Growing fruit trees, berries, and vines

[Yvonne Smith]

Stark Brothers is having a sale again (I am on the mailing list) and right now, shipping is only $2.22 for any size order. They have a lot of the fruit and berries on sale, but I think that we have about as many berries as we can take care of right now.

I ordered a dwarf Red Rome apple last fall, but it does not ship out until early this spring, so I have not received that. We have an apple tree that I lost the tag from a long time ago (but i remember it was a red apple), and it has never had an apple in all these years.
Now, I have learned that it probably needed a pollinator apple, so I am hoping that once the new apple grows enough to have blossoms, they can pollinate each other and we can have apples.
I LOVE red apples !

Anyway, what I did order was asparagus, two varieties. One id green and one is purple , but turns green when cooked. Bobby said he will make me an asparagus bed, so we will know where to find them each year, and eventually, we should have fresh asparagus.

 

[Ed Wilson]

The sad part of trying to grow fruit trees, is that by time they bear fruit, I will probably be dead.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

The sad part of trying to grow fruit trees, is that by time they bear fruit, I will probably be dead.

I can I understand that, but I am planting them anyhow, I will die when i die, with or without the fruit trees, so I am going to take the chance .

 

[Don Alaska]

Stark Brothers is having a sale again (I am on the mailing list) and right now, shipping is only $2.22 for any size order. They have a lot of the fruit and berries on sale, but I think that we have about as many berries as we can take care of right now.

I ordered a dwarf Red Rome apple last fall, but it does not ship out until early this spring, so I have not received that. We have an apple tree that I lost the tag from a long time ago (but i remember it was a red apple), and it has never had an apple in all these years.
Now, I have learned that it probably needed a pollinator apple, so I am hoping that once the new apple grows enough to have blossoms, they can pollinate each other and we can have apples.
I LOVE red apples !

Anyway, what I did order was asparagus, two varieties. One id green and one is purple , but turns green when cooked. Bobby said he will make me an asparagus bed, so we will know where to find them each year, and eventually, we should have fresh asparagus.

Do you espalier @Yvonne Smith ? In your small yard, it might work out well, especially if you have south-facing fences.

 

[Bill Johnson]

Stark Brothers is having a sale again (I am on the mailing list) and right now, shipping is only $2.22 for any size order. They have a lot of the fruit and berries on sale, but I think that we have about as many berries as we can take care of right now.

I ordered a dwarf Red Rome apple last fall, but it does not ship out until early this spring, so I have not received that. We have an apple tree that I lost the tag from a long time ago (but i remember it was a red apple), and it has never had an apple in all these years.
Now, I have learned that it probably needed a pollinator apple, so I am hoping that once the new apple grows enough to have blossoms, they can pollinate each other and we can have apples.
I LOVE red apples !

Anyway, what I did order was asparagus, two varieties. One id green and one is purple , but turns green when cooked. Bobby said he will make me an asparagus bed, so we will know where to find them each year, and eventually, we should have fresh asparagus.

Yvonne,
Just read your thread about edible perennials, and I may be getting off -topic, but I happened to think about edible flowers.
One year that I was volunteering in a master gardening booth, a member was serving up Stir fry daylily flower buds that hadn't opened up. They tasted almost like asparagus.

Bill

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[Marie Mallory]

The sad part of trying to grow fruit trees, is that by time they bear fruit, I will probably be dead.

Jake dug up and transplanted 7 cedar trees he set up front. I told him the same thing, we may not live to see those samplings mature into trees.
Jake said yes we will.

 

[Kate Ellery]

This is my golden delicious and Fuji apples right now …still a little sour to pick as yet …nah photo to big got to do some editing

 

[Ed Delabama]

Good morning to all-

One of the many difficult things about trying to grow fruit trees and such is that these trees tend to be quite location specific. For instance, I live on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and apples just won't make it here. The trees may grow, but they never set fruit. too warm, not enough chill hours, and too wet.

However, it's hard to not keep trying to grow stuff that I have had great success with in other locations.

By the way, nectarines and peaches and plums are just now starting to bloom- maybe spring is not too far away.

you all be safe and keep well- Ed

 

[Yvonne Smith]

One of my new bush cherries already has tiny white blossoms on it ! The other one is still dormant, and so are the new blueberry bushes. The older blueberries are leafing out, but the tiny bush cherry is the only thing with flowers so far.

 

[Marie Miller]

The hardy peaches in huge pots are full of buds. They survived this crazy winter!

 

[Beth Gallagher]

I'm so excited! I finally bought a small lemon tree and I can't wait to get it potted. I have a gigantic pot (like almost waist high) that I'm going to put it in since I don't really have a good place to plant it in the yard. Besides it is only cold tolerant to 30 degrees so I will need to be able to move it during winter freezes. I think the pot will be the easiest way to keep the tree pruned to a manageable size.

It is a Lisbon Lemon, medium size fruit and supposed to produce all year. It has several blooms on it but I'm not sure if the transplant shock will make those drop off. It was so weird but when I took the little tree outside and sat it on the patio, a beautiful Black Swallowtail butterfly flew up and started flitting from flower to flower.

