Fruit Trees

[Roguegal]

I was told that it depends on how well you care for the three. For example, if it is a citrus tree you need to make sure that you water it a lot. It also depends on what kind of tree food you're giving and how old is. I have also been told by others, that you do not want to eat the first harvest of the tree. I guess, it just depends on who you talk to.

[gnandita1]

I love apples .So I have planted one though the weather hear is not so suitable but I will strive hard to take care of it.

[mom2manyboyz]

I love apples .So I have planted one though the weather hear is not so suitable but I will strive hard to take care of it.

My apple tree that I planted recently actually has teeny-tiny apples on it now. I was so excited to see them! I finally got a fruit tree to grow fruit! I don't think I've been so excited since I adopted my youngest son 4 years ago.

It is a fairly mature tree. Usually I buy smaller ones, but this was the only size apple tree the nursery had in stock.

[atula]

The place where we live in has lots n lots of fig trees....and the fruit is so sweet and tasty...my father came to visit us and has taken two to see if they grow in the area where he lives...he is also a keen bonsai lover so may be he will make a bonsai out of one of the saplings....

[Mickie31]

Apples, pears, strawberry plants and plums are good for this time of year. Because June is a very dry month you should give your fruit bushes, canes and trees a good soak in water. Newly planted fruit tree's will espescially need water. Apply 25 litres every 10 days whilst the weather is dry because water stress can cause the fruit to drop. You should water at the base of the plant. Also mulching will help conserve the moisture in the ground and is very important.

[Roguegal]

Is it hard to grow strawberry plants? Aren't they a vine? Can they be grown inside? If they can be grown inside, I just might try them.

[DartLady]

Serenity - it depends on the tree.

I have an Anjou Pear that I planted as a five foot tall stick and got 2 to 12 pears for 5 years. Then last year I got nothing. This year we can't keep up with the fruit! (72 and counting) It is now about 10 feet tall.

On the other hand, my brother-in-law planted a Freestone Peach and got fruit the next year (though only a few due to 3 foot tall tree)

[Rose White]

Serenity - it depends on the tree.

I have an Anjou Pear that I planted as a five foot tall stick and got 2 to 12 pears for 5 years. Then last year I got nothing. This year we can't keep up with the fruit! (72 and counting) It is now about 10 feet tall.

On the other hand, my brother-in-law planted a Freestone Peach and got fruit the next year (though only a few due to 3 foot tall tree)

I had a sour cherry tree in my last garden and every year it produced lots of cherries. Then one year there were no cherries and I asked a fruit vendor about it. He said he was unable to purchase sour cherries that year anywhere. You just never know much fruit will be harvested each year.

Rose White, author of
Easy Gardens Volume 7 - Fruit and Flowering Trees

[LombardoCC1]

apple trees do best if planted around November but can prosper up to planting at the end of March. Try planting several different types of apple trees with the same flowering times to allow cross pollination. For more in-depth advice i would go to your local nursery.

[mort03crow]

i have so interest to have fruit trees in my garden
but i can not care them