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| I am planting a small orchard along the side of the house today. If all produces well, here is the goal: Fruit Schedule June July August September October |
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| good luck with your project. I started something similar 5 years ago and saw my 1st real apple harvest this year (central MN) One suggestion, if you have the room plant a flowering crab in the vicinity of the apples. My apples trees are in two different areas and the area with a couple of flowering crab trees seems to do significantly better on pollination even tho I have a broad mix of apple varieties that theoretically should be more than adequate for cross pollination. I am adding a couple of flowering crab to the other area next spring. |
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| Are you omitting fruits like peaches and cherries because you don't like them or because of potential growing problems? |
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- Posted by brianstreehouse z6 SouthIndiana (My Page) on Sat, Nov 16, 13 at 15:29
| I did not put in the peaches and cherries because of garden space, preference and because they come on all at once and don't keep as well. I was looking at a Whitney crabapple. Maybe I should find room for it. I saw an interesting recipe for pickled crabapples. Learning as I go. |
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| One thing I would say is you do need quite a few bramble plants to get a decent yield. I have 50 feet of raspberries. About 30 feet of blackberries. Any less would not be worth it to me. i want pounds, not handfuls.If you have 5 plants, you may get a handful a day. Besides snacking not much you can do with them. If I could i would have 150 feet of brambles. |
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