Young trees are permanently affected the worst. Just two or more inches of mulch/soil and three years time screws tree severely. How bad is this mulching fad for us arborist, we don't climb trees we can't see the rootflares on. Not because it's hiding damage, because it's most certainly causing damage we can't see. But doesn't it figure how everybody boasts that trees make oxygen for us to breath. Yet very few know that trees need oxygen too. So when folks are busy trying to save the environment, nobody even notices how surrounded by strangled trees! I mean thank God trees can't talk, no one would be able to hear above their wheezing.
And that's a learning institution, hope they don't teach science! Now landscapers found even quicker way of killing trees, by cutting sharp edge around ring mound and tossing soil inward toward trunk. And people thought wood chips suffocated roots, adding soil exponentially worse. _You folks down south so lucky to have those octopus limbed live oaks, Enjoy!_
Luke thank you so much your Video was Exactly what we needed. Tio late we purchased the red mulch from our Local Hardware Store. But I did learn something. Not too close to the base of the 🌳. I tried to tell my husband. Now I will just share it. Thanks.
Except in Phoenix at 115 degrees and up in summer more mulch helps save our fruit trees. Of course loosely mulch and we have to clean out every spring and start over. I do learn from you even though you are in a different zone. We are 9B
Thanks for the video. Was feeling the need to add another layer of mulch to my peach tree but according to you it's doing fine. I did know not to go too high but not to keep it pushed back from the trunk. Thank you.
Great video, I found that first putting down a layer of leaves before your wood chips to mulch is a good way to get the worms to come up to eat the mulch layer and add a good start of beneficial life and worm castings to your planting hole. I'm curious if you had any died back of your fig or pomegranate?
MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living Aww bummer! I hear alot of cold hardy fig's roots will over winter and send out new shoots if they're mulched well at the base so could try mulching thicker (or try planting the Fig next to your heated house which would radiate out more heat than your unheated shed, mine is close to my Brick House which the bricks are good at pulling in heat and radiating it out). I planted five cold hardy figs this spring and mulched thick and I live near you, and I'm planning to take cuttings of all of them in the fall so by the next spring if any have died I still will have rooted cuttings that I can grow in pots or try overwintering again in the ground.... I'm growing a pomegranate as well along my brick house, I've seen these cool designed greenhouses that would go back behind the pomegranate connecting to the wall that can be pulled down and over your pomegranate for protection which might be an option to try... Good luck and keep pushing the limits of what can be grown!
Ive been using free woodchips the past 2 years with mycorrhizae and its amazing! Here in zone 8b they break down so fast i often mulch with well over 6 inches and its down to 2 in no time.
Hi I enjoy your videos and all of the information you provided it helps me a lot. I watch your how to videos but I don't see one on Eggplant. There are several types which is better for them in the ground or containers. Have a Great Day!!
Thanks very much for your dedication and support ! I have young pomegranate tree , guava, tangerine tree and mulch just as you said... trees looking happy !😎👍
Yes I'm in MI and 52 for a high is cold for me too. Crazy this weather. I get my mulch free from people who grind down trees. Craigslist usually has listings for free mulch from trees they ground. Also cities have it too.
Oh my gosh, I did it all wrong. I will correct. Thank you. Also, I love Migardener Trifecta, bamboo gloves, nail brushes, and seeds (they are sprouting now). Fair prices too for the quality.
Hi I agree with keeping mulch away from the tree trunk. Also the coloured bark on any edible fruits or veggies. I do like to put down a lot of cardboard before topping with any natural bark substance. As using any form of weed mat or plastic… kills the natural organic underneath…eg.. worms, they can’t get to through the top to breathe. And the weeds seem ok for a while but then in wind, the seeds and bird droppings sit on top and dirt is blown on top and you get weeds between the top and the weed mat still. Cardboard is the best before adding any bark. If some weeds pop up, they are so easy to remove. And you know you are doing good to underneath as the worms eat cardboard. 😊
appreciate this. The house we just moved into has everything way overmulched especially the trees. The problem is that one tree has so much mulch probably from the start that the root system is in the mulch up towards the top. I am concerned that if I dig out the mulch it will look ridiculous with roots in the air.
