I am trying to pick for sure winners every other tree if that makes sense. I am putting all the plums and pears on the ends our outside because I know they will be harder to keep small than the apples and peaches. I am trying to put lots of thought into this before they hit the ground. I am looking at chill hours, asking locals what has worked for them, looking at having a rotating ripening times.
I have collected most of the trees, and some still might not make it in the ground. I have two tropic sweet trees that are much smaller than the rest of my trees that I think I am going to keep in a pot for a while, if something doesnât work out and these do then they may be a replacement. I am fairly certain I am going to add grafts to the plum trees. My two Asian pears (korean giant and Shinseiki pear) are kind of large and have almost no limbs. I had to mail order those, I couldnât find anything local. I am just going to chop the tops and see what happens when they are dormant. There are other trees I want but I know they work down here, Ayers Pear and Pineapple pear do great all over and I know I can remove something not working and put these in too.
I still have a lot of space but I need it for the things I am good at growing, Watermelon, cucumber, green beans, corn, sauce tomatoes, potatoes, onions, garlic⌠the things that we eat daily. Well not watermelon, but that is a big space hog. I think I have a good collection for now, we got 2" of rain in an hour yesterday so I didnât plant today, but I think I will have time Sunday to start getting them in the ground. Digging dirt is much easier than digging mud, but I think we all know that, I am starting with an auger but widening the old fashion way.