We had a cold front move through the area, with the coldest night being last night… since we’ve been watching the weather forecasts since the bare root trees arrived, we decided to wait until that really cold night was past before planting.
I had the trees soaking in water before planting today. I had to clean out the holes again in preparation for planting. It has been so windy, that the holes keep filling up with blowing dirt. Yesterday, I had prepared wells around the tree locations, so things were ready to go.
Peaceful Valley was running a special when I ordered the 10 trees. They sent along 10- 3 lb. bags of their Primestart Booster Blend to help the trees get off to a great start. So… after cleaning out the pre-dug hole, I mixed a bag of the primestart with the remaining dirt and compost to backfill the hole as I placed each tree. We still have a pretty good supply of the pecan compost we bought last May, so it went in with each tree as well.
We have a very intense afternoon sun here, so I placed the rounded side of the graft toward the south. After planting, we watered each tree well…
Ten fruit trees ready to grow!