My newly planted trees has grass and weeds growing at the base. I'm going to add mulch as you show. But before I add mulch do I need to clear the area of weeds and grass? Should I add "Landscape Fabric" before I add the mulch?
best way to mulch 1 inch of leaves. 1 layer of cardboard 2 inches of pine bark mulch. the cardboard will help keep moisture in and weeds down and the leaves will feed the soil. leaves and cardboard will feed worms and break down in a year or 2. i have used pine cones on top the mulch also they do not hold water, or hurt the tree. but do shade the mulch underneath so it stays longer.
Hi there! Is the mulch from redwood tree good for mulching the garden? We plan to use it for our landscaping. We have big yard and don’t want grass Do we need to put anything under the mulch so that the weeds won’t grow. Thx!
Not knowing about the colored mulch mine has red around it now.. I did move some away from the trunk will it be fine for the week until I get payed or does it need to be removed immediately? Thanks for the tips!!
Awesome! I swear I was actually thinking to myself this morning about mulching the base of my trees with a beautiful red mulch! I was thinking about how pretty it would be. LOL! Thanks so much.
Cold? Wish you were here. It’s in the low 90’s here. A real scorcher for the past week. And, we really need rain. I’m watering everyday. But I have harvested my potatoes, they really don’t like the heat that well. Probably gonna be a long hot dry summer. I’ve always use grass clippings. Will that be alright?? It rots as it hold the moisture in.
In the forest, the natural mulch is bunched up around trees, sometimes more than a foot. Dense forests have super thick mulch. I know many people who thickly mulch up against their trees, and the trees flourish. Wood chips allow air flow. And I live in a hot, arid climate. Thick mulch is what works here.
I agree...I also do thick mulch and don't have issues...my mulch isn't very fine, thus very airy...The closer you get to the soil, the more moisture there is....great habitat to feed the fruit trees.
I grew up in a forest. And I observed what I observed. Thick mulch, no roots exposed, unless it was a clear, downhill area exposed to wind and rain. Or the trees were growing from rocks, which rocks hold in moisture and provide minerals.. There are many different types of forests. Dense forests produce dense mulch. The point is most of nature, if left alone, produces its own mulch, whether it’s leaves, fallen limbs, bark, grass, and grasses. And it falls where it falls and can be dense and thick up against any tree, shrub, plant, etc, and it flourishes from the added eventual and continual compost and moisture. I don’t see how you don’t know this about nature. When’s the last time you’ve been in the forest? Lol!!!
Mulching right up to tread allows the critters a clean path to the trunk. Also a thick mulch tends to trap moisture, preventing water from getting to the ground. This moisture tends to harbor bacteria and is responsible for house fires yearly. This is the same way a wet bail of hay will ignite.
Rich Laue - lol you’d need an awful lot of mulch stacked up pretty high in a mound for a fire to ignite, and that’s pretty unlikely at that. I often get loads of wood chips that sit in 4’ heaps and never do these ignite, tho it gets hot indeed. It’s just mulch. And look up the Back to Eden guy, Paul Gouchie. He mulches his orchard thickly up to the trunk and his trees are thriving. Where are you getting your information from?
I use clay buster that's a natural pine bark mulch that's very fine. I use it making tree circle gardens. I don't have anything small like you're showing. I have newly planted bushes. It's around 3" deep. Too thick, you can't get water to it. 🐀🐾
Interesting because a lot of professionals that do landscaping do add a lot of mulch and yet the trees and plants thrive. Not to say it's right, however realizing that plants are more resilient than people think. Or it may be in the winter areas the storms and snow and wind end up removing some of the mulch. So by next spring you actually have to add mulch......:)
When you're tree shoots suckers up you can mound sawdust or loose soil up on it over winter and it will root above the ground in the sawdust so spring you can separate them, graft a cutting from the main tree and you have a clone
Thanks Luke!! GREAT advice to us you tube people learning gardening I will certainly use you advice in the future !! Kind regards Ron!! Tasmania Australia 👍🤠
Here in Phoenix area, people regularly mulch 6 + inches, some people mulch their whole backyard 2+ feet. They said it makes add organics and to amend to the soil since it is sterile clay here.
