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| Just curious what everyone has or will be planting this planting season. I have on order from Burnt Ridge one each of Sansa, Sweet Sixteen, Bella, Gold Star, and Hudson's Golden Gem apples, and Kens Red Kiwi. Last week I drove to my local grower and purchased 2 Fuyu and 2 Jiro persimmon trees, 2 White Diamond and a White River peach, a Byron Gold plum, and Spring Satin pluot. All 9 trees for $20! So what's on your list for this year? |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 25, 13 at 12:57
| I'll be planting two sweet treat pluerries and a multi-graft pluot. |
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| Still doing my homework. I'm looking for something I can espalier and harvest in the August-October time frame. Candidates so far on an ever growing list: Hosui Asian Pear Granny Smith Apple Fairtime Peach I'm also looking for a PD resistant late season grape. I love Crimson Seedless, but I finger smashed a lot of sharpshooters this year. Hopefully it won't succumb to PD, but I don't hold out too much hope. |
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| I just planted a Santa Rosa Plum,mostly to be used as a pollinator,although the fruit is very good too.Also an Alma Fig and an Oneal Blueberry from Legg Creek Farm in Texas.The Fig was good size,about four feet.The shipping was free for awhile,so it worked out fairly well. Another order will be coming in Spring from Raintree.Newberry Blackberries that Scott Smith talks highly about,a Nova Elderberry to help pollinate a John's and Purple Royalty and Jewel Black Raspberries. Brady |
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| Hey Brady I just put in a weeping Santa Rosa mostly for ornamental value. Old Mixon Free peach Black Diamond Blackberry Thimbleberry - Rubus parviflorus I'm taking it easy this year and may add more in the fall. I want to see how well various plants do before adding more. |
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| Hey Drew, That's cool.Santa Rosa is a nice Plum.Thanks to Luther Burbank. Good looking list.Where's the Sweetcrisp coming from?It may need some protecting if it gets too cold.It's patent indicates that the plant hardiness is about five degrees during Winter dormancy.The coldest this year here was about 15F and the leaves stayed on and are green.It rarely gets 10F or below in this area. Brady |
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- Posted by ravenh2001 none (My Page) on Wed, Dec 25, 13 at 20:07
| A local farmer retired, who was planting 3 ac here. I sold blueberries and fruit at his stand. He said he would prep the fields for hay ect before he left, I said no but he and his family were welcome to come and pick what they wanted as long as I lived here. We had a good 20 year run. The next day he stopped in and dropped a harrow, grader and cultivator and his words were these are the only toys your Tonka 40 hp john deere will pull. In early November I ordered 500 strawberries (4 kinds early -late). 500 rasberries (e-l) and 104 fruit trees. What I was worried about was was what to sow on the rest. Now I am thinking "how do I get Mrs G to come up to see Bar harbor between April 20thand May 6th" |
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| Awesome Raven! Good luck! Brady, I'm growing the blueberries in pots. My other blueberries are in raised beds but are Northern HB. Southmoon is rated for here, but I want to take it with me when I move in 5 years. I think I'm going to add a fig tree too, in a pot to keep the blueberries company in my garage. I'm getting the Southmoon from bay laural, and the sweetcrisp from real flora. I didn't order yet, so hopefully they won't sell out before I do. They have 17 in stock. |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 26, 13 at 0:03
| I’m still debating whether to get a minnie royale cherry or maybe a third pluerry for my garden. Sure, I want to be the first in my area to have early ripening cherries, however, it is its low chill that worries me. Here in the California High Desert, we get more than 580 chill hours and from time to time, we have late frosts----late march to early April. Thus, I fear that the flowers might be killed or even the fruit. Therefore, I’m unsure right now. I should get a third pluerry or maybe a cot-n-candy aprium? |
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- Posted by Puggylover75 9B Norco, Ca (My Page) on Thu, Dec 26, 13 at 15:14
| Just sent in my order to Bay Laurel Nursery for Sundowner Apple, Minnie and Royal Lee Cherry (trying dwarfs this time) & August Pride Peach. Quite the puny order for me this year. Anyone have experience with Sundowner Apple tree? Mr Clint~ |
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- Posted by Fascist_Nation USDA 9b, Sunset 13, (My Page) on Thu, Dec 26, 13 at 16:12
| Sundowner not quite as tasty IMHO, as its sibling Pink Lady. |
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| I forgot about the strawberries I'd ordered. 25 each of Ozark Beauty and Seascape. That reminds me that I still need to get the wood to make the raised beds. I also bought a few small banana trees. I plan to grow those in pots and overwinter them in the greenhouse. Would like to eventually get fruit, but it will at least be fun trying. |
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| Rob, I saw on your plant list,the Drippin' Honey Asian Pear.Has it fruited yet and if so,what's the flavor like?I have one grafted with a Chojuro,that was planted last year.Maybe there will be some to try next Fall. Brady |
This post was edited by Bradybb on Fri, Dec 27, 13 at 3:16
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| I am planning on.planting a few low chill apples, a few types of plums, and a couple different pears. |
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| Brady, I just planted mine about a year ago, so no fruit yet. I did start a thread about it last year, and I've posted a link below. If you get fruit this year, I'd like to hear about the flavor. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Drippin' Honey thread
