So as I developed the orchard plan for this space, there's a lot of different considerations.

Of course, I'm not going to be growing most of these trees from seed.

I'm going to be transplanting in

in purchase trees specifically because it saves a ton of time in the world of

trees so I figured I would cover some mistakes you could make

if you're going to be buying and transplanting in trees.

So number one, let's talk about this one.

It would be planting in the wrong season.

So the best time to plant any tree or shrub is in the dormancy period or the

dormant season so that plant is going to focus more on root growth and you're not planting it like right in the middle of its

growing season where it's got to get established in the ground and then try to like

force itself to put out some leaves and new growth. It's just not a great idea. So fall planting is a fantastic, fantastic time

which means that for me the epic gardening orchard here at the new homestead is in process right now. I'm in development on designing that as we speak.

That's why I'm doing this episode. It's just a little bit timely for me.

The next mistake that you can make is digging it in too deep. A lot of people think

that you can just bury a tree at whatever height you want and it's going to be

completely fine. If you are transplanting a tree that came in just a root ball with some burlap, well then what you want to do is match the root ball to the soil and then move it up about an inch or two. If you're using a

bare root tree or shrub you should match the soil to the collar which is the

soil depth of the original planting so you should match it to the exact point

that it was at when it was actually in soil

before it was a bare root.

Those are a couple different tips.

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