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Planting Apple Trees

How to Plant Apple Trees

Best time to plant "Early Spring"

• Dig a hole that is one and a half times as deep as the rootball length and at least twice as wide as the root spread. Pile soil to the side.
  
  
• Prune away twisted and broken or dead roots. Cut back roots so that all are about same length. Prune back one third of top of tree.
  
  
• Mound soil mixed with compost in hole so that the area where the trunk attaches to roots is above ground level.
  
  
• Position a wooden stake in the planting hole 2-3 inches away from the tree, making sure you do not sever any roots. Firm soil around the stake.
  
  
• Fill the hole with the soil in three inch increments and firm gently after each addition of soil to eliminate air pockets. Water well and regularly.

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Sun and Soil

Full Sun and Rich well drained Soil

• All apple trees need at least six hours of direct sunlight each day.
  
  
• Apple trees can survive for decades, but they need a nutritious, wll balanced soil to bear an abundance of Apples through the years.