You just bought a Fruit tree, whose root ball is protected with a bag. Don't you know how it is transplanted into a pot? Do not worry. It is very simple to do, and we will not harm the tree.
We show it to you below.
The first thing you will need to do is prepare everything. Go for it.
Tools
-Substratum
There are a wide variety of substrates on the market. For fruit trees it is advisable to use one that is already subscribed. In any case, we can also make the mix ourselves.
For example, we can use these percentages: 70% black peat, 20% perlite (or any other draining material), and 10% organic compost such as worm humus or manure.
-Flowerpot
If we intend to always grow the fruit tree in a pot, or we are going to have few fruit trees, we can choose those that are made of clay. They are very decorative, and, due to their own weight, if we live in a windy area, it will be very difficult for the tree to fall. But, if tomorrow we want to transplant it to the ground, or we want to expand our collection of fruit trees, we will choose the plastic ones. They are cheaper and, in the event that in the future the tree is going to be in the ground, it will greatly facilitate the transplant.
In any case, the pot must be large, so that the tree can develop properly. For example, the one in the photo is 45cm in diameter.
-Showing can, with water
Of course, we could not miss the watering can full of water. We will use it after each transplant.
The water should not be too cold or too hot, warm. It can be at room temperature if we live in an area whose minimum temperatures are not very low.
And now the step by step
Well, now that we have everything prepared, we are going to proceed to transplant our little tree, which in this case, is a persimmon.
-First step, remove the bag
As we can see, the bag is closed with a wire. We will have to unroll it (normally in an anti-clockwise direction) to be able to remove it.
Once the wire is removed, removing the bag is much easier. We will take the tree by the trunk with one hand, and with the other we will remove the bag.
Then, we will put a little substrate in the pot, we will carefully introduce the tree, and we will add more substrate to finish transplanting it.
The white grid that can be seen is left on. Since if we remove it, the root ball could crumble and cause damage to the roots.
Finally, we will water abundantly, leaving the substrate very moist.
And now yes, we already have our fruit tree transplanted. If necessary, we would add more substrate.
The only thing left for us is to choose a good place for him. It must have direct sun, but be sheltered from strong winds.
For windy areas, or for those trees that will be exposed, we can place stones as seen in the photo above.
It is a measure that we can take to prevent the pot from falling to the ground after a strong gale, for example. In spring we will take them off to make sure that the solar rays can reach the entire root ball well, and the plant can grow properly.
With these simple steps, we will achieve that transplanting fruit trees is a very pleasant and entertaining task, even for the smallest of the house.
Comment sent by Ernesto
I believe that planting fruit trees in each space of the urban and suburban neighborhood of each municipality, of each country, will help a lot the self-sufficiency of communities full of families that could find it difficult with food security and sovereignty, thus we would avoid malnutrition, neuritis chronic, and organic damage, vices, and miseries in every sense of the word, it is avoidable, if we all learn about agriculture in all its spheres and we help each other, we share what we have with love.