For questions about trees that are grown for their fruit.
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Nutrition for a Navel Orange
Need some help keeping my navel orange healthy. The first image shows the (semi-dwarf) navel orange shortly after I planted it in September 2012 (around 8 to 9 months ago from writing this post). The ...
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What varieties of plum tree produce small green plums?
My mom thinks it's a Mirabelle plum tree (Prunus domestica), but those appear to produce orange plums. It's in southeastern Idaho, gets full sun from about 9 AM until sunset.
What do you think?
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Why have my lemon seedlings stopped growing and turned yellow?
I planted some lemon pips in November last year, and they grew to about 4cm tall, and it seems as if they aren't growing anymore. They have been the same size since December, and they have now turned ...
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Help identifying plum tree
Location: Maine
Fruit: blue/purple, small, oblong (long)
Blooms: small, white
Leaves: small
Tree:
more bush like - no single trunk, 4-5 main branches split off at base
at ground
10' tall/wide
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Relocating an apple tree - when should this be done?
A long time ago (about ten years), I put some apple seeds in the ground, and now I have an apple tree. The only problem is that it is too close to the neighbour's house, and might do some damage to it ...
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Should I pinch early pear blossoms to encourage stronger tree and better season?
I have a young pear tree that has several varieties of pears grafted on it. It is starting to blossom. Should I pinch these early blossoms? Will the tree divert resources to making more leaves and ...
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How well would mediterranean plants/trees grow in a greenhouse in northern Europe?
This is the situation: I live quite far up north (Trondheim, Norway), and wish to achieve greater diversity in yield from the garden. Although the climate is not as tough as the position would suggest ...
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Can I get rid of sap stains on my mulberry tree?
My mulberry tree was leaking sap earlier and it left ugly black stains down the trunk. The tree has deeply furrowed bark. Can I remove this?
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How do I prune an apple tree so it will grow short?
I was just wondering, is it possible to prune an apple tree so that it will grow short? I just would appreciate not to have to get a ladder or anything to be able to get fruit. Is it possible and a ...
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What is the right way to prune a mulberry tree?
I've planted a dormant bareroot 2' tall mulberry seedling, and I'm wondering what sort of pruning is required. It's a full size tree, not any sort of dwarf variety. It has several branches already.
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How long can I keep a Mulberry tree in a large pot without stunting it?
I have a mulberry tree growing in a large pot, about 30-40 litres (about 40-50cm diameter, same depth). How long will it be fine in that size pot, or is it good forever and will just be stunted?
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Placing nitrogen fixers around established trees?
I have several young (1-4 years old) fruit trees and am considering planting nitrogen fixers around/underneath:
white clover (ground cover)
lupine (herb layer)
siberian pea shrub (shrub layer)
It ...
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How can I get lemon trees to bear fruit?
I have a couple of lemon trees (small plants really) in my garden. But they seem to grow at an awfully slow pace.They are about 2 years old & about 3/4 ft in height. I have seen pictures of lemon ...
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What is this tree with dark, broad leaves?
Well, the new house has a mystery tree. Our initial guess was some form of a broad leaved ligustrum. It appears to be evergreen - no leaves have been lost yet although the neighboring peaches have ...
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Brown turkey fig dormancy time
We picked up a brown turkey fig tree last summer. We plan in keeping it in a large pot rather then in the ground. We have a small space and understand they have a good sized root system. Plus we live ...
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Can I grow a fruit bearing pistachio tree?
I live in Zone 7 in Northwest texas. It's pretty dry here and the soil is mostly hard clay. I'm very interested in growing fruit bearing pistachio trees, but haven't been able to find any local ...
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When to Plant Avocado
My avocado tree is about 4" tall now with big bright green leaves. It is still suspended in water. I've read that I should wait for my seedling to reach 6" in height, cut the leaves off, wait for them ...
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Fig tree mystery worm problem
A friend has a fig tree which seems to be the target of a worm. As far as I can see the leaves and fruit do not have any bite marks or worms/insects inside them, but the fruit born was less this year, ...
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Grafting compatibility
I have a fairly small yard, in which I've got a well-established (no idea of the age) mirabelle plum tree, and 3 young trees that I bought last year (malus apple, conference pear, ...
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How is an Avocado plant started?
I find ourselves buying one or two Avocados twice a week.
It's one of these things that I've been wanting to do for a long time: grow an avacado plant.
What is the ideal climate or exposure to ...
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Why is my pear tree dying around the blossoms?
Shortly after the blossoms fell on my pear, areas around the blossoms started to turn black and die. This is spreading. Although the dead areas tend to be on the end of the branches, there are ...
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Can I plant bulbs (e.g. tulips) under a lemon tree?
I've just been given some tulip bulbs, and pondering where to put them. I have space near a lemon tree that I have just planted.
I have read that lemons have shallow roots, so you shouldn't plant ...
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Why isn't my lemon tree growing?
We planted a lemon tree five and a half years ago. Today it's about the exact same size as ever.
I've tried using citrus fertilizer, but to no avail. We've had dry summers and wet summers, but ...
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How to tell a nectarine tree from a peach tree?
Nectarines are actually peaches with an active recessive gene (e.g. similar genetics to red hair in humans). Commercial nectarines are cultivars with this gene.
Although it is relatively rare, in ...
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How do I encourage my plum tree to produce fruit?
I have a victoria plum which I planted almost 3 years ago and hasn't produced any fruit.
Last year (1st summer) it produced a small amount of blossom. This year it produced a lot of blossom but no ...
