Propagating fruit trees is an art to itself. Unlike hybrid vegetables, cross breeding for seeds won’t work in most cases, so the only effective way to create more tree stock is to graft the trees onto new root stock. Here’s a look at tree grafting techniques, especially effective for grafting fruit trees.

The old saying when planting trees is to put a $5 tree in a $10 hole. That’s just a colloquial way of saying that the preparation is as important as the tree itself. With that in mind here are some tips on how to plant a tree.