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| Check out the spreadsheet! everything is its first year in the ground. Mission Viejo, CA |
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| Wow, is this a private orchard, or a 'pick your own'? If it is private, what will you with all of the fruit? Very impressive. |
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- Posted by GreenOrchardMom Ga Mts 7 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 26, 13 at 22:11
| I feel dizzy....are you growing all that? |
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| Yes, its just my own personal orchard in my backyard. All close spacings and multiple plantings. Most of the deciduous trees are on a 16' X 115' south facing hillside. I am working on a to-scale planting diagram on excel and will post when I am done. Hmm...what am I going to do with it all....I have not really thought about that. haha Well I only planted stuff I enjoy, so I believe I will eat most of it. The rest will go to family and friends. With the exception of a few items (bananas, figs, sapote avocado and mulberry), most of it will be kept under 8' by summer pruning. I expect to take meticulous notes on each fruit so I can provide some empirical data from my particular climate. If anyone has particular experiences with any of the varieties I am growing, please do share. |
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| I love it, but it is hard to read, text is fuzzy. Is there a way you can share the original document? I kept a spreadsheet of all my varieties for a few years, but it completely out of date and I've since moved. I'd like to make one with a chart for my new house. Perhaps I will borrow some of your formatting if you don't mind. |
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| Let's try this: http://www.mediafire.com/?ppeqszvtc8py8u1 Does that work? If so, I can upload my site plan layout as well. Keep in mind these are all theoretical values right now. I will gather actual empirical data this year and the next. |
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| Yes, that did work. Hopefully I didn't get any viruses or malware. Very nice. Where did you get all the ripening dates? I grafted Beauty to my young Howard Miracle plum maybe 3 years ago. The Beauty has set a decent load of fruit, but the Howard Miracle near nothing. |
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| hmm, i would think you have the chill hours, so not sure why. I do know beauty and santa rosa typically set heavy. I got the ripening dates from Dave Wilson, and where not available, from L E Cooke. The only muilti-grafts I have are 4 in 1 asian pear and sweet cherry. The asian pear, because I am not sure if I like them, and the cherry because I don't think I have the winter chill for a few of the varieties. I will take pictures tonight. Below is the link to the layout. Work in progress, I have more planted than just these. http://www.mediafire.com/?289h5431nezi4z4 1 square = 1 square foot. Spacing is based on desired size of each tree/plant. The bramble patch has a 3-dimensional 4-wire catch trellis. |
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