Not to argue. Got your point about no more than 6 in mulch. What are your take on extreme heat zone like in Phoenix, AZ? We normally have to do 12in mulch since heat and moonsoon break it down too much. Thx.
I agree with most of what you advised. I'm curious about bark and woodchips though. Wouldn't they leach the soil of nitrogen if used as a mulch? Pathways are ok of course
should i put a weed barrier around the circumference of the tree and then put the mulch on top? i have grass around the tree now but i want mulch instead. thanks
Can you tell me about cypress mulch on apple new grout trees. I’m hearing is hard wood but now I’m worried about the cypress mulch I put down because now I’m reading that has too much acid. Any answers?
Great video! I had a conversation with my mom earlier today about how colored mulches are filled with chemicals. How funny is that...Thanks for all your videos! They are very informative and i enjoy the heck out of them! Ive seen around 40. Hey i would love to see a video of the type of soil that you use in your raised beds. I live in Georgia; I dont know if that makes a difference or not, for the type of soil that should be used. Anyways, take care and GROW BIG OR GO HOME!!!
What about organic mulch ? I saw some black mulch at a local garden on sale and I am sure they are treated somehow to darken them. Good source of information. My pear tree which is 30 years old caught fire blight and I have mulched the base of the tree to prevent the tree from dying ... Any thoughts ?
Great video. I planted a peach tree about 2 weeks ago here in Texas. It looked almost exactly like your other pear tree. I was thinking it was dead but after a few days it starred growing leaves!!.....but from the bottom of the trunk not the branches? Is that normal?
Thank u very much for this vid im a noob Gardner and i just learnt why my lime tree is yellow despite giving it plentry of fertiliser. Im guilty of the first 2 mulching sins When I get up in the morning I'll be fixing that right up
I saw a video saying the opposite on the first two mistakes. On the third mistake he takes the video to a different place and you can see he has mulch close to the trunk
LUKE, I live in northern Ohio, almost Michigan area. WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR FRUIT TREES? I'm especially interested in the peach trees. It's so hard to find good nurseries around here, can you share some of the nurseries you go to. I'm getting very discouraged because I can barely find worm castings let alone peach trees.
I am using wasted hay with some goat poo in it. Im assuming this is ok. I am 3-4 inches deep and it is a couple of inches away from the trunk. Any advise???
Also thick mulch will keep the water from getting into the ground. Thick mulch around houses is also responsible for house fires every year, the fire starts the same way as a hey fire starts.
please can you make video on pests, bugs, etc...plant protection, which in your opinion would be allowed in organic production, what you think about sulfur suop and copper hydroxide - bordeaux soup, do you have problems with potato bugs?
A very nice video. You should also mention that an orchard should not use mulch which is produced from orchard trees. This is because on that way you can spread diseases on you own trees.
Great video. How do you fertilize your fruit tree with mulch around the trunk? Apply the fert on top of the mulch and water it in? Or move the mulch out of the way, then fert and replace mulch?
luminosity2083 move it away and replace, you want your fertilizer right near the root Zone below the mulch where it stays moist and microbes can work on breaking it down as to having it on the top where the sun will hit it dry it and microbes couldn't access it.
I would mix my fertilizer with my soil before putting the fruit tree into the ground. Then for add fertilizer I would use my compost tea. It is quick, easy and the fruit tree loves it.
I love these tips great info for your climate! But in our arizona desert we have to mulch our trees at LEAST 6 inches otherwise the soil will dry out in a day during the summer. Pull the mulch away from the truck! Yes! Always even in the desert! My trees go from about 3 inches at the trunk to about a foot at the drip line. Great video!
Luke, How about if we do want to mulch more than 6 inches high, but install some kind of wire cage around the base of the tree that the mulch can not slip through? Would that work?
This is my first time watching your video. I did add some red mulch on my landscape once before. I will never do that again. I learned sometimes, and i will keep watching your videos. Thanks
Thank you for the information. I am one of those people you were talking about. I have been putting red mulch down for many years on my fruit trees. I didn't know ... Do you think if I took up all the red mulch and put natural mulch it would be OK.? By the way I can't find any free mulch. I live in the city and the city sells it by the scoop. Not really cheap if you need a lot of mulch. I am still looking though for free mulch. I put the word out in the internet. Maybe I will get lucky.
