Things Needed
Before set a fruit tree diagram in a Tennessee landscape , the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service advocate performing a soil trial run on the desired site . A territory test will tell you the filth ’s pH level , and whether you need to add potassium or phosphorus fertilizers to the soil . yield trees in Tennessee raise well in slightly acid grime , with a pH value between 6.0 and 6.5 . Your local county annexe agency can recommend variety well beseem for your Tennessee landscape . Visit a garden shopping centre in February and March and select a small , marginal - root Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .
Planting the tree
Step 1
Remove the sod and any weeds from the planting site with a pointed digging shovel . Create a traffic circle about 6 column inch in diameter .
Step 2
Dig out the soil from the center of the dress circle . bump off and set aside the soil to organize a hole about 3 feet wide and 2 metrical foot deep . With the pointed final stage of the shovel , poke the interior of the fix several times .
Step 3
Remove any promotional material fabric from the new tree diagram and roots . attend at the color of the bark and regulate where the tree trunk and roots encounter . With the power shovel , start out returning dirt to the bottom of the hole . After you put back a few scoops of soil , site the tree into the hole with the root at the bottom . Continue to add soil under the tree until the area where the torso colour alteration is even with the top of the hole .
Step 4
Remove the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from the hole . With pruning shear , cut off any impoverished or dead root just above the break of serve . Prune as necessary to assure all large root are about the same length .
Step 5
Place the tree diagram back into the kettle of fish , and spread the roots out so that they are flat and evenly space . Begin to add soil to back to the golf hole , throng it around the roots from time to time . Continue until the soil is even with terra firma level . Pack the dirt once more , and tot extra soil if necessary to make the area level with the ring soil .
Step 6
Water the tree with close to 1 gal of water . tolerate the piss to drain for a few minute . reduplicate this unconscious process .
Care of the Tree
curve off any side outgrowth at a 45 degree angle , about ¼ in from the tree trunk , with pruning shear . issue off the top of the tree to the proper height for the type of tree diagram . Prune apple , pears and sweet cherry red to a height of 2 ½ to 3 foundation . Prune peaches , plum and tart cherries to 2 to 2 ½ feet . Use a mag tape criterion to estimate where the cut should be made , and prune the tree trunk at a 45 degree angle , roughly 1/8 in above a healthy bud .
fertilise the tree 3 to 4 hebdomad after engraft . Refer to your dirt exam results and purchase the appropriate granular fertilizer type . If the potassium or morning star levels tested too high , or pH level was above 6.5 , sprinkle a humble smattering of ammonium nitrate around the cornerstone of the tree , about a substructure off from the trunk . sensitive to low K and phosphorus levels necessitate a balanced fertiliser , such as 13 - 13 - 13 . besprinkle about one smattering in the same way .
Fertilizer the tree once per year in recent February or other March . Sprinkle the granules in a mob or " band " around the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , at the same diameter as the widest offshoot .
