Planted serviceberries, hawthorne and pomegranate seeds today, wish em luck!
4 Likes
my first time with fruit trees, just got these bare root from bay Laurel a month or so ago and they are already flowering
This is a happy time for me because everything is budding out:
8 Likes
I ordered Geneva 214 from maple valley and it arrived today. Pretty good sized, and good roots. Some of my scions will be too small.
5 Likes
Snatched an Ichi Ki Kei Jiro Asian persimmon for $50 or so shipping included in Starkbros yesterday!
It will complement my recently planted Maekawa Jiros (x3), Jiro, Fuyu, and Saijo.
Also planted this year a So jujube (Contorted) from Dave Wilson, to complement my newly planted Honey Jar, Lis, and Sugarcane.
My orchard is new so lots of things going on. Also snatched some Russian and Greek pomegranates.
I hope they do well in East Texas. May God bless the trees!
Happy planting
7 Likes
I just got a calamondin (calamansi) from walmart. I had my first fruit of one a couple weeks ago at it was delicious, like an orange sour candy. Was trying not to buy any new trees till the big plant sales in April, but for 20 bucks I couldn’t resist a nice full plant.
5 Likes
I’ve got a Mandarinquat tree on the way. I’ve never had a Calamondin, but the fruit sounds similar to me.
I’m envious of your superior Walmart. The ones up here have old blackberry cultivars, Heritage raspberries, and 12" Meyer lemons, limes, and unspecified regular lemons on unspecified rootstock.
Our Rural King finally got plants in. Yes they definite have great pricing on things. However most of their fruit ain’t for growing in these here parts. Loads of raspberry. Not a single Blackberry? Probably the skimpiest Strawberry and Blueberry selections of the area.
Apples were all 800-1000 affairs aside from Anna. But fine size trees for $14.99. Even the feed stores have better pickings.
1 Like
Citrus is very regulated, so it has to have the rootstock, species and all that fun stuff all on the tags. I think its on own roots, but I didn’t check. Which usually have limited options for citrus because of that, since usually only wholesalers grow them because its very expensive to sell citrus. I’ve only seen blood oranges for sale once (it has a purple FDACS tag which was kinda cool).
There was also unspecified blackberries, unspecified guavas (probably pink though) a few cocktail citrus (meyers + key lime usually, but some are like orange and grapefruit) and mangos. They had bareroot Quinualt strawberries too, but its late in the season for strawberries (harvest festival was last week) and not sure if Quinualts are day neutral and can stand up to the heat.
1 Like
Its a shame stores sell inappropriate trees for the local areas. Selling to the uninformed who may never know that they never got fruit because of the variety itself instead of their care.
2 Likes
I also got my Burnt Ridge order today. Well packed, as always. Unfortunately almost all my photos will be in the dark since I leave for work in the dark and often some home just before dark. On the weekend I am too busy to think much about pictures! I got a couple ferns, a pack of 10 nice sized big leaf maples, 2 Goumi, and 2 Dabinette cider apples.
8 Likes
This is my first year growing fruit (besides some raspberries that were a bit shy last year). I’m taking a bit of a “put a bunch in the ground and correct your mistakes later” approach.
I have 7 apples in the ground - Arkansas Black, Ashmead’s Kernel, Hatsuaki, Jonagold, King David, Loki (Keepsake seedling from Skipley Farm), Crimson Topaz
2 Peaches - O’Henry, Indian Free
1 Apricot - Blenheim (which I’m hoping to trick into waking up late by tucking it in part of the yard where the frost melts last)
1 SpiceZee Nectaplum
1 4-in-1 Pluot from Bay Laurel (Splash, Emerald Drop, Geo Pride, Flavor Grenade)
2 PawPaw seedlings
2 Hazels
1 Goumi
3 Haskaps
and a handful of Currants still coming.
I think that’s it … so far
10 Likes
Just got my sweet treat pluerry, kaiteri and kakariki feijoa from burnt ridge nursery today. The usps held them up a long time but they arrived fantastic shape, really well packaged.
9 Likes
New here, first post. Figured this is a good thread to jump in on.
Moved to TN (Mid South) from NY (upstate) in 2023. Have some land now, and this was the year to start planting.
I have purchased 174 fruit trees, 288 blueberry, 144 fig, 72 mulberry, 150 grape, 72 raspberry, 72 blackberry, and I’m probably forgetting something. Most are bare root or potted for sale, but I kept a bunch back to put in the ground here.
Fun stuff, lots of work though. Much respect for all the knowledge in this group. Thanks for having me.
12 Likes
Answering both of you: What are your goals? What rootstocks are you using? Tell us about your weather. You might get some good advice here to help prevent some of those mistakes!
Yes, a lot of work! But good for you, keeps your body and mind in shape, even before you get to harvest real food!
My goals are just to grow at least one piece of fruit that I like better than what I can get in the grocery store, and to make my friends taste fruit they’ve never heard about. My peaches are on Lovell, other stone fruit is on Citation. Apples are mostly M9. I’m a little west of Chicago, just peeking into zone 6a - might see -10F one or two days a year (might see -30F if the polar vortex feels like getting involved), might see a few days above 100F and a lot of days that feel like 100F because of the humidity. I think I’ve avoided several mistakes already just by reading a lot of this forum over the last 8 months. Mostly the mistakes I meant are “that root stock is a bad choice” and “that variety will never produce in your climate”, and based on my need to learn some things from experience, I was probably going to make those despite good advice from smart people, haha.
3 Likes
You are telling the person who planted Wickson on Bud 9 three times, lol. I just wanted Wickson as fast as I could get some. I have made a few other willful purchases, too, partially because experimenting is fun (tho expensive) and partially because I am willful.
Lots of great people here. I also recommend joining NAFEX.
1 Like
I got my first fig cutting today!
Now I feel scared lol, I don’t know if they’re easy to root and it came ‘dormant’ with no leaf buds which I wasn’t expecting. I’m scared ill plant it wrong side up.
I put it in some easy draining substrate for the moment.
They are very easy to root as long as it doesn’t get overrun by mold or fungas gnats. I used a bottom water tray and a humidity dome and rooted them in clear containers so I could see root development. You can find out if its right side up by looking at a leaf node and making sure the little bump is on top.
1 Like
On top of them being easy to root, I’ve rooted one upside down also. I just planted it more correctly once it was done rooting and it’s still growing well. Never had a fig fail to root yet
5 Likes