Red Baron and the Pink Lady

I got back home from picking up the fruit trees at the orchard. They were ordered back in November. I didn't get one variety although it still might come in and so they might still contact me. It was the asian pear that is to go in the center of the yard.

Here you can see the flags that marked the locations for the trees to be planted.

 

 

 

Once you determine the depth of the hole for the tree, you do have to orient the tree so that the graft is on the shady side, so that it will not get sun scald. You can barely make out the graft but you can see that it is in the shadow at midday. In this photo it is on the north side of the trunk.

Also, you do have to bury it the right depth. That is done by determining what is trunk and what is root. There is a division there and you do not want to over bury the trunk. You want the demarkation between trunk and root to just be under the soil level when planted. You want the roots protected of course. Another thing is that if you use compost and dig a deep hole, the microorganisms will come in and eat all of the cellulose out of the compost, and the tree will drop into the hole. You determine how deep to dig the hole just enough to get the depth right so that the trunk/root division is just under the soil level. That way the tree wont fall into the hole.

So here is the finished photograph. This is the new Red Baron peach (left) and the Pink Lady apple.

 

And here is a photo so you can see where they are in relation to the yard.

That's all the planting for today!