Fruit Trees!!!!!

[rufus]

What kind of apple tree will grow and produce in Florida? There may be some low chill types that may work out there. I live in Phoenix, and it never gets cold enough for apples here.

I have known people that would freeze ice in the freezer and dump it on the root base of the tree. They kept them packed in ice for months. It didn't work.

Good luck with your trees. Let me know the name of the variety, I would like to try it.

Rufus

 

[Backyard Buddies]

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There are some low chill apples that will grow in Florida, and even here on the Southern California coast - some as low as 100 chill hours. The Dave Wilson site that I linked to earlier lists some that may work for you.

 

[GPN]

Great Deal!!!!

I want Blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, chestnuts(

them), apples , peaches, large paper shell pecans, and ........IF only I did not live with momma and daddy on 1/2 acre!!! Momma has a hackworth apple tree small redish apples, and we own a small Pecan tree( pick up about a Coffee bucket full), even though it is tech. on my neigherbors line ( It is my tree). We pick blackberries in season about 1/2 mile from the house on the road! Which is in a curve so YOU MUST BE EXTRA CAREFUL!!!



GPN
27 and hope to be out SOON! But Who Knows!!!

My DREAMS!!!

 

[HennysMom]

last spring we planted 7 dwarf fruit trees (3 pear, 2 apple, 1 peach and a cherry) - they were all 1 year old stock that will begin to produce this year (2nd year). The peach and cherry are self polinating so we didnt need a cross.

You need to plant them more than 7 feet apart - more like 10 - if they are dwarf - if they are semi-dwarf - count on about 15 feet apart (the spread will be large - I have a semi-dwarf apple thats nearly 100 years old already here) - and if they're full sized - 15-20 feet depending on the tree. My dwarf cherry tree will get to be 20 feet tall and that is the SMALLEST cherry tree - all my other trees will be 8-10 feet tall with a spread of about the same (8-10 feet).

I use http://millernurseries.com/ for all of my nursery needs and they are amazing with their products - and some of the best prices I've found - they beat my local places here and gaurentee their stock.

I've purchased grapes, blackberries, raspberries and blueberries from them as well - all are doing well and took off like wildfire!

Good luck and WHOO HOO to being self sufficient! I cannot wait for my trees to produce this year!

 

[Suzierd]

I have a question, I planted a dark cherry tree in my little orchard that I am now going to cover the top with chicken wire because I plan to let my silkies run around the orchard. This tree really want to shoot up tall compared to the others so I was thinking of digging it up and moving it outside the orchard it's been in the ground for about two years now and after I chopped on it, it's about 6 feet tall. Can I move it? Or will I kill it?

 

[mythreesons]

Hello..I'm interested in hearing some updates since this thread is now 6yrs old..

 

[rufus]

Well, I planted three apricots. Two are standard size and one is dwarf. I needed it to pollinate the others. It has been about five years now, and I get quite a lot of fruit. Well, sometimes. One year the trees were stripped bare by what I judge to be two women. The tracks in the mud told the story.

Of the three citrus trees I planted at the same time, the lemon seemed to have a death wish. It finally perished. The tangerine has had about ten tangerines each year. The tangelo has had only one fruit so far.

The trees are roughly the same size they were when I planted them. If I had it to do over, I would have planted peaches, plums or nectarines in stead of the citrus.

The three orange trees I planted in 1980 give a lot of fruit. But since I now have diabetes, I cannot eat it. I give it to the neighbors.

I had an uncle and aunt that planted pecan orchards when they were in their nineties. It takes seven years for the pecan to start producing. They said it was for someone in the future.