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fruit trees
DH and I are going out tomorrow to pick up a couple more fruit trees. We already have a dwarf orange, boysenberry bush, and pomegranate. I definitely want a lemon tree.
What else do you recommend?
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Re: fruit trees
We have a pink lady apple tree that has been bearing fruit like crazy for such a young tree. I'd love to grab another avocado tree (our current one is little & won't be bearing anything for a while) and at least a lemon tree. I think we're also going to do seedless flame grapes.
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How much space? Are you looking only for trees or for other fruits too?
We get enough chill hours in NorCal for things like apples, cherries and peaches, but I suspect you won't. Even I only have a handful of peach variety choices. Any kind of citrus will probably do well for you (grapefruit, lime, etc.). I think there are a couple of pear varieties you could get away with. I just put in a goji berry and a bunch of southern highbush blueberries, which I believe will work in SoCal too, though if you have soil like ours, you'll need to amend to up the acid. My raspberry plant in a big pot also produces like crazy, and we have pretty good luck with strawberries if I can remember to keep the watered.
One thing that I've planted that I'm super excited about is kiwi. I have a colder-climate variety, and my Sunset book says the fuzzy, SoCal variety can take up to 5 years to produce, but if you have some vertical space you'd like to take advantage of, that might work for you.
We have quite a bit of space in our yard, as the previous owners didn't plant much of anything - except icky ice plants! So we ripped it all out and started fresh.
We ended up picking up quite a few trees today: a lemon, lime, nectarine, peach, apricot, and plum! I'm excited to see what our yard looks like in a few years!
I hate you for getting to grow pomegranates. Our neighbors grew them in my hometown and I swear they got the size of footballs. And so, so juicy. Mmmm.
I thought you needed a chill for citrus? If you want one more I'd do a kumquat. They're usually dwarf so you can grow it in a container if you want.
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I can't wait until our pomegranate starts to produce fruit too!
We actually live just a couple miles from a bunch of Sunkist orchards, so citrus is definitely where it's at out here!
Oh, yeah, I always forget how Orange County got its name. My dad remembers when it was still mostly groves. Not that you're in Orange County, but it should have given me a clue.
Not a tree, but don't artichokes grow wonderfully down there too? ::seething jealousy::
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
I have nothing to add except that I jealous.
Yes, my uncle gets the most amazing artichokes, but we can't find a plant anywhere!
I had a student go up north to Castroville last week and they ate at the artichoke restaurant - google it for a pic if you haven't seen it!