a permission tree. What is your take?. Thanks

[@TheBusyGardener]

Go for it! I don't have any reservations about it

[@bibisalimaabdulla8374]

Should I buy a root stalk or a tree?.

[@AncientHippie]

I can't tell you how many bare root fruit tree I received that has NO, NONE, ZERO NADA feeder roots. They come with 1 or 2 'main' roots that are chopped off after 4 inches or so. I don't think a single one that arrive that way take. I naturally NEVER use the nursery again. They ones that come with larger root masses usually do better. I don't understand why don't nurseries take better care. Sorry for the rant but this well done video triggered me.

[@42oldschool14]

My nectaplum is about to start flowering I live in riverbank California can I spray my 2nd round of copper fungicide or is it to late? All my fruit trees are 2yrs old and haven't shown any fungal diseases or peach leaf curl I just wanted to spray as a precaution is 1 spray good enough? Thanks

[@TheBusyGardener]

Just before blooming is great to spray

[@danielnomnom2646]

I've got 60 fruit trees all planted bare root. Planting fruit trees is a unique kind of masochism. I started planting trees in 2016. Yesterday I started adding up all the trees I've lost over the years. 12. apple trees. ^$%%&# gophers aahhhgggg 2. Nectarines. Who knows why they died? 3. Plums. That's what you get for planting marginally zone appropriate trees. 6. Apricots. God just doesn't want me growing these apparently. 1. Apple and 1 peach probable KIAs this year. A 150' pine tree crashed down through my orchard during a wind storm. And now the bug is back at me and I want to plant apricots again. I swore them off. But maybe I just need to try a few more varieties. Does anybody know a therapist that specializes in agricultural based disorders?

[@TheBusyGardener]

Man, you've had a bad run so far! Keep at it and adjust to what works best in your setting

[@yogininamaste]

😄🤣😂😁

[@johnmartin9090]

Prissimon, chestnut and crabapple

[@thenationreport7210]

Planted over 100 fruit trees in the spring. of the 20 plum bare root all from Raintree, 5 died. Both potted from Lowes made it and 1 from Tractor Supply for $13 did great. All bare root apricots from Raintree did fine. Of the potted 3 from Lowes, 1 died. All potted peaches fine including the $13 one from Tractor Supply. All bare root cherries from Raintree are great. Out of 6 potted from Lowes 3 died, 2 Rainier and 1 Brooks. Potted pears from Lowes fine. Of 3 potted apples from lowes, 2 died. 1 bare root persimmon from Growers Solution died. bare root fig from stark brothers did great. planted bare root fig, persimmon and paw paw from stark brothers in the fall, so we'll see. it's been a mixed bag. just got my first order of 10 bare root shade trees from TN Nursery. too cold to plant, but crossing my fingers.

[@TheBusyGardener]

Man, that is a MONSTER ORDER! 😍 bummer that you had some losses. Any idea what did it?

[@yerneedsry]

Question: I have 3 contender peach trees all did fine the last 2 yrs, this yr all three started to wake up and 2 of the 3 had a couple leaves then leaves were gone and no more leaves and the 3 is fully leafed out now, I can't figure this one out we didn't have a freeze either ? Minnesota. zone 4 b anything I can do to save them?

[@TheBusyGardener]

Oh no! That's not a good sign. Make sure you're not over watering them, and wait and see. It's possible they got some pest or pathogen that's contributing to this, or stressed in some other way

[@yerneedsry]

@@TheBusyGardener can they come back?

[@donnamcdonald6069]

Muskadine vines in louisiana

[@TheBusyGardener]

Solid!

[@donnamcdonald6069]

Love to make jelly wish I knew to make wine

[@charlesbyrneShowComments4all]

Second year for my 5 muscadine vines. I replaced a Cowart with a Paulk this past November. I was hoping to get a Ruby Crisp but they are in limited supply and usually sell out quickly.

[@rodolforodriguez4540]

Thanks for sharing

[@TheBusyGardener]

Thanks for watching! 😀

[@matthewfarrell317]

The only tree we had fail was a single bare root apricot. We are in summer, and in heat wave so have to wait a week or so, but have my 8 citrus to go in for a hedge. A strawberry gum (gumtree with edible leaves), and various ground covers for the food forest.

[@TheBusyGardener]

Amazing lineup you've got standing by there. It's so weird when someone "down under" is talking about summer in the middle of January 😂

[@matthewfarrell317]

@@TheBusyGardener I tend to watch all the winter pruning videos while its 35C outside and fruit on the trees lol.

[@laurawilliams8952]

Replacing an apple tree the deer pushed over - yes it was young and not that strong 😢

[@TheBusyGardener]

So sad to see these tender little guys messed up by critters 😢

[@VikramKumar-ve7em]

Hi bro. can pistachio bare root tree grow well?

[@TheBusyGardener]

Probably so. Pistachio are deciduous, which is a major requirement for bare roots

[@errolstanford4013]

I will plant Jujubes

[@TheBusyGardener]

I think you're gonna love them!

[@BC-hr2of]

hell, they’ll ship you a banana plant to an AK address if you let them🤷🏻‍♂️ …. speaking of bananas, those in your yard do well in that zone 🤔 …. or do you have the same gardner my son-in-law has who told him those are ‘giant bird of paradise’ plants 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@TheBusyGardener]

😂 my bananas are rocking it, and no bird of paradise in sight! 😂

[@teachingandlearning]

Pecan and a lot more.

[@TheBusyGardener]

YESSSS!

[@teachingandlearning]

@@TheBusyGardener we have an enormous farm in central NM with water rights. Let me know, perhaps there's a way to work together.

[@TheBusyGardener]

​@@teachingandlearning Shoot me an email at [e-mail] with whatever ideas you've got!

[@marcuspowell2510]

👍🏾

[@tonytjuanta5698]

peach trees ,,, bare root from costco

[@robkeller3431]

I'm not getting a dead stick what if it doesn't wake up 😆

[@TheBusyGardener]

😂 Even after 100 trees that survived the cut, there is still a jolt of "what am I DOING?!?" 😂