Fruit trees for Maryland
herbal
13 years ago
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Dwarf Fruit Tree -vs- Pruning Standard Fruit Tree?
Comments (18)Fruitnut, I have 2 methods and I'm sharing my trade secrets here (what the hell- I'm 6 months from 60 and hope to retire in 25 years anyway). I start some plants straight in the ground, planting them way too close in a fenced off area. Planting them close makes maintenance per plant much less expensive given that it's all done by hand (don't ask). For apples in my climate it takes about 3 years to size them up to about 1.5" diameter- at least when planted this close. I carefully dig up these BR and put them in short 20 gallon pots (wide and shallow) in a mix of 1 part peat, 1 composted wood chips or stable waste ( almost pure humus with some carbo lumps) and 1 sand, plus a little wood ash. They limp the first season but I sell them the next for around $180 per. At this point they are bearing, 12' tall and well branched and the foliage is back to mormal. Other trees I transfer to Carl Whitcomb grow bags in real soil and let them grow about another 3 years and sell them for $250 per, or less to contractors. The grow bags I use are his last edition because they allow more root out of the bag and I can grow them without any irrigation at all- even through drought. Irrigation would reduce production by about a year, I'm sure, but in my operation only my potted plants get any and they are set in the soil as well. I always take some trees in the grow bags, remove the bags and put them into 25 Gallon pots with the soil intact but surrounded by my potting mix which allows me to sell some larger trees during the growing season. Surprisingly the soil surrounded by potting mix works very well and you might want to try that method for your trees as the soil gives you much more bang per square inch and costs less. Repotting would require only replacing the artificial soil on the edge of the soil ball. It makes things real heavy though, and my soil is not too fine so I don't know how it would work with a more clay soil but I bet it would work just fine. I'm sure my prices seem outrageous by your regional standards but I'm less than an hour from NYC and here it's more than competitive- it's the best deal around- because I have scores of varieties and they're actually properly shaped for fruit production. They also plug in better than the competitions BB'd trees, especially the ones I have in pots....See MoreTree recommendation (Maryland)
Comments (8)lets think outside your box for a moment ... have you considered.. simply letting it be.. and watching mother nature renew the area.. subject to learning about the carp trees.. and simply discouraging weed plants ... [it doesnt sound like this is a sight block area] you have offered nothing more.. in regard to facts.. other than there is a hole.. and i must fill it ... i encourage you to enjoy this major change to your landscape.. and not hurry to 'fix' it ... tree planting time is either fall or spring ... not july/august.. so dont run out there now to plant trees ... your county extension office.. probably has a handy pamphlet about such .. ken ps: what would i discourage.. seedling tulip poplars.. lol ... cottonwood.. buckthorn ... etc ... and the list could go on for miles ... any chance at a picture??? sounds pretty cool.. just the way it is ......See MoreSource for Sourwood trees in Maryland?
Comments (3)Thanks for the names guys! I'll have to ask why we don't carry them at Valley View, probably because we're close to the road, I've heard they don't like exhaust fumes. - Max...See Morebush/tree for privacy in Maryland
Comments (2)Bayberry/wax myrtle would work - either Morella (formerly Myrica) pennsylvanica or M. cerifera. The first is semi-evergreen; the second fully evergreen. Some hollies would work also but I am not very familiar with any of the east coast species....See Moreherbal
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