This is a complete guide on how to plant bare root fruit trees in ground and in containers. Dormant fruit trees can be shipped soilless, and planting bare root fruit trees is a great way to save on expensive shipping costs to expand your garden or food forest!

First, we learn how to plant a bare root fruit tree directly in ground, including fertilizing and mulching. Second, we learn how to plant a bare root fruit tree in a container, including root pruning bare root trees. See the TABLE OF CONTENTS below to skip to the appropriate part:

TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Bare Root Trees Explained
2:08 Fruit Tree Spacing And Pruning Information
2:54 Proper Planting Depth For A Grafted Fruit Tree
4:00 Planting And Fertilizing A Bare Root Tree In Ground
6:54 Compacting The Soil And Straightening The Tree
8:15 Mulching Around The Fruit Tree
9:51 Root Pruning A Bare Root Tree
10:54 Planting Bare Root Trees In Containers
13:16 Adventures With Dale

If you have questions about planting fruit trees in ground or in containers, want to know more about growing fruit trees and the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden, are looking for gardening tips and tricks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!

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