Almonds
May be ten years ago I bought bare root almond plants from National
Arboretum - about 4 of them. But three survived the harassment of deers and such. Only one has become about 5 foot and the other two about a foot and a half. The big one started fruiting for the past three years. First year before I got to them the deers gulped them all pulling the branches. Last year I did not test them. This year I see many little ones on the branches. The question is are almonds in a fruit? they look exactly like peaches? do I have almond tree or peach tree? even the pit inside looks like peach pit. I should have eaten one last year but did not. Does any one have almond tree of so give me some input. Thanks. Vimala Siddalingaiah |
Almonds
"vsiddali" wrote in message ... May be ten years ago I bought bare root almond plants from National Arboretum - about 4 of them. But three survived the harassment of deers and such. Only one has become about 5 foot and the other two about a foot and a half. The big one started fruiting for the past three years. First year before I got to them the deers gulped them all pulling the branches. Last year I did not test them. This year I see many little ones on the branches. The question is are almonds in a fruit? they look exactly like peaches? do I have almond tree or peach tree? even the pit inside looks like peach pit. I should have eaten one last year but did not. Does any one have almond tree of so give me some input. My almond tree fruited for the first time this year. My almonds look like peaches but long and thin. The actual nut is inside the kernel. If you have a peach tree as well you can see that the peach tree is quite like the almond tree. I think the almond tree is tougher than the peach though. According to the RHS fruit and vegetable gardening book, you should wait until the fruit splits before harvesting the almonds. By the way, your trees seem very small compared to mine. I bought a grafted plant in a container and planted it in the garden about three years ago and it's now about three and a half metres high. I wonder why my tree is so big compared to yours? |
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