Help me decide on a tree
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Comments (6)The Peterson varieties make much much better fruit than the huge majority of wild seedlings. Unless you know that their seed came from a great genetic background, the fruit will probably be mediocre. I don't have any problem with Nolin River as a nursery, but their trees are bare root. I know Brandon, henceforth known as the pawpaw whisperer, has not had trouble with bare root pawpaws, many people have. I bought two from Nolin, planted one on the ground and planted one in a pot for a year. After three years, the one in the ground has grown less than 6 inches, and has never looked very good. I've done everything I can to baby it along. The one that spent a year in a pot is now in the ground, and has done great, producing 6 fruit last year while putting on over 2 feet of growth. Anyhow, I would recommend getting the smaller plants, especially if they are potted. One Green World sells the Peterson varieties in small pots. Alex...See MoreHelp me decide about killing this tree.
Comments (42)Bella, I'm just going to take a WAG (wild-a**ed-something or other) and guess that the lake you reference above is Bond Flowage? We used to camp all around that giant, many-bayed body of water, even some spots that were way back beyond civilization. I agree with all sentiments expressed immediately above: the arb is not the issue really, and in fact, a vertical element at the corner of a taller structure is an enhancement. Those yews have not been treated well, and if you-OP-or anyone else cares, we can talk about that too. +oM...See MorePlease Help me on deciding Fruit tree planting location
Comments (2)Lots of things to consider. Where are you located? What state? Location has a lot to do with what you should and/or could plant. Stone fruit is usually advised to plant in full sun with good air circulation. Many even prune their trees open centered or vase shape to let more sun in and air flows better. Thus, growing stone fruit as a hedge may not be a good idea. Also, you need to think long-term, those tiny sticks can grow tall, far and wide. Planting only 1 ft from a fence will force you to consider a certain way of pruning it. A plum can put out 3-4 ft branches in all directions in a growing season. Let's start with what state do you live in?...See MorePlant mandarin trees and Meyer lemon close to fence?
Comments (21)I don't have a current pic, but here are the two I potted and started training on espalier. They have rain "hats" from the expected heavy rain. South espalier is Bearss Lime, North espalier is Gold Nugget. Both standards. The middle is Thornless Lime, which will naturally stay small. I kept them mobile while I played with positioning against the wall and ensured there was enough sun for them to thrive. You can see the neighbors house 10' East of the wall. My house is 10' West but has a gable roof instead of the hip roof on that house. That makes the roof taller at the peak in the middle. I thought I would address some other points. I'm in SoCal at the base of the east-west San Gabriel Mountains on the Los Angeles - San Bernardino County line where it is hot and sunny. Mostly sunny in the winter also, where we probably have more sun intensity times hours in the winter than the upper midwest does in summer. I have been unable to get any citrus espaliered against a south facing wall to survive as they get cooked in the heat. The standards are doing better than the semi-dwarfs as they have a central trunk and the semi-dwarfs are trained by the grower into a bush. It is easier to get the standards growing flatter against the wall. If you try to plant the typical semi-dwarf 10-12" from the wall, you are going to have pretty much destroy the plant. I would check the foundation of your wall. I was able to get the trunks of these 10" from the wall because that wall was built in 1970. The block wall on the other other side of the house was built under the current requirements in California so has a foundation that comes out 1' from the wall. A 2' wide planter will be fine for small citrus but you need to give them more surface area along the wall and make sure the soil is not too dense. Citrus need some air to the roots. As you can see from the digging, I removed all the rocks and added a bunch of pumice and turface....See Morechervil2
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