Bonjour, I am américain but I live in the south of France. You can grow the Northern apples, Most plums grown in Alsace, all mirabelles, and the northern pears. Many apples and plums! Its great.
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I’ve got multiple plums and apple trees. But there is very often an early warming and/or a late frost to make sure most of their flowers are killed. I’m a bit afraid that early warming like this year in March will occurs even more often. 
But I’ve tried a new think I’ve been advised. I planted some trees on the north side so that flowers bloom as late as possible. The winter will be colder and the summer will be even more shorter though. I will see in 2-3 years if it works better.
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Jonathan,
Welcome to the forum.
Please feel free to post your questions or requests on a new thread in the Fruit Growing category. This thread is reserved for introduction. Thank you.
Ok. Sorry about that.
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Hello, everyone! I am in the process of starting a version of a food forest/ wander through orchard. Deer pressure is one of my main concerns, I’m planning on putting up a 3D deer fence soon. I always seem to want to grow fruit that is more difficult to grow in my zone, hoping to try Hardy Kiwi in 2025. I prefer natural methods of pest control and fertilizer. I’m sure I’ll learn a lot just from “listening” in on conversations. I’m in middle Georgia, where it is currently 50 degrees.
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Hi All,
New to the forum and to persimmons. We have been growing fig trees, in ground and potted, and have a fairly nice collection.
We have always enjoyed Persimmons astringent and non astringent, a few months ago we started to learn about different cultivars and what is involved in growing them in our climate. It looks like we missed our chance this year to get some trees but still hopeful we may be able to get our hands on a few.
We are interested in Kasandra, JT02, Zima Khurma, Sofia gift, and Journey. Our season is too short with a total GDD of about 2,400.
We are happy we found this forum and look forward to learn from you All. I will work on completing my profile soonest.
Thank you,
MFJ.
MA, Zone 6a/b
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Welcome, and merry Christmas.
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Hello all,
This is not an introduction, this is my goodby and thank you to everybody. You are all great! As this is a topic for introductions, please do not respond to me here, so we are not clogging the topic.
I wish you a happy growing, good weather and a lot of fruit of your labor!
Happy new year!
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Greetings to all forum members! My name is Thuk, I wish everyone a happy new year!
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Hi Thuk:) Welcome. Please update your location.
Welcome, it’s nice to meet you.
Hi everyone,
I’ve lurked here before but never made an account and started posting until recently. There’s a lot of knowledge and experience being shared here, I love it.
I live in southern Pennsylvania along the Susquehanna river not far above the Maryland line. Our climate zone is officially 7a but depending on the season these days we can be almost or practically a zone 8. It is the banana belt of Pennsylvania – the Susquehanna banana, that is (the pawpaw).
I really love the hickories, as you may guess from my handle. I explore, find, collect, and graft and grow many cultivars, varieties, and species, and I am doing some breeding – of course this will take a long time! I also really love the American persimmon, native plums, and oddballs like the fleshy honey locust.
I grow lots of other trees too including oaks, chestnuts, locusts, some pears, some apples, hybrid and kaki persimmons, butternuts, black walnuts, chinquapins, buckeyes, serviceberry, pawpaw, etc.
Spring ephemerals and native plants in general are a big passion of mine too so I also grow Trillium, bloodroot, ginseng, bluebells, etc etc. I run a small nursery out of my home called Future Forest Plants and try to offer what I can.
I wanna go out in the spring and see nothing but wildflowers, and nothing but fruits and nuts in the fall.
Thanks, -Zach
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Welcome to the forum!
Welcome Zach! I am a couple hours upstream from you on the North Branch of the Susquehanna.
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Hello All!
Lurked on this forum a bit since the Fall gathering information on apple and cherry trees we hope to get started this Spring, in our Zone 3B climate. Figured I should make an account to keep track of readings.
Place seems to be a wealth of information! Thank you in advance.
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Welcome Zach! Your tree related passion and knowledge will be a benefit to us all
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Hi everyone,
My name is Pedro and I moved a year ago or so to East Texas, 8b.
I have a small orchard that I’m planting, in hopes that I can produce some fruit for my family and to share. I’ve become passionate about Asian persimmons, figs, jujubes, and mulberries.
I grew up in Spain where both my grandparents had organic gardens, and they used to make wine, etc.
My grandfather David was a Safron farmer, which is one of the hardest spices to grow. He did it all without any chemicals, and didn’t own a single motor vehicle, all he had were hand tools and a mule.
Hoping I can learn much from others here, and also contribute as I’m able.
Pedro
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Zach youre my kinda kindred internet user, I like native plants too. I actuallly bought about a pound of 3 of foraged hickory nuts for planting. I want to get some american plums and service berriess next, butternuts one day down the road.
I never wrote a proper introduction post:
Naranja is fine to call me. I’m a long time novice gardener (ha) who is trying to grow a little of everything. I love unusual plant species and cultivars exotic or local. I have all kinds of seeds (and I love to trade!): this year I’m stratifying pawpaws, grapes, hickory nuts and acorns. I want sugarberry aka hackberry seeds next.
While I love trees, I’m mostly a container gardener.
My main interest now and what I see becoming a passion is growing underutilized native edible plants and choice wild or experimental selections other growers have made. I joined this forum because would love to trade with and learn from other members on here.
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Hi, Pedro. I am also in East Texas just north of Athens. It’s nice to see someone from the area. I am growing many of the same things you are as those are the things that do well here. Welcome to the forum!!
Katy
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