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- Posted by CharlieBoring 7 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 29, 13 at 7:49
| This fall I planted a Natchez and an Apache blackberry and a Russian and an angle red pomegranite. I am in zone 7 N. VA. Last spring I started some artichokes with the hope of overwintering them and getting artichokes next season. Here is a photo. |
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- Posted by gardener365 IL 5b (My Page) on Sun, Dec 29, 13 at 9:44
| 14 grape varieties from Double A Vineyards. All the zone 5b seedless varieties and hardier they are selling. All raves on the Garden Watchdog for this company. Adding to my small orchard area of about a dozen fruit trees; I'll be adding: Just ordered a Hican 'T-92' from Nolin River Nut Tree Nursery. Planted seeds (greenhouse) of a bit over 1,000 pecan and hickory - mostly cultivar seed (shag, shell). I'll use some for grafting rootstocks and sell the others. Dax |
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- Posted by blueboy1977 TX9A/B (My Page) on Sun, Dec 29, 13 at 11:02
| Well, moving to a new house and changing my set up abit! Bringing whats left of my potted blues with me. Also transplanting Kishu Seedless Manderine and taking root cuttings of Tupi Blackberry. Looking for a good Tangerine to right now. Just bought a Golden Grapefruit and Genoa Loquat from Mr. Panzerella in Lake Jackson to add to the new yard. Genoa Loquats are bigger than any loquat available in the stats that Im aware of and are suppost to be delicious! Recently got into the fig scene so I will be planting in ground Smith, VDB, Imp Celeste, Black Maderia, Texas BA-1, RDB, JH Adriatic and a unknow Peach/Apricot flavored fig. In pots I will have LSU Purple, MBvs, Bryant Dark, LSU Scotts Black |
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| Wow what lists! Raven's is particularly ambitious with 104 fruit trees. This year I'm only planting 6 new fruit trees: 2 Calville Blanc d'Hiver apples Apples are not even my favorite fruit, but I just cannot resist new red fleshed varieties, or brilliant heirlooms. This should be one of my last tree orders, however I do say that every year. |
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| MrsG47, Where are the apples coming from? |
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| Hi Drew, Happy New Year. The trees are coming from Arboreum and Cummins. I strongly suggest Mara des Bois as they are the number one strawberry for flavor in France and are so sweet as well. Years three and four is when they really come into their own. They don't even mind weeds. Mrs. G |
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| Yes Happy New Year! I hope we all have a good year!. I look forward to spring! Thanks I want to add some apples, but not for a long time, still i like to look ahead. Yes, Mara des Bois sound great. I guess a little slow, but some strawberries are. You do need to give them a chance. All of mine started out slow, but as they established produced more and more berries. |
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| Wow... I like reading what everyone is planting. I need to plant more fruit! We just put in one each of the following apple whips a couple of weeks ago: Hall Can't wait 'til they leaf out! In the future I would like to get some blackberries and grapes started. Some plums, a few figs, maybe a pomegranate? Now, nut trees would be nice, too. Ha, I guess it will never end. :) Happy and bountiful 2014 to all. |
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| I will be busy around the end of March. Just ordered 100 fruit trees. Am adding a few new varieties this year. New varieties are Cortland, Pristine, Williams Pride and Jonathan. That will give me Seventeen different varieties. I'am sure that will keep me busy--------- |
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| So far I have on order: From Cummins Novaspy apple SunCrisp apple Crimson Topaz apple Spigold apple (all above on semi-dwarf stock M7,G30 or G202) PF35 Fat Lady peach From ACN I have some pawpaw seeds in the fridge I plan to try to germinate. I am also going to be branching out and growing figs for the first time, have 6 small plants and about 10 varieties of cuttings to root. Should be a busy and fun spring! |
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- Posted by fruitmaven.WIz5 5 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 3, 14 at 8:02
| Jungs sells the Mara des Bois strawberries, and they're discounted this year. I believe you can get 25 plants for $7. I have them in my yard in a raised bed, and though the berries are small, they are my family's favorite. Not enough production for jam or anything, but a lovely handful of very sweet and flavorful berries every few days. (I probably only have 10 plants of that variety.) But then, this will be their third year. WI had a drought in summer 2011 when I planted them, and they kept producing through the hot and dry June/July weather until frost in October. I need to put in some more strawberries, as my original planting of Earliglow and Tristar has been unsatisfactory. (They're in a low spot and frost hits in the spring. Also, their raised bed is far too wide for easy picking.). I was looking at AC Wendy and AC Valley Sunset. My children only eat strawberry jam. I ordered a Harrow Sweet Pear, PF 24C and Blushingstar peaches, and Superior Plum from Grandpa's Orchard. I'm closely watching my thermometer in my yard to see if even the cold-hardy peaches would make it through this winter. So far, the weatherman says -12 in Madison, WI but my thermometer says 0. Hooray for being in town! |
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| I prep and freeze my strawberries until I get enough for jam. If making jam. My wife eats them daily, hard to save enough for jam! I grow Pineberries and I love them. Very unique tasting. Definitely our favorite. But I do like the taste of wild types too, and Mara des Bois is supposed to taste like them. I have a number of musk and alpine types too. I like them all! |
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