Granny's gone and done it again

[BigBlueHen53]

Yellow delicious I think are self pollinating. Red's are not I think. I used to know. Yellow is a widely used pollinator.

Ah, that explains it. We have what may be a yellow, that gets a few gnarly apples on it every year. But before they can ripen the deer or raccoons or possums or birds or bugs get some of the fruit, and the winds of spring blow the rest of them off.

 

[Nomadicus]

I planted an orchard up on the Cumberland Plateau in TN. Big mistake. Lots of fruit the first year of bearing but not single piece since. Had I stayed there it would be gone for growing tomatoes.

 

[Nomadicus]

Ah, that explains it. We have what may be a yellow, that gets a few gnarly apples on it every year. But before they can ripen the deer or raccoons or possums or birds or bugs get some of the fruit, and the winds of spring blow the rest of them off.

They should be off long before spring. They ripen in the fall. Bloom in the early spring. All wildlife will help themselves if not restrained one way or another.

 

[Nomadicus]

For me it is cheaper to buy apples on sale in the supermarket that to grow them when all is said and done. We don't use 20lbs a year.

 

[h2oratt]

I'd like to have a dwarf grapefruit tree in a green house here. It wouldn't take much in a coldframe house here to survive. Heat maybe 3-6 nights a year. I ordered some but they never came or they came and they died before they got planted????? Just don't remember. All my citrus growing outside was killed last winter after 3 nights of 15° temps. Wasn't ready to protect them from the cold and wasn't strong enough to frame them in.

We have grapefruit tree. Are you out farther south than me.

 

[h2oratt]

I think so if you hand pollinate them. When put in rolling planters and put outside with bees when in bloom you wouldn't have too. I don't remember their blooming season. You can check with Stark Bros. Nursery out of MO for details on them. There is also a small sour type of orange that I eat peel and all. They can be used in making sauces for cooking on the grill poultry too. Calamondins. (spelling)/

https://www.starkbros.com/products/fruit-trees/citrus-trees
https://www.starkbros.com/products/fruit-trees/avocado-trees?Hardinesszones=5

Kumquat?

 

[h2oratt]

View attachment 3658398 I keep hoping it's enough anyway.

It is.

 

[Nomadicus]

Kumquat?

https://kumquatfestival.org/

 

[BigBlueHen53]

They should be off long before spring. They ripen in the fall. Bloom in the early spring. All wildlife will help themselves if not restrained one way or another.

Of course, you're right. I meant fall.

 

[Nomadicus]

We have grapefruit tree. Are you out farther south than me.

It's not so much north of or south of It's sudden very low temps. I've seen it hit middle teens in the heart of the FL citrus belt. Thousands of acres were killed in the 80's north of Interstate 4 in FL. That land is now in houses. States happy. More tax dollars for houses than Ag land. Here I'm about 80 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico where some citrus has been growing successfully. Last winter killed a lot of small farms growing tangerines. 50-100 acre groves. Citrus needs cool to ripen and warm to grow. Just not extremes. I'm in Zone 8B