When visiting a supermarket have you never wished you had a
few garden fruit trees? Have you ever noticed how purchased
fruit these days is bit inconsistent in quality? Sometimes
it will be fine, but mostly is tasteless, too hard or too
soft. The pears are rock hard, you can push your fingers
through the plums, and the peaches start growing mould
before they are soft enough to eat.
Some of this has to do with forced growing and artificial
fertilizers, and some on picking too early, and being left
to ripen during shipping. Much of the foreign grown fruit
is picked unripened, and then ripened in the ship's hold.
This leads to fruit with the taste and texture of wet
cardboard. Why not grow your own? It is both cheaper and
better for you, and the taste is far superior to anything
grown and shipped from thousands of miles away, and fed on
who knows what.
Even a small garden can be used for growing fruit trees,
and there are apples, peaches, pears, cherries and plums
suitable for the smallest garden. And these are just a few
of what is available that be grown in shapes suitable for
training along fences and walls, and up garden mesh and
netting. You don't need a massive orchard for garden fruit
trees any more if you know how to train them properly, and
what varieties are best for growing in your local
conditions.
If your garden is susceptible to early frosts, you should
purchase trees that flower later, or you will lose the
flowers before they can develop into fruit. Irrespective of
your conditions, you should be able to grow a selection of
apples, pears, plums and so on and even apricots and
peaches if you have a reasonable amount of sun. Even
grapes can be grown in temperate climates.
You should buy your stock from a good supplier that knows
what you need for the areas in which you live. It is
always best to buy local, since if they can grow it then so
can you. Many people travel to warmer climates and return
with fruit trees that looked great in 35 degrees of sun,
but are stunted in your chillier 25 degrees. You should
choose a selection of fruits suitable for your climate, and
at least two of each. There are some self-pollinating
varieties of fruit around, but it is safer to have two
trees - you also get more fruit! If you are purchasing
more than one variety of each fruit, then make sure that
their pollen is compatible. In fact if you are buying two
trees for pollination, then they should be different
species, but compatible with each other. Your supplier
will have this information for you.
You should also check out the fruit provided by each and
make sure that it is what you are looking for. You don't
want a Bramley tree if you want a desert apple, and some
plums are naturally sour while others are sweeter. The
same is true of grapes, and some of the sweetest wines can
come from very sour grapes. Make you're your vines are
desert grapes, and not cultivated for winemaking unless
they are also suitable for eating.
The rootstock is very important, because fruits trees are
generally propagated on rootstocks. Depending on the
rootstock, an apple tree can grow to 5 ft or 25 ft in
height and spread. The size of the tree will be determined
by the size of your garden, so you should check with your
supplier what the eventual size will be.
When buying a fruit tree, keep in mind that the older tress
can be hard to transplant, so try to get a tree no more
than two years old. Don't purchase too young or you might
have to wait some years for a fruit, and the best type of
plant is a bare root plant rather than ones in containers.
If your garden is small, then many species of most fruits
are suitable for espalier, fans and cordons. In a small
garden, the cordons take up least space and provide a good
crop of fruit from a single supported stem. However, if
you have a lot of fencing space, or can put up a few
trellises, then fans and espaliers would make good use of
that space. Most fruit trees can be grown in that form.
Irrespective of whether you grow the full sized trees, or
in dwarf or trained form, garden fruit trees will provide
you with fruit that is ripened on the tree and that tastes
like fruit and not cotton wool. If you are careful with
your source of supply, and ensure that your variety is
suitable for your climate, then there is no reason why you
should not be a successful fruit grower, independent of
supermarkets for your fresh fruit.
----------------------------------------------------
Want to find that perfect Fruit tree for your garden then
visit http://www.mygardencenteronline.com .
Where you will find a full range of
apple,pear,cherry,plum,apricot and alot more other types of
fruit trees.
few garden fruit trees? Have you ever noticed how purchased
fruit these days is bit inconsistent in quality? Sometimes
it will be fine, but mostly is tasteless, too hard or too
soft. The pears are rock hard, you can push your fingers
through the plums, and the peaches start growing mould
before they are soft enough to eat.
Some of this has to do with forced growing and artificial
fertilizers, and some on picking too early, and being left
to ripen during shipping. Much of the foreign grown fruit
is picked unripened, and then ripened in the ship's hold.
This leads to fruit with the taste and texture of wet
cardboard. Why not grow your own? It is both cheaper and
better for you, and the taste is far superior to anything
grown and shipped from thousands of miles away, and fed on
who knows what.
Even a small garden can be used for growing fruit trees,
and there are apples, peaches, pears, cherries and plums
suitable for the smallest garden. And these are just a few
of what is available that be grown in shapes suitable for
training along fences and walls, and up garden mesh and
netting. You don't need a massive orchard for garden fruit
trees any more if you know how to train them properly, and
what varieties are best for growing in your local
conditions.
If your garden is susceptible to early frosts, you should
purchase trees that flower later, or you will lose the
flowers before they can develop into fruit. Irrespective of
your conditions, you should be able to grow a selection of
apples, pears, plums and so on and even apricots and
peaches if you have a reasonable amount of sun. Even
grapes can be grown in temperate climates.
You should buy your stock from a good supplier that knows
what you need for the areas in which you live. It is
always best to buy local, since if they can grow it then so
can you. Many people travel to warmer climates and return
with fruit trees that looked great in 35 degrees of sun,
but are stunted in your chillier 25 degrees. You should
choose a selection of fruits suitable for your climate, and
at least two of each. There are some self-pollinating
varieties of fruit around, but it is safer to have two
trees - you also get more fruit! If you are purchasing
more than one variety of each fruit, then make sure that
their pollen is compatible. In fact if you are buying two
trees for pollination, then they should be different
species, but compatible with each other. Your supplier
will have this information for you.
You should also check out the fruit provided by each and
make sure that it is what you are looking for. You don't
want a Bramley tree if you want a desert apple, and some
plums are naturally sour while others are sweeter. The
same is true of grapes, and some of the sweetest wines can
come from very sour grapes. Make you're your vines are
desert grapes, and not cultivated for winemaking unless
they are also suitable for eating.
The rootstock is very important, because fruits trees are
generally propagated on rootstocks. Depending on the
rootstock, an apple tree can grow to 5 ft or 25 ft in
height and spread. The size of the tree will be determined
by the size of your garden, so you should check with your
supplier what the eventual size will be.
When buying a fruit tree, keep in mind that the older tress
can be hard to transplant, so try to get a tree no more
than two years old. Don't purchase too young or you might
have to wait some years for a fruit, and the best type of
plant is a bare root plant rather than ones in containers.
If your garden is small, then many species of most fruits
are suitable for espalier, fans and cordons. In a small
garden, the cordons take up least space and provide a good
crop of fruit from a single supported stem. However, if
you have a lot of fencing space, or can put up a few
trellises, then fans and espaliers would make good use of
that space. Most fruit trees can be grown in that form.
Irrespective of whether you grow the full sized trees, or
in dwarf or trained form, garden fruit trees will provide
you with fruit that is ripened on the tree and that tastes
like fruit and not cotton wool. If you are careful with
your source of supply, and ensure that your variety is
suitable for your climate, then there is no reason why you
should not be a successful fruit grower, independent of
supermarkets for your fresh fruit.
----------------------------------------------------
Want to find that perfect Fruit tree for your garden then
visit http://www.mygardencenteronline.com .
Where you will find a full range of
apple,pear,cherry,plum,apricot and alot more other types of
fruit trees.
