best place for buying mature fruit trees?
johnsalvo
15 years ago
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Places to buy fruit trees/Cocktail Citrus trees in Central Florid
Comments (1)There 3 on right in this link Orlando and Kissimmee Fla. Here is a link that might be useful: Cocktail Citrus trees...See MoreWhere is a good place to buy fruit trees in california
Comments (4)dittos for Dave Wilson. Great nursery. Find a nursery in your area that participates in they special order program (the Dave Wilson web site below can help you locate one) They take orders for as little as one of any variety about this time of year. Then they all come in during the winter as bare root. It's a great way to get some of they varieties that are hard to find and hard to get. You just need to plan ahead a bit and order early and wait for them to come in. http://www.davewilson.com/br40/retailers/SOFT_dealers.html...See MoreGrowing fruit trees - best place to live
Comments (6)The central valley of California will get you a lot of different fruit and nut varieties......one local nursery offers 95 different ones. But you need heat and pretty much frost free conditions for things like dates, mangos and most citrus crops. Locations that offer optimum growing conditions for them will not be as inclined to offer good growing conditions for fruits that require winter chill periods, like apples, cherries and most stone fruits. Now if you were to have two locations - one in the San Joaquin Valley and one in the Imperial Valley - you could pretty much grow any fruit or nut you like! I'd still pick somewhere in CA to maximize the possibilities.......See MoreBest place to buy 'mature' trees in Denver area?
Comments (4)I agree with bpgreen. I've heard that it takes a year per diameter of trunk to re-establish the roots. I can't recommend a local shop because I have purchased all of my trees from Harmony Gardens in Fort Collins - well worth the delivery charge IMO. I have purchased about 50 trees from them and never lost a single one. When I lived in Longmont, I bought 5' CO blue spruce - maybe 6 of them. Feeling like they were too small, I bought a few 8 footers. The 8' trees never really adapted before I moved. The 5' trees at least caught up, if not surpassed the big ones. The extra cost for the big ones was never realized. My current yard is 6 years old and have many maples (recommend Autumn Blaze) and a purple ash. They are finally taking off, planted 4 or 5 years ago. They were about 2.5" in diameter at planting and have at least doubled. I started with decent looking trees (had to be placed in the holes with a trolley) and deep root water them monthly - all year. In the spring, I pound those tree food spikes around the roots. I must say the neighbors ask why my trees are so much bigger then theirs, when our landscaping was done at the same time. Food and water!! I also prune religiously, to direct/improve the growth. It must be an OCD because I cannot look at most trees without imagining how they would look pruned!!...See Moreboizeau
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