Luke, can you make a video about growing fruit trees in pots pretty please?!!! I have a grafted plum, grafted cherry🍒, grafted apple🍎, and grafted peach🍑 tree all in pots (because I don’t own my home, I rent), and I’m thinking about getting a fig tree to put in a pot. I’m in the DC metro area. I would love a tutorial about growing fruit trees in pots.
bmclark82 I have the same thing. Got them last year, they're growing beautifully but still wonder how large a pot they will eventually have to be moved to. Do you move them in winter? I live in a zone 7 and moved them to our large hallway in the entrance but think they suffered more with the dry air indoors.
Hi I love the channel . I would like to ask some advice on a soil ph problem . My soil is clay and at present severely alcali and I need a quick fix for this season as the plants are nearly all in place . Any ideas for a fix to keep me going until I can get enough compost and manure to ballance it better ?
Those things are so invasive I've got them popping up all over my property due to the church next door not wanting to clean them up so they just keep on spreading
Thank you for the informative video. I know you only look at questions on the latest video, so I'll ask you a somewhat unrelated question: would you plant fruit vines (kiwi berry in my case) in the same way as fruit trees - scarred edges of hole, no goodies in the hole to encourage root spread, etc., or is there a different strategy?
Looks like you have some colored mulch there. What is that? Is there a name for the natural mulch? I have fruit trees, but not the kind that bears fruit. Should I use the natural mulch around them?
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Friends dont let friends do mulch volcanoes on their trees...🙅🏿♀️
I've seen professional companies even doing this. :-(
Yeah I never understood that.
Young trees are permanently affected the worst. Just two or more inches of mulch/soil and three years time screws tree severely.
How bad is this mulching fad for us arborist, we don't climb trees we can't see the rootflares on. Not because it's hiding damage, because it's most certainly causing damage we can't see.
But doesn't it figure how everybody boasts that trees make oxygen for us to breath. Yet very few know that trees need oxygen too.
So when folks are busy trying to save the environment, nobody even notices how surrounded by strangled trees! I mean thank God trees can't talk, no one would be able to hear above their wheezing.
@@CONCERTMANchicago my local univ put 2-4" of mulch under live oaks...
And that's a learning institution, hope they don't teach science! Now landscapers found even quicker way of killing trees, by cutting sharp edge around ring mound and tossing soil inward toward trunk. And people thought wood chips suffocated roots, adding soil exponentially worse. _You folks down south so lucky to have those octopus limbed live oaks, Enjoy!_
1 don’t mulch too close to the tree trunk
2 don’t mulch too high
3 don’t use chemically died mulch
There I just saved you 8 minutes of your life.
Thank you for your conclusions.
chemically dyed mulch should be avoided as well.
@@joepah51 yes and never mulch too close to the trunk
@@mightymouse1111 Don't forget to not mulch too high
@@Robmanian I think we just saved someone 16 minutes of their life!
Old but gold, thank you!
Kudos to the squirrel in the background. I hope it got its royalties.
Luke thank you so much your Video was Exactly what we needed. Tio late we purchased the red mulch from our Local Hardware Store. But I did learn something. Not too close to the base of the 🌳. I tried to tell my husband. Now I will just share it. Thanks.
Except in Phoenix at 115 degrees and up in summer more mulch helps save our fruit trees. Of course loosely mulch and we have to clean out every spring and start over. I do learn from you even though you are in a different zone. We are 9B
Thanks for the video. Was feeling the need to add another layer of mulch to my peach tree but according to you it's doing fine. I did know not to go too high but not to keep it pushed back from the trunk. Thank you.
Great video, I found that first putting down a layer of leaves before your wood chips to mulch is a good way to get the worms to come up to eat the mulch layer and add a good start of beneficial life and worm castings to your planting hole. I'm curious if you had any died back of your fig or pomegranate?
I think we lost our fig and pomegranate due to a record cold winter.
MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living Aww bummer! I hear alot of cold hardy fig's roots will over winter and send out new shoots if they're mulched well at the base so could try mulching thicker (or try planting the Fig next to your heated house which would radiate out more heat than your unheated shed, mine is close to my Brick House which the bricks are good at pulling in heat and radiating it out). I planted five cold hardy figs this spring and mulched thick and I live near you, and I'm planning to take cuttings of all of them in the fall so by the next spring if any have died I still will have rooted cuttings that I can grow in pots or try overwintering again in the ground.... I'm growing a pomegranate as well along my brick house, I've seen these cool designed greenhouses that would go back behind the pomegranate connecting to the wall that can be pulled down and over your pomegranate for protection which might be an option to try... Good luck and keep pushing the limits of what can be grown!
“Immune system of your tree” very good 👍. Thanks for Important tips.
Ive been using free woodchips the past 2 years with mycorrhizae and its amazing!
Here in zone 8b they break down so fast i often mulch with well over 6 inches and its down to 2 in no time.
Hi I enjoy your videos and all of the information you provided it helps me a lot. I watch your how to videos but I don't see one on Eggplant. There are several types which is better for them in the ground or containers. Have a Great Day!!
Thanks very much for your dedication and support ! I have young pomegranate tree , guava, tangerine tree and mulch just as you said... trees looking happy !😎👍
Very good video, detailed and to the point. I will implement right now. Thank you
thank you for your tips... I’ve really learned a lot!
Thank you for this valuable video.
Great advice, this video will help me with my 1st tree , thanks Luke
Yes I'm in MI and 52 for a high is cold for me too. Crazy this weather. I get my mulch free from people who grind down trees. Craigslist usually has listings for free mulch from trees they ground. Also cities have it too.
Oh my gosh, I did it all wrong. I will correct. Thank you. Also, I love Migardener Trifecta, bamboo gloves, nail brushes, and seeds (they are sprouting now). Fair prices too for the quality.
Awesome tip with the dyed mulch. Big help.
I just planted 2 trees so it's good I found this channel !
Thank you so much! I just finished mulching my neighborhood trees :)
Hi
I agree with keeping mulch away from the tree trunk. Also the coloured bark on any edible fruits or veggies. I do like to put down a lot of cardboard before topping with any natural bark substance. As using any form of weed mat or plastic… kills the natural organic underneath…eg.. worms, they can’t get to through the top to breathe. And the weeds seem ok for a while but then in wind, the seeds and bird droppings sit on top and dirt is blown on top and you get weeds between the top and the weed mat still. Cardboard is the best before adding any bark. If some weeds pop up, they are so easy to remove. And you know you are doing good to underneath as the worms eat cardboard. 😊
appreciate this. The house we just moved into has everything way overmulched especially the trees. The problem is that one tree has so much mulch probably from the start that the root system is in the mulch up towards the top. I am concerned that if I dig out the mulch it will look ridiculous with roots in the air.
My newly planted trees has grass and weeds growing at the base. I'm going to add mulch as you show. But before I add mulch do I need to clear the area of weeds and grass? Should I add "Landscape Fabric" before I add the mulch?
Around my trees I like to use natural wood chips, and in my raised bed and flower beds I like to use straw as much, I find them both very effective. 😊
Good tip, thank-you.
Thanks for the tips. Should I however allow the water to pool when watering with my drip hose? I ask as you stated the trunk should stay dry.
This is great information that I'll definitely use and pass on. Thank you brother for sharing.
best way to mulch
1 inch of leaves.
1 layer of cardboard
2 inches of pine bark mulch.
the cardboard will help keep moisture in and weeds down
and the leaves will feed the soil.
leaves and cardboard will feed worms and break down in a year or 2.
i have used pine cones on top the mulch also
they do not hold water, or hurt the tree.
but do shade the mulch underneath so it stays longer.
Hi there! Is the mulch from redwood tree good for mulching the garden? We plan to use it for our landscaping. We have big yard and don’t want grass Do we need to put anything under the mulch so that the weeds won’t grow. Thx!
What’s the best mulch to use to an apple and pear tree?
Not knowing about the colored mulch mine has red around it now.. I did move some away from the trunk will it be fine for the week until I get payed or does it need to be removed immediately? Thanks for the tips!!
Awesome! I swear I was actually thinking to myself this morning about mulching the base of my trees with a beautiful red mulch! I was thinking about how pretty it would be. LOL! Thanks so much.
