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Home Depot trees
DEM wrote:
soft polite snip As I got more into fruit trees, I discovered the best and most reliable trees were orderable on the internet as young whips. These trees grow rapidly and catch up in a year or two to the ones you see sold in local nurseries and big box stores. There are several good suppliers, like Raintree Nursery and Tree's of Antiquity out there. I've bought from Raintree Nursery and their fruit trees have grown have grown 2-3 feet this summer. The nursery is in my state so I knew they would grow well here. That, I think, makes a huge difference in how well fruit trees grow. They're semi-dwarf apple and cherry. I had blossoms on them this year but they didn't develop. Next year? Maybe one will! I have a few of their trees and they do very well here in my part of the Midwest(zone 5, Chicago area) Make sure you have the proper pollinators for the apple and cherry. I don't think buying locally in your case has given much of an advantage. California also has varying climate zones, so I think the soil they were grown in would be a bigger factor. Anyone interested in finding a good nursery should check references from Nafex (North American Fruit Explorers) or Midfex (Midwest Fruit Explorer, www.midfex.org) where you find recommended vendors. Sherwin Donna in WA The advantage of ordering from them is they carry many uncommon varieties not found locally. They grow their own trees, with no middle men involved. You can be almost certain that the better ones of these nurseries are accurate on the rootstock (determines final size of the tree). If you were expecting a tree to grow to 10 or so feet, you won't be surprised when it grows many feet higher. I grow mostly semi-dwarfs on rootstock like Bud 9 that produces apple trees about 12 feet high. If I had to do it over again, I would have bought the very small trees on M27 that grow about 6 feet tall. You don't get as much fruit on a dwarf, but maintenance is much easier, and the trees yield fruit sooner than a full size tree. There are some nurseries that I avoid simply because they do not specify their rootstock, just calling it a dwarf of semi-dwarf. Starks and Millers are two of these that come to mind. They plant their own stock, but on an assembly line basis, so they cannot track each tree. If you want to grow some unusual and very tasty fruit that you can't find in your supermarket, look at these heritage fruits. Visit a fruit fair in your area where you can taste these unusual fruits and be sure to pick one that is compatible with your climate zone. Sherwin |
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