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What's eating my Peaches?
Several of my peaches have this crystalised goop on the outside, as seen in the first picture.
Cutting the peach open reveals some kind of bug trail. The hole the bug made is full of the sticky ...
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How do I prevent parrots from snacking on my fruit trees?
I live in a neighborhood in California that has a number of parrots that, presumably, escaped from captivity sometime ago and have since multiplied in number. They are all the same kind of parrot, ...
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What preventative action should I take against Fruit Fly?
I am in Sydney, Australia. This coming (arrived?) summer I have several fruit trees which will be bearing fruit for the first time. This includes a peach tree and nectarine (both of which already have ...
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Please help me ID this apple or apple-like bush/tree in my yard - Small green apple with no stem and thorns
I have lived in this house for many years. I have always had a bush behind the shed that I couldn't identify. I always knew it was green most of the year and that it had thorns but that was about ...
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Help identify peach tree
I have a sadly neglected peach tree that with some spraying and pruning might continue to produce for a few more years. It has excellent peaches, and when the time comes, I'd like to replace it with ...
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Can a raised vegetable garden co-exist with nearby fruit trees?
I am putting in new raised beds for a vegetable garden. The beds will be 40cm (16 inches) high. The beds will line the length of a fence and I am planning to put a row of fruit trees (possibly ...
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Can I grow coffee outside of tropical climate zones?
Sure enough, botanical gardens do grow, for instance, Coffea arabica in hothouses, and, according to Wikipedia, its growth conditions do not seem impossible to achieve in a European or Northern ...
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Advice on growing Naranjilla (Solanum quitonense)?
I have been trying to transform a previously ornamental garden into a productive but still attractive one. I've used citrus and guavas for hedging, lemongrass for borders etc. One final niche I'm ...
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I'm located in central Florida and was out hiking when I found this plant and was wondering what it is and if its edible? [closed]
This is a wild plant found in a swampland setting. The plant was approximately 4 ft. tall and bearing quite a large amount of these fruits. And had small white fuzzy flowers with four petals on them. ...
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What else (if anything) can I support in the same pot with my lime trees?
I have two lime trees in pots, because I need to bring them indoors during the winter. Additionally, we recently found that keeping mint in our lawn garden was a bad idea, since it spreads so ...
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Why are my lemons cracking?
My lemons are cracking as shown in below image:
What can be causing this and how can I prevent this in the future?
Location: India.
Weather In May-June: Hot! > 95F days.
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How much should I be watering my peach, pear and plum trees?
I have one tree of each of the following: peach, plum and pear.
They have been in the ground for less than a year.
How many (gallons per week) should I be watering each tree?
I'm in coastal ...
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For fruit trees, is it better to plant a single multigrafted tree, or multiple trees in one hole?
In fruit tree catalogs, I've seen multi-grafted or multi-budded trees. Here's an example.
And I've also heard of a technique where you plant 3 or more trees in the same hole. Here's a youtube video ...
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Please suggest an apple variety that will grow well in Long Island NY without pesticides
I am planning on planting 3 to 5 apple trees for eating, baking and cider. My wife keeps telling me to get some heirloom varieties but I am not sure which ones and where to get them.
I am looking ...
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Can I espalier a regular black cherry tree starting with 1" trunk, 6' tall?
Question is in the title. The espaliers at my local tree nursery are grafted and already started, so they'll stay short and espalier like. But can I just do this with these two cherry trees?
I ...
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Are my orange tree's yellowing leaves a sign of underwatering?
I have a mature orange tree in my back yard and I've noticed that the lower leaves at the extremity of have started to to yellow over the last couple of months.
Is this a sign of overwatering? ...
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Trimming back a Meyer Lemon tree
I have a Meyer Lemon tree that I brought inside for the winter and am now ready to bring outside. The problem is that there's no good place inside where it would get 100% sunlight, instead only part ...
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Will peach leaf curl affect my fruit?
My peach trees have peach leaf curl. (Spring came too fast this year, I wasn't prepared, and I didn't get a chance to spray.)
They're still young/small trees (10' tall), but they've got a bit of ...
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How can we protect a fig tree's fruit from birds?
We have a fairly large and productive fig tree, but we never get to enjoy the fruit because the birds always get to it first.
What can we do to take advantage of this tree before my wife makes me cut ...
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What is causing the bark on my crabapple to crack and peel off?
I have a flowering crabapple in my yard whose bark has several large areas where it cracks and curls away from the wood underneath:
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Are there trees with edible fruit from the family Mimosaceae?
I am looking to graft (I hope this is the right word) some fruit on top of an "Acacia saligna".
Can this be done? What fruit tree types would be suitable for this?
The temperatures where I live ...
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What is this tree with green spherical fruit?
I have searched everywhere and cannot seem to identify the type of tree this is.
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Why does my lime tree drop its fruit early?
I have a kumquat and a Mexican (or Key) lime tree in pots right next to each other. The kumquat has been flowing and fruiting like a champ nearly as long as I've owned it. The lime hasn't yet ...
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How long until the fireblight is gone?
Our fruiting quince tree has fireblight. We've been trying to control it by pruning, but it's not working. We're going to have to take out the tree. I can't buy quince fruit, so I want a quince ...
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How can I tell if frost damage has happened?
This is a follow up to Protect flowering fruit trees from frost
Background: We have several fruit trees in our back yard. They are in full bloom at the moment. It was supposed to be pretty cold ...