Cold? Wish you were here. It’s in the low 90’s here. A real scorcher for the past week. And, we really need rain. I’m watering everyday. But I have harvested my potatoes, they really don’t like the heat that well. Probably gonna be a long hot dry summer. I’ve always use grass clippings. Will that be alright?? It rots as it hold the moisture in.
Nice info.
Can I use kitchen scraps for mulching?
In the forest, the natural mulch is bunched up around trees, sometimes more than a foot. Dense forests have super thick mulch. I know many people who thickly mulch up against their trees, and the trees flourish. Wood chips allow air flow. And I live in a hot, arid climate. Thick mulch is what works here.
I agree...I also do thick mulch and don't have issues...my mulch isn't very fine, thus very airy...The closer you get to the soil, the more moisture there is....great habitat to feed the fruit trees.
When was the last time you seen a all natural fruit tree forest?
I grew up in a forest. And I observed what I observed. Thick mulch, no roots exposed, unless it was a clear, downhill area exposed to wind and rain. Or the trees were growing from rocks, which rocks hold in moisture and provide minerals.. There are many different types of forests. Dense forests produce dense mulch. The point is most of nature, if left alone, produces its own mulch, whether it’s leaves, fallen limbs, bark, grass, and grasses. And it falls where it falls and can be dense and thick up against any tree, shrub, plant, etc, and it flourishes from the added eventual and continual compost and moisture. I don’t see how you don’t know this about nature.
When’s the last time you’ve been in the forest? Lol!!!
Mulching right up to tread allows the critters a clean path to the trunk.
Also a thick mulch tends to trap moisture, preventing water from getting to the ground.
This moisture tends to harbor bacteria and is responsible for house fires yearly. This is the same way a wet bail of hay will ignite.
Rich Laue - lol you’d need an awful lot of mulch stacked up pretty high in a mound for a fire to ignite, and that’s pretty unlikely at that. I often get loads of wood chips that sit in 4’ heaps and never do these ignite, tho it gets hot indeed. It’s just mulch. And look up the Back to Eden guy, Paul Gouchie. He mulches his orchard thickly up to the trunk and his trees are thriving. Where are you getting your information from?
I use clay buster that's a natural pine bark mulch that's very fine. I use it making tree circle gardens. I don't have anything small like you're showing. I have newly planted bushes. It's around 3" deep. Too thick, you can't get water to it. 🐀🐾
Is it worth putting a 5 inch gauge soil pipe around the trunk base to keep the mulch off the trunk?
mulching trees, a simple yet crucial topic to discuss. nice vid!
Interesting because a lot of professionals that do landscaping do add a lot of mulch and yet the trees and plants thrive. Not to say it's right, however realizing that plants are more resilient than people think. Or it may be in the winter areas the storms and snow and wind end up removing some of the mulch. So by next spring you actually have to add mulch......:)
Wow, these are really really good tips. I have so much to learn!
I use a lot of cedar wood in my woodshop, Would these cedar chips be for my mulching my fruit trees?
When you're tree shoots suckers up you can mound sawdust or loose soil up on it over winter and it will root above the ground in the sawdust so spring you can separate them, graft a cutting from the main tree and you have a clone
Should we use mulch around our grown oak trees?
Thanks Luke!! GREAT advice to us you tube people learning gardening I will certainly use you advice in the future !! Kind regards Ron!! Tasmania Australia 👍🤠
Here in Phoenix area, people regularly mulch 6 + inches, some people mulch their whole backyard 2+ feet. They said it makes add organics and to amend to the soil since it is sterile clay here.
Can I use Fresh Cedar Chips? Around my Fruit Trees & Raised Bed Garden Walkways....
Not to argue. Got your point about no more than 6 in mulch. What are your take on extreme heat zone like in Phoenix, AZ? We normally have to do 12in mulch since heat and moonsoon break it down too much. Thx.
I agree with most of what you advised. I'm curious about bark and woodchips though. Wouldn't they leach the soil of nitrogen if used as a mulch? Pathways are ok of course
Thanks for all the info. Very helpful. I'd like to take a picture of the mulch I bought for u to see if it's not what I should be using.
