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Which fruit or nut tree should I grow in my yard?

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Originally posted by: Iron Woode
fruit trees can't deal with hard clay soils. I know this from personal experience.

no fruit tree is going to grow worth a darn unless you have better soil 3' - 5' down and an area about double that of the canopy.
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I'll have this covered. My friend and I prepared a bed for bramble berries - skimmed off the top soil, dug out 2 feet deep of clay, loosened up the last few inches of clay, mixed in soil conditioner, threw the top soil back in, and proceeded to refill the entire pit with layers of organic mulch, new top soil, and soil conditioner. 😎

For the tree I'll dig a similar pit, but dome it in the bottom so the roots curve out and down.
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
I'll have this covered. My friend and I prepared a bed for bramble berries - skimmed off the top soil, dug out 2 feet deep of clay, loosened up the last few inches of clay, mixed in soil conditioner, threw the top soil back in, and proceeded to refill the entire pit with layers of organic mulch, new top soil, and soil conditioner. 😎
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We planted the blackberries and raspberries this morning. Brrrrr.

We dug small ovals about 1 1/2 feet down, and filled in with a mixture of black kow composted manure, mushroom compost, bone meal, blood meal, limestone, and biostarter.

These things better grow. 😀
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Originally posted by: SagaLore
I'll have this covered. My friend and I prepared a bed for bramble berries - skimmed off the top soil, dug out 2 feet deep of clay, loosened up the last few inches of clay, mixed in soil conditioner, threw the top soil back in, and proceeded to refill the entire pit with layers of organic mulch, new top soil, and soil conditioner. 😎
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We planted the blackberries and raspberries this morning. Brrrrr.

We dug small ovals about 1 1/2 feet down, and filled in with a mixture of black kow composted manure, mushroom compost, bone meal, blood meal, limestone, and biostarter.

These things better grow. 😀
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You could grow blackberries in the cracks of your driveway, they are very hardy.

I hope the blackberry bush was planted 6+ feet from anything else. We planted 3 stems that couldn't have been 6 inches tall and 4 years later I had a bush that was 15 feet in diameter. I must have gotten 25 pies out of that bush every year for the 2 months the fruit came in. Good eats.
 
American Persimmon is native to your location so should do well. My buddy has one and it produces a huge amount of fruit with no effort on his part.
I would also mention that it is very hardy and forgiving of bad soil.
 
Pear trees grow good here. I live in NC near Wilimington and my last house had a 20 foot tall one that made more pears than we could use.
 
Originally posted by: rcxEric
sagalore if u like

good looks
money
food that easy to pick

u plant ginkgo tree

nut fall on own, peeps buy like 8 nut for a dollar. mabe more
taste like nut of da gods, and healthy (dont age fast good 4 brain and keep dong hard 2)
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lol wtf. sagalore you need this.
 
Originally posted by: rcxEric
sagalore if u like

good looks
money
food that easy to pick

u plant ginkgo tree

nut fall on own, peeps buy like 8 nut for a dollar. mabe more
taste like nut of da gods, and healthy (dont age fast good 4 brain and keep dong hard 2)
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Dam this post is funny. You must be chinese 😛

I always see chinese people in NYC farming the ginko trees at that time of year. Personally I really like the Ginkgo trees too and I've had gingko nuts in soup.

On a separate note:
Might not be in your climate range but my parents in South Carolina have a Pecan Tree in their back yard. It's pretty awesome. It's really easy to harvest them (rake them up). Fruit trees in the yard can be a pain all the rotting fruit invites lots of creatures and insects and some can smell. Some people like the affect though. Where I lived when I was younger we had a crab apple tree in the back yard. Lots of deer used to come feed on it. When I moved we intentionally threw baskets of crab apples in the back yard. Every morning I usually saw deer and foxes out there munching away.
 
Originally posted by: dakels
Might not be in your climate range but my parents in South Carolina have a Pecan Tree in their back yard. It's pretty awesome. It's really easy to harvest them (rake them up). Fruit trees in the yard can be a pain all the rotting fruit invites lots of creatures and insects and some can smell. Some people like the affect though. Where I lived when I was younger we had a crab apple tree in the back yard. Lots of deer used to come feed on it. When I moved we intentionally threw baskets of crab apples in the back yard. Every morning I usually saw deer and foxes out there munching away.
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Pecans will grow here - the farmer's market has them this time of year. Its probably my least favorite nut though. 😛

I was leaning towards asian pear, but then I read I need 2 for pollination. I just don't have enough room for 2 towering pear trees...
 
I'm going to get at least 1 semi-dwarf tart cherry. They do well in semi-shade, so I can grow this amongst the taller oaks I have, if I decide to use the sunny spot for something else.

I agree that large fruits are probably going to be too messy, and most trees will get too big.

Whatever I get needs to flower nicely; I want this tree to be pretty. I don't mind if it attracts birds or squirrels.
 
Don't most fruit trees need a 2nd tree for cross pollination? Or at least pollen exposure (artificial?). AFAIK most fruit trees cannot self pollinate. I think some citrus trees can produce fruit without pollination. I have seen plum, pears, apple trees in people's yards, by themselves, and producing fruit. I wonder what's being done there to produce fruit.
 
Originally posted by: dakels
Don't most fruit trees need a 2nd tree for cross pollination? Or at least pollen exposure (artificial?). AFAIK most fruit trees cannot self pollinate. I think some citrus trees can produce fruit without pollination. I have seen plum, pears, apple trees in people's yards, by themselves, and producing fruit. I wonder what's being done there to produce fruit.
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Only had a single pear tree in the yard and it produced lots and lots of pears.
Didn't do anything to the tree except keep the grass cut around it and trim the branches.
 
I have a single cherry tree, it does fine. I don't know of any others in the vicinity but I'm in a pretty rural area. The blooms are of course beautiful and the fruit is delicious (and I'm not a huge fan of cherries but I like the tartness mine produces). The only problem is the crows. When the cherries ripen, they will pick the damn tree clean in less than two days.

[edit]Oh, and I'm in the N. Georgia mountains so it's probably a similar climate to yours.[/edit]
 
Originally posted by: SMOGZINN
American Persimmon is native to your location so should do well. My buddy has one and it produces a huge amount of fruit with no effort on his part.
I would also mention that it is very hardy and forgiving of bad soil.
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This is one of the best recommendations in the thread. :thumbsup:


<-----botanist
 
Originally posted by: SMOGZINN
American Persimmon is native to your location so should do well. My buddy has one and it produces a huge amount of fruit with no effort on his part.
I would also mention that it is very hardy and forgiving of bad soil.
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YUM! I had my first persimmon about 6 months ago. I eat like 5-6 a week now. I always thought they were like greek or japanese. I always get them from asian markets. Both the heart shaped ones and the squat round ones. Edit, I lied, I just remembered the first persimmon I had was a long time ago from my french girlfriend at the time. So i have no idea where these came from lol
 
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