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> For fruit trees you have to do literally nothing to get just massive amounts of fruit that tends to constantly scale up as the trees grow. Highly recommended.
by acdha 2y ago
> For fruit trees you have to do literally nothing to get just massive amounts of fruit that tends to constantly scale up as the trees grow. Highly recommended.
What are you growing and where? In Southern California, I got high yields of lemons but had to irrigate more water than is naturally available, fertilize, and worry about frost damage every winter. Apples were similar except they didn’t mind the cold snaps but they needed careful thinning.
On the East coast, all fruit requires heavy efforts to avoid animals taking most of the harvest and there are diseases like rust which lowered the apple, pear, and service berry yields to zero. Things like persimmons do better but need consistent pruning to avoid storm damage.
- aweiland 2y agoI'm on the east coast. I have 5 apple and 3 pear trees. I'm lucky to get 5 fruit by the end of summer due to squirrels.
- acdha 2y agoI’ve gotten one persimmon in ten years: the squirrels wait until the start of November when all of the other food is gone and eat all of them a week or two before they ripen.