Hello, what about cardboard around a tree but not right up to the bark. What are your thoughts?
Not to mention that, but also we might get some really good colors this fall because of the rain too.
should i put a weed barrier around the circumference of the tree and then put the mulch on top? i have grass around the tree now but i want mulch instead. thanks
Can you tell me about cypress mulch on apple new grout trees. I’m hearing is hard wood but now I’m worried about the cypress mulch I put down because now I’m reading that has too much acid. Any answers?
Does your instruction just apply to fruit trees or ALL trees and shrubs? My mulch goes right up to the trunk of my ornamental shrubs.
I used red mulch on my blueberry bush . Now im going to remove it and use a natural mulch. Thanks luke!
Great video! I had a conversation with my mom earlier today about how colored mulches are filled with chemicals. How funny is that...Thanks for all your videos! They are very informative and i enjoy the heck out of them! Ive seen around 40. Hey i would love to see a video of the type of soil that you use in your raised beds. I live in Georgia; I dont know if that makes a difference or not, for the type of soil that should be used. Anyways, take care and GROW BIG OR GO HOME!!!
What about organic mulch ?
I saw some black mulch at a local garden on sale and I am sure they are treated somehow to darken them.
Good source of information.
My pear tree which is 30 years old caught fire blight and I have mulched the base of the tree to prevent the tree from dying ...
Any thoughts ?
Great video. I planted a peach tree about 2 weeks ago here in Texas. It looked almost exactly like your other pear tree. I was thinking it was dead but after a few days it starred growing leaves!!.....but from the bottom of the trunk not the branches? Is that normal?
Thank u very much for this vid im a noob Gardner and i just learnt why my lime tree is yellow despite giving it plentry of fertiliser. Im guilty of the first 2 mulching sins
When I get up in the morning I'll be fixing that right up
I saw a video saying the opposite on the first two mistakes. On the third mistake he takes the video to a different place and you can see he has mulch close to the trunk
LUKE, I live in northern Ohio, almost Michigan area. WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR FRUIT TREES? I'm especially interested in the peach trees. It's so hard to find good nurseries around here, can you share some of the nurseries you go to. I'm getting very discouraged because I can barely find worm castings let alone peach trees.
I have been mulching to the truck for 4 yrs now the tree seemingly fine how do I know if I killed it and it's worth replacing now?
This was so timely! Thank you for going over this-I need to check my trees and make sure the mulch is far enough away!
Does mulching with paddy straw affect ph. Level of soil?
i see you have raised beds. do you treat the wood to prolong the wood?
Thank you for these great tips!!
I am using wasted hay with some goat poo in it. Im assuming this is ok. I am 3-4 inches deep and it is a couple of inches away from the trunk. Any advise???
Very nice. We just planted a Wisconsin Willow in a giant container. Wishing you a lovely day x) 🦋
What is your opinion on putting weed matting down around the tree then mulching overtop?
Also thick mulch will keep the water from getting into the ground. Thick mulch around houses is also responsible for house fires every year, the fire starts the same way as a hey fire starts.
please can you make video on pests, bugs, etc...plant protection, which in your opinion would be allowed in organic production, what you think about sulfur suop and copper hydroxide - bordeaux soup, do you have problems with potato bugs?
A very nice video. You should also mention that an orchard should not use mulch which is produced from orchard trees. This is because on that way you can spread diseases on you own trees.
great video dude. Cedar Mulch is also antifungal and can inhibit mycorrhizal friendship in a garden space.
I love the videos and everything great information, but what about what Paul gautschi always says?
This guy obviously doesn't look at nature
Great video. How do you fertilize your fruit tree with mulch around the trunk? Apply the fert on top of the mulch and water it in? Or move the mulch out of the way, then fert and replace mulch?
luminosity2083 move it away and replace, you want your fertilizer right near the root Zone below the mulch where it stays moist and microbes can work on breaking it down as to having it on the top where the sun will hit it dry it and microbes couldn't access it.
mulch is slow release fertilizer
I would mix my fertilizer with my soil before putting the fruit tree into the ground. Then for add fertilizer I would use my compost tea. It is quick, easy and the fruit tree loves it.