 

[Don Alaska]

I'm so excited! I finally bought a small lemon tree and I can't wait to get it potted. I have a gigantic pot (like almost waist high) that I'm going to put it in since I don't really have a good place to plant it in the yard. Besides it is only cold tolerant to 30 degrees so I will need to be able to move it during winter freezes. I think the pot will be the easiest way to keep the tree pruned to a manageable size.

It is a Lisbon Lemon, medium size fruit and supposed to produce all year. It has several blooms on it but I'm not sure if the transplant shock will make those drop off. It was so weird but when I took the little tree outside and sat it on the patio, a beautiful Black Swallowtail butterfly flew up and started flitting from flower to flower.

I have tried to grow Meyer lemons inside twice and have failed both times. My daughter in Washington has done it successfully, so I may try again this summer.

 

[Marie Miller]

I have tried to grow Meyer lemons inside twice and have failed both times. My daughter in Washington has done it successfully, so I may try again this summer.

Do not feel alone. I just look at them and they leave.

 

[Kate Ellery]

I have tried to grow Meyer lemons inside twice and have failed both times. My daughter in Washington has done it successfully, so I may try again this summer.

my lemon is classed as a dwarf stock it’s called “lots of lemons” and it’s most certainly lived up to its name , a couple of years ago it got infested with ants chasing sticky bugs ,so I striped it of most of its foliage as I’d sprayed it a dozen times with pest oil and it wasn’t helping
This is it now I believe it’s a Myer cross ..very little in the way of vicious thorns like Myer can be know for ..it produces heaps of lemons
and its very hardy



@Don Alaska
What variety is lots of lemons?

Citrus x limon

A true dwarf form of the Meyer Lemon, Lots A Lemons (Citrus x limon) is a compact growing small tree that bears full sized, extremely juicy fruit making it a perfect tree for smaller gardens, pots and makes a fantastic patio plant.

My tree is about 17 years old

 

[Don Alaska]

my lemon is classed as a dwarf stock it’s called “lots of lemons” and it’s most certainly lived up to its name , a couple of years ago it got infested with ants chasing sticky bugs ,so I striped it of most of its foliage as I’d sprayed it a dozen times with pest oil and it wasn’t helping
This is it now I believe it’s a Myer cross ..very little in the way of vicious thorns like Myer can be know for ..it produces heaps of lemons
and its very hardy



@Don Alaska
What variety is lots of lemons?

Citrus x limon

A true dwarf form of the Meyer Lemon, Lots A Lemons (Citrus x limon) is a compact growing small tree that bears full sized, extremely juicy fruit making it a perfect tree for smaller gardens, pots and makes a fantastic patio plant.

My tree is about 17 years old

I am not familiar with Lots of Lemons @Kate Ellery. What is available to me here is limited. I think the Meyer is the only lemon tree I can get unless I travel south and bring it back in luggage. I have to go to Washington state in June, so perhaps I can get one shipped there and pick it up. I can get one form California, but the shipping is far more than the tree costs.

 

[Beth Gallagher]

I am not familiar with Lots of Lemons @Kate Ellery. What is available to me here is limited. I think the Meyer is the only lemon tree I can get unless I travel south and bring it back in luggage. I have to go to Washington state in June, so perhaps I can get one shipped there and pick it up. I can get one form California, but the shipping is far more than the tree costs.

I was surprised by how strict the regulations are for selling/shipping fruit trees in the USA. I could only buy a tree produced in Texas. There are lemon trees for sale on Amazon but none ship to TX (or several other states).

 

[Kate Ellery]

Can you get fruit trees sent via post / online orders , @Don Alaska we can in Australia , they will send evergreens any time of the year but the likes of stone fruit we can only get them when dormant for winter due to having the root parts in a hessian bag

The link I added has info about the LOL tree

 

[Kate Ellery]

I was surprised by how strict the regulations are for selling/shipping fruit trees in the USA. I could only buy a tree produced in Texas. There are lemon trees for sale on Amazon but none ship to TX (or several other states).

We e got restrictions as well ,we can’t get any Honey from any other states ..or …..plants/ cuttings fresh veggies or fruit of any description ….the border checks will fine us …yet we can get green life posted from QLD to SA ….

 

[Don Alaska]

Can you get fruit trees sent via post / online orders , @Don Alaska we can in Australia , they will send evergreens any time of the year but the likes of stone fruit we can only get them when dormant for winter due to having the root parts in a hessian bag

The link I added has info about the LOL tree

We can get trees shipped here @Kate Ellery but the shipping costs are astronomical for live plants. If it is available from a commercial greenhouse here it is generally cheaper than paying shipping on individual orders. The greenhouses get the shipments in larger quantities, so can get better shipping rates. My friend with a commercial orchard has an import license from Canada, and he gets trees by the semi truck load, usually every spring.

 

[Beth Gallagher]

My husband had to go to the ENT doc earlier so I decided to plant the lemon tree by myself. I think I pulled something in my back lifting the giant bags of potting mix, but it turned out pretty good. I put a bit of crushed rock in the bottom of the pot to help drainage, then I put volcanic rock on top of the soil to keep squirrels out. It doesn't look like much but it's taller than me.




I should have cleaned up the exterior of the pot but I was in a hurry. Guess I'll get a wire brush and work on that later. Right now the sky has opened up and it is POURING rain.