Frost tolerant All are hardy deciduous plants, but cold tolerance varies widely with species. Harvesting Let experience be your teacher -- taste fruits often as they approach ripeness.
Troubleshooting In winter, use poultry netting (chicken wire) to protect young plants from deer, voles, and rabbits. Bumper crops can be frozen, dried, or made into jams and jellies.
Tips: Yellow sticky traps or yellow pans of water can be used to monitor and trap onion flies. Allow them to drown or feed them to your chickens. However, rather than covering the plants, it is sufficient to have vertical row cover “fences” on either...
Aim to leave one fruit every couple of inches (5-8cm), or if it's easier, one pair of plums every six inches (15cm). Early summer offers us a tempting taste of what's to come in the fruit garden.
Plum curculio [Credit: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren ] Plum curculio [Credit: Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren ] Host Plants: On Crops: Plums, peaches, apples and many other fruit trees Where Found: Most of North America Description: Small, brown mottled...
Position Sunny spot, with excellent air circulation. Young plum trees are at high risk for damage from insects that bore into the main trunk. Feeding Feed with a mulch of high nitrogen fertilizer in spring.
Position Sunny spot, with excellent air circulation. Young plum trees are at high risk for damage from insects that bore into the main trunk. Feeding Feed with a mulch of high nitrogen fertilizer in spring.
Avoid planting in heavy soils. Spacing Single Plants: 19' 8" (6.00m) each way (minimum) Rows: 19' 8" (6.00m) with 19' 8" (6.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Prepare a large hole by breaking up the soil and adding plenty of well-rotted organic matter.
Avoid planting in heavy soils. Spacing Single Plants: 13' 1" (4.00m) each way (minimum) Rows: 13' 1" (4.00m) with 13' 1" (4.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Prepare a large hole by breaking up the soil and adding plenty of well-rotted organic matter.
Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Prepare a large hole by breaking up the soil and adding plenty of compost or other organic matter Position Depends on variety. Spacing Single Plants: 8' 2" (2.50m) each way (minimum) Rows: 8' 2" (2.50m) with...
Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Moist, well-drained soil with a near-neutral pH. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Pear (Cordon) Aphids (General) Codling Moth Plant Bug Plum Curculio Sawfly Slug Snail...
Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Moist, well-drained soil with a near-neutral pH. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Pear (Dwarf) Aphids (General) Codling Moth Plant Bug Plum Curculio Sawfly Slug Snail Tent...
Position Sunny spot with excellent air circulation. Mulch after planting, and encircle the trunk with a wire cage or protective pipe to protect the young tree from animal and insect pests.
Position Sunny spot with excellent air circulation. Mulch after planting, and encircle the trunk with a wire cage or protective pipe to protect the young tree from animal and insect pests.
Spacing Single Plants: 13' 1" (4.00m) each way (minimum) Rows: 13' 1" (4.00m) with 13' 1" (4.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Large trees are usually already well established Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant...
Frost tolerant Oriental persimmons tolerate cold to 10°F (-12°C). Persimmons may take seven years to start bearing, and then produce for decades. Companions Mint. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Fertile, well-drained soil with a slightly...
Avoid planting in heavy soils. Spacing Single Plants: 19' 8" (6.00m) each way (minimum) Rows: 19' 8" (6.00m) with 19' 8" (6.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Prepare a large hole by breaking up the soil and adding plenty of well-rotted organic matter.
Healthy apricot trees will bear for ten to fifteen years or more. Elsewhere prune apricots in late winter. Spacing Single Plants: 19' 8" (6.00m) each way (minimum) Rows: 19' 8" (6.00m) with 19' 8" (6.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Prepare a large...
Position Sunny spot, with excellent air circulation. Young plum trees are at high risk for damage from insects that bore into the main trunk. Feeding Feed with a mulch of high nitrogen fertilizer in spring.
Fall webworms [Credit: Andrew C ] Fall webworms [Credit: Andrew C ] Host Plants: In the garden: Numerous trees including nut trees and willows On Crops: Fruit and nut trees Where Found: Originally from North America, now distributed worldwide in temperate...
Apple maggot trap Apple maggot trap Apple maggot fly [Credit: Elena Dadale Jones ] Apple maggot fly [Credit: Elena Dadale Jones ] Host Plants: In the garden: Hawthorn On Crops: Apple Where Found: Much of North America Description: Small black flies with...
Healthy apricot trees will bear for ten to fifteen years or more. Elsewhere prune apricots in late winter. Spacing Single Plants: 9' 10" (3.00m) each way (minimum) Rows: 9' 10" (3.00m) with 9' 10" (3.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Prepare a large...
Make sure your tools are sharp and sturdy enough for the job; hand pruners can be used for very small twigs, but anything larger calls for loppers or a saw. Once that's done, step back again and look over your tree.
Avoid planting in heavy soils. Spacing Single Plants: 9' 10" (3.00m) each way (minimum) Rows: 9' 10" (3.00m) with 9' 10" (3.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Prepare a large hole by breaking up the soil and adding plenty of well-rotted organic matter.
Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Moist, well-drained soil with a near-neutral pH. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Pear (Espalier) Aphids (General) Codling Moth Plant Bug Plum Curculio Sawfly Slug Snail...
Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Any reasonable moisture-retentive but well-drained soil. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Fig Aphids (General) Slug Snail
Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Deep, fertile, well-drained soil. Healthy medlar trees will bear for decades. Position Full sun or partial shade. Notes Stake trees for the first 3-4 years.
