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| re: planting fruit trees My tree made figs the first year (about 15). This will be its second year in the ground and it is about 6'5" tall. I expect a solid 25-30 figs this year.  Reply • Back to Top |
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| Demon - the jujubes you buy locally or langs or lis - only the langs taste good off the tree, the lis are grown for drying. there is a man in opelousas that sells large langs and a wide variety of figs - i would go there. Also, Roger Meyer in California (google jujube) is the man to buy jujubes from - we have about 10 now and they are worth buying - drought resistant and no pests. Reply • Back to Top |
| Yea only takes them a couple years. Almost any you buy come in a 3 gal which will be 2-3 yrs old and ready to start producing. Blueberries the same way. On a side note, I have a satsuma that was a cull from the nursery I brought home and planted last year. It was about 2.5 ft tall. I got 14 satsumas off of it last year. Reply • Back to Top |
| Langston what you do for a living? Reply • Back to Top |
| Day job is Medical. No dr no nurse. Somewhere in between Born and raised in a nursery and now part owner. Owner of a tree removal company. dabble in rentals. Master of none Reply • Back to Top |
| I have 4 citrus trees in my backyard and none seem to be producing all that well. The lemon produced 5 lemons last year and is now a pretty good 4 1/2ft tall, it is about 3yrs old. I have 2 satsumas, neither produced many flowers this year, and I don't see any fruit yet......same for the key lime I planted last year. Any ideas on what I could be doing wrong? I fertilized in March with the fertilome citrus fertilizer...... Reply • Back to Top |
| I could be several things and I would be pure guessing without taking a look and I hate to steer you in the wrong direction. That said, believe it or not, March was a little late to fertilize this year for our area. They started early. I was late as well. Reply • Back to Top |
| Mayhaw or Plum Just planted a plum last week. Louisiana Nursery has some nice trees. Reply • Back to Top |
| Don't plant apple trees around a black walnut, it will kill them dead. Pear trees don't mind the black walnut though. I've got several pear trees down at the camp and I usually have to knock pears off them during the summer becasue the trees are about to break. Reply • Back to Top |
| I dont have any walnut trees around me, so I'm good there. I'll have a chat with a few of my local nurseries and see what they think. Is it too late in the year to plant a tree? Reply • Back to Top |
| No. You will have to water for a couple months if the rain slows down and it may drop any fruit it has on it now but they will be fine even if we go into a drought as long as you can get a little water in them. Reply • Back to Top • Refresh |
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