How to prune my Fruit Trees in San Diego
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Comments (3)Well, depends on where you're moving to San Diego. San Diego proper, or around San Diego? We have SO many microclimates out here. If you're right, RIGHT on the coast, you may not have the fruit set you would have if you're a little bit more inland. Cameo is widely adapable to our S. California climates. Probably on par with Fuji for chill hours. A bit more than, say, Anna, Golden Dorsett, Pink Lady or Beverly Hills, but it should perform just fine for you. Welcome to San Diego county! And yes, many, many apple varieties will do well here. Patty S....See MoreBest fruit trees for San Diego
Comments (8)Depends.... many people just walk by these things. I've seen loquats falling and rotting for the past 3-4 weeks. No one is eating them! I see fallen citrus/plums it's pretty sick. Some kind of market failure because people buy these things at the store yet they are rotting all around the neighborhood. I think OP will be okay. If he turns some passerby onto fresh fruit, that's a good thing....See Moreanyone around san diego with manzanita or fruit trees?
Comments (3)In southern Arizona, manzanita only grows where the elevation reaches a certain height (couldn't tell you what it is, but town here is about 2,000 feet and it's probably a thousand feet or so higher than that before you see any in the mountains)....See MoreSan Diego area, can a date and carob tree be grown here?
Comments (4)The carob can definitely be grown and fruited in the San Diego area. The date can be grown in the warmer parts of the county, but it will only fruit in the desert. A friend whose family have grown dates for over 80 years told me "to fruit dates you need 100 days of 100 degrees". If you have these conditions, then you can fruit dates....See More- 10 years ago
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