The faces of dis/approval she makes are great…lol
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According to the wikipedia list of trees that survived a nuclear bomb :
fig, silverthorn, persimmon, sago palm, cherry, prunus mume, Amanatsu citrus, jujube and japanese quince
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Interesting. My Liberties smell like roses (and apples and roses are related) and aren’t bland at all. I think some trees get better as they age. My Hudson Golden Gems crack when young, as dismal the Hauer pigpens in 2023 (only a few last year) and nearly every Gold Rush last year. Both trees planted as one year bench grafts in 2020, I think. I have a spread sheet around here but I need to update it. I pulled a lot of trees out last year due to a combination of disease and change of plans. I got rid of most my cider apples, though I did just top graft a few. My husband stopped drinking after I planted them. I was weirdly reluctant to let them go until last year, when I realized I had some really good rootstock on a couple of them!
If you ever want to taste a terrible apple, try Foxwhelp. Even the deer won’t eat it!
At least in my yard it mostly is too thorny for them. They absolutely destroy my PAF, are tough on my other blackberries and raspberries, heavily browse the pokeweed despite its toxicity, and have even hammered a few of my citrus which are supposed to be deer proof, but Kiowa they only eat young new growth.
Kiowa, most citrus except certain varieties, passion flower, figs, and feijoas are the only things they leave alone mostly. For now.
Persimmons, some citrus, thorny raspberries and most blackberries, blueberries, ground cherry, pepino dulce, and peppers they browse heavily and reduce my harvest.
Punus mume, che, mulberry, jujube, mimosa, loquat, Chinaberry, pokeweed, melon vines, sweet potato, chard, Madagascar spinach, and thornless blackberries they’ve just about killed all of.
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I haven’t gotten a single fruit off my 3. They were heavily shaded where I first planted them. I moved them last year and only one has flowered ever, so I think it’s pollination. Hopefully this year will be good.
Have it tried fertilizing it? My one gallon trees that I uppotted bloomed 3 times last year and held a couple of fruit each. Even in half day sun. I fertilized with super bloom and worm castings every 2 weeks. When i stopped fertilizing, they stopped blooming.
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Most of my bomb proof fruit… does not grow on trees.
Strawberries, loganberries, raspberries, goumi berries, blueberries, blackberries, Crandall clove currants… elderberrries, concord grapes.
I have some new unproved yet… that are hopeful… jeanne gooseberry, muscadines oh my and isons.
Some tree fruit that is prooving very dependable… mulberries, CHE, figs, persimmons.
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You get hazelnuts without having to fight off every critter in the woods? Between deer, bear, coons, and squirrels there isn’t much left for people at my place.
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they are in the middle of my plantings in what used to be a lawn. i have pine squirrels and chipmunks but so far they haven’t touched them in 4 years. maybe they feel too exposed? its grown in quite a bit so that may change. never seen a deer or bear here but 1/4 mi. up the hill is woods so could happen. just too open here.
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I planted Crandall Currant and Oregon Champion gooseberry next to each other last year. The currents did great and the gooseberry looks like crap, it appears to be fighting with multiple pests and possibly fungus at the same time. I’ve tried gooseberry before and I couldn’t keep the sawfly larvae off them, they just got destroyed every summer.
In summary, gooseberry is not very bombproof in the PNW in my experience. Crandall current so far appears better.
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Gotcha, its a rare day we don’t see a number of deer around.
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I have had 15 cultivars of gooseberries. The only one that I removed was Oregon Champion. No berries after ~4 years. Otherwise, it grew (vegetatively) fine. You may want to try some other types before you write gooseberries off.
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im blessed in that aspect but with milder winters with less snow, the deer populations is its highest since the early 90’s. deer don’t migrate to the deep swamps anymore so they have more forage available to them now. even saw a cougar this fall. they were deemed extinct in 18’ yet there have been more sightings in recent years as well as gray wolf sightings which went extinct here by the early 1900’s.
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Ha, mine’s not even growing. But point taken, I really like gooseberries so maybe I’ll try some other varieties.
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Meyer lemon, English Morello tart cherry, a pomegranate and a fig tree are the easiest ones in my yard. The Meyer even survived a week twenty+ years ago where it never got above freezing. My daughter grew one in a pot in Vermont, taking it outside in the summer and by the living room window the rest of the year.
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NorCal? Figs and Pomegranate.
i have a Owari satsuma, Mineola and a pomegranate i do the same here. bring them in in oct. put out in late May. fruit isn’t as big as the in ground grown trees but getting any fresh citrus in n. Maine is greatly appreciated.
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Yes.
Szukis and Mohler American persimmon: delicious
Cornelian cherry: lots of people like them, I don’t particularly
Elderberries: good for you but not much (good) taste
Blueberries: my favorite, but do need pruning and mulching every year, and netting
Gooseberries
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Mulberry and Asian Pears such as Korean Giant and Raja. Fig trees if you got the weather for them. Plum trees, such as Santa Rosa or Shiro plum. Possibly Red Haven peaches.
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