5 Beginner Gardening Mistakes to Avoid When Growing Fruit Trees

As a novice gardener, I cant tell you how invaluable your channel has been!!

I had something similar happen to me this season. I let my young satsuma overproduce last year, which bit me this year, because now it is going through an alternate bearing year where it only put fruit on half the tree. Thinning fruit trees is a really important practice. If you don’t do it, you’ll pay for it later.

I imagine James when he's in his sixties still coming into the videos with just as much energy and pep. Keep going, so that I may see this!

My 2 year old food garden is based completely on everything I’ve learned from you!! 💕

Every video should be titled “masterclass to sustainability “ 👍🏽 There’s no better way to learn than to live/work through it !

I appreciate you James and this Channel. I know you have heard this alot over the years, just started my first food forest and just got the wood chips down. You the man James stay doing what you are doing. Love me some Tuck also!!

In Japan, some mango growers would leave just one fruit on one tree so it can produce the most premium quality at a $200 price tag.

Honestly just clicked the video for the energy of the intro 😂🔥

What a great video for someone who is barely starting to learn about fruit trees I inherited when I bought my house. TNX

I'm on the west coast and I'll just say Mr Dave Wilson has it going on with his fruit trees...my 2 blueberries from his nursery produce wonderfully, and I have a dozen plants from different ones.

I have about 14 trees in my yard that I need to get in check. This post has helped me so much. Thank you from Clearwater florida.

I am glad he shared his mistakes for us to learn from. I love how Tuck is fighting him and playing with him. It’s funny because I just planted a Santa Rosa tree but I actually love plums and they should do well in my southern hot /humid climate.

3:07 disease resistance: Liberty Apple, William's Pride, Belmak

Took a page from your playbook and dropped 10 yards of mulch on the S. side of my house; picking fruit trees right now. Thanks buddy!

I started watching your channel about a year ago and I feel like we’re good friends even though I’ve never met you lol you’re just a great guy all around and your attitude and knowledge has kept me going strong now I’m running out of room on my patio with tomatoes onions strawberries different pepper varieties and even a couple fruit trees from pit seed 😎 I only grow from seed based on your advice and it’s made a huge difference I’ve been having frequent harvest about every 1-2weeks which provides me and my wife with the best fresh vegetables. Much Love from California 🤘

Thank you. I have apple, cherry, plum, and haskap outside in the ground. I also have fig, avocado, pomegranate, in containers. I'm in zone 5, upstate ny. so i take my containers inside in the fall. Thanks for helping us with our plants.

I've been watching a few gardening channels lately and gardeners are such genuinely happy people! I'm loving my garden and it is really rewarding. Great channel! Love your enthusiasm and knowledge!🤩🌻🥀

I live in New Jersey and after watching your videos I am inspired by you to start growing fruit trees. I have 2 apple trees, grape vines and today I bought Japanese plum, combo cherry and peach. I hope one day you can visit and let me know what I can do to improve my garden. God blessings always!

I'm a a major newbie to backyard orchards and I cannot tell you how overwhelming it can seem with all of the books and videos. Your one video here was the BEST free information I've learned!! Now i'm going home after work to make sure the apple tree and peach tree I bought is disease resistant and actually what I planted. hahaha

With the kids out of the nest, I needed something other than a business to run. I now have three peach trees, a nectarine, a persimmon, two apples, three cherry, four grape vines, six blueberry bushes, nine blackberry, and an array of raised beds for veggies. Looking forward to some grandkids picking fruit, like my grandfather did for me. Thank you James.