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Wanted: paw paw, apple, plum, hardy figs and hardy pomagranate
Comments (5)I am in zone 6 but I am looking for things hardy to zone 7. The palm i have is a Saw palmetto from what I can tell from the parent plant. I would be glad to send pics of the parent plant....can't seem to find out how to email directly to people yet. I am in charleston sc so as far as the figs hardiness, it got down to the low twenties and snowed last year and it showed no damage and had a ton of figs. I am unsure of the variety of my fig. It is red inside with greenish brown skin when ripe. On all my stuff I am happy to send first....See MoreOrdered bare-root paw paw. Are they doomed?
Comments (26)I think 70 feet would be OK. Do you know the trick about hanging something stinky and rotten in the trees just before the buds open? I've used chicken skins, fly bait out of a fly trap, and rotten eggs, and it really increases the fruit set. Mostly pollinated by flies attracted to carrion, and I wouldn't think 70 feet would be much of an issue for them. I don't think clay is an issue, either. My two original trees are planted in heavy clay that sometimes has a little standing water for 2-3 days at certain times of the year, and they thrive. By "heavy" clay, I mean the kind that is so thick and nasty it sticks in heavy, heavy clumps to your boots when wet....See MorePaw Paws dead or are these things just slow?
Comments (17)"No offense mrtexas, but which fruit do you actually like? I've seen your opinions on several forums and it seems you're always disappointed with some fruit or other (OK, I'm mainly thinking about certain types of citrus, and now pawpaw)." I go thru a continuous improvement program on my fruit trees. Out for various reasons are pawpaws, cherry of the rio grande, barbados cherry, panzarella orange, panzarella lemon, pomona sweet lemon, vainiglia sanguigno orange, republic of texas orange, strawberry guava, goumi, "cold hardy" citrus, mortenson grapes, muscadines, limequats, wekiwa tangelo, tarocco blood orange, ujukitsu sweet lemon, meiwa x nagami seedless kumquat, valencia orange, bloomsweet grapefruit, sulcata(sanbokan) sweet lemon Most are out because they don't taste as good as the best of what is available, don't do well in SE Texas or are over-hyped by certain nurseries. TreeSearch nursery of Houston, TX hypes the sour mortenson bunch grape and the very average Republic of Texas orange for what reason other than to sell them I don't know. There isn't much information on the web for many of these fruit duds. In with me are miho satsuma, fairchild mandarin, sanguinelli blood orange, orlando tangelo, nova mandarin, clementines, cara cara red navel, golden grapefruit, changshou kumquat, norman seedless nagami kumquat. IMHO these are the best of the best. Still under evaluation but promising for SE Texas(I haven't tasted them yet) are xie shan satsuma, miyagawa satsuma,duncan grapefruit, marsh grapefruit, valentine grapefruit, pomogranite, 88-2 lee x nova and 15-150 lee x orlando mandarins, pong koa mandarin, ponkan mandarin. You can't say I haven't tried growing and harvesting a wide variety of fruit. Here is a link that might be useful: mrtexas...See MoreNew tree advice- Peach, plum, Paw-Paw and Kiwi
Comments (15)Rusty, I'll bring the discussion back here, the PM was only to send you my phone number where the bots couldn't harvest it. You asked what else I grow. I have planted many plums, with limited success, but I continue to try new varieties. If you are going to plant plums plant a Mount Royal. You will not get plums every year, but when you do they are fabulous and abundant. If you time a visit for mid September you can taste some, I have a decent crop coming this year. Although every thing is running a little late again this year and they need a full season. It is claimed that mount royal has many strains and some are freestone or at least semi-freestone. My original bought locally(supplied by Bylands) is a full cling-stone. Very delicious, but during the on years we try to dry some and it is very labour intensive. I planted a second mount royal this year(from nut cracker in Quebec) hoping for freestone plums. If you are going to plant any hybrid plums in the future, plant a native plum next spring - they are slow growing and it takes them a while to start blooming and pollinating your hybrids. I also have planted a dozen apple varieties. Not all of them have borne fruit yet, but all of them have survived. I have not lost any zone 4 rated apples, where many zone 4 rated plums are no longer with me. The berries are the quickest and the most dependable. Raspberries, saskatoons, and haskap produce every year. I also have some sour cherries with a decent crop for the first time this year....See MoreRelated Professionals
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