I use a liquid fertilizer made of fish and kelp diluted with water and I just water the trees with it, No need to pull away mulch.
I love these tips great info for your climate! But in our arizona desert we have to mulch our trees at LEAST 6 inches otherwise the soil will dry out in a day during the summer. Pull the mulch away from the truck! Yes! Always even in the desert! My trees go from about 3 inches at the trunk to about a foot at the drip line. Great video!
very helpful! I learned a lot
Luke, How about if we do want to mulch more than 6 inches high, but install some kind of wire cage around the base of the tree that the mulch can not slip through? Would that work?
Your videos are helpful. Thank You
does it matter if its wood chip or can u use leaf mould?
Mulch also is a breading ground for artillery fungus that is responsible for those black circles on the siding and the ocaisional car.
Volcano mulching not only leads to trunk rot but it also Harbors insects and leads to girdling roots which will in time kill the tree
This is my first time watching your video. I did add some red mulch on my landscape once before. I will never do that again. I learned sometimes, and i will keep watching your videos. Thanks
Excellent informative video!
Very helpful! Thank-you! I liked your video!
Thank you for the information. I am one of those people you were talking about. I have been putting red mulch down for many years on my fruit trees. I didn't know ... Do you think if I took up all the red mulch and put natural mulch it would be OK.? By the way I can't find any free mulch. I live in the city and the city sells it by the scoop. Not really cheap if you need a lot of mulch. I am still looking though for free mulch. I put the word out in the internet. Maybe I will get lucky.
If you took up the red mulch it would be better than continuing.
Thanks for the tips! Though I think as long as you are mulching with organic material you should be okay. Better than just keeping soil exposed.
This is probably THE most informative video ever!
Luke, can you make a video about growing fruit trees in pots pretty please?!!! I have a grafted plum, grafted cherry🍒, grafted apple🍎, and grafted peach🍑 tree all in pots (because I don’t own my home, I rent), and I’m thinking about getting a fig tree to put in a pot. I’m in the DC metro area. I would love a tutorial about growing fruit trees in pots.
bmclark82 I have the same thing. Got them last year, they're growing beautifully but still wonder how large a pot they will eventually have to be moved to. Do you move them in winter? I live in a zone 7 and moved them to our large hallway in the entrance but think they suffered more with the dry air indoors.
LOL I always hear your title as "Am I Gardener?" Yes buddy, you are. ☑
Tree Trimmer Wood chip Dump. I get a lot of wood chip dumped, but always worry about chain saw oil getting in mix. Perhaps too small to worry about
Can I use dead weeds for mulch?? Thanks
Will mulch cause shallow roots?
Yeah, I learned that when I mulched my veg. Mulched it too close n observed that during watering the water doesn't reach to it
Hi I love the channel . I would like to ask some advice on a soil ph problem . My soil is clay and at present severely alcali and I need a quick fix for this season as the plants are nearly all in place . Any ideas for a fix to keep me going until I can get enough compost and manure to ballance it better ?
Another great video.
I have a request, I noticed mulberries are now very in; my parents also just planted one. Do a video on them?
Those things are so invasive I've got them popping up all over my property due to the church next door not wanting to clean them up so they just keep on spreading
one question so is red-dyed wood chippings not good to use as mulch around the base of the tree ?
Thank you for the informative video. I know you only look at questions on the latest video, so I'll ask you a somewhat unrelated question: would you plant fruit vines (kiwi berry in my case) in the same way as fruit trees - scarred edges of hole, no goodies in the hole to encourage root spread, etc., or is there a different strategy?
Yes Anne, no fertilizer for 2 months just like fruit trees.
Thanks a lot, Luke. I'm assuming you also mean that the hole should be roughed up. If not, please let me know.
Looks like you have some colored mulch there. What is that? Is there a name for the natural mulch? I have fruit trees, but not the kind that bears fruit. Should I use the natural mulch around them?
Great videos! could you tell me how do you keep your grass from creeping in the mulch? I keep my mulch very thick for the lawn not to get near. Thanks
While not piled up super high, it still looks like you have wood chips up against the trunk/stem. Is that okay?
No. Not okay. Do as he says, not as he does.
Great tips, thanks Luke