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What is your favourite fruit tree to grow? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net to c/fruit@slrpnk.net

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Not necessarily your favourite fruit to eat, but what is/are your favourite fruit tree(s) to grow based on survival rate, fruit yield, ease of maintenance, ease of harvest, grass-killing prowess, and any other combination of factors? What is/are your least favourite? If you have photos or diagrams to illustrate your point, even better!

(If you provide your region and/or Köppen-Geiger or Trewartha climate zone, it will help others to know what to plant or what to avoid!)

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[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

First off, glad to see the farming cross post or I wouldn't have seen this comm so I could sub!

We don't do much fruit right now, but I'm hoping to change that next year. My favorite not-a-fruit-thats-easy would probably be carrots or lettuce.

From previous efforts, I'd probably say strawberries. We had moved, so haven't done strawberries in a few years, but hoping to get some property for us to live/farm over the next year and strawberries will definitely be on the list for us.

Edit: We do a community garden right now, the lack of fruit is due to some of the rules of the garden.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Welcome aboard! Have you considered guerrilla planting some fruit trees in places that the community garden elites cannot control in order to make yourself ungovernable?

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

There already are, I'm not really worried about them in specific, and we know a good few farmers through my wife.

I'm just not growing them myself currently :)

Edit: The nearby plantings done by a neighbor who has since moved set up apple trees, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries. He had been in the area for about 20 years, so he has done basic tending and let them thrive over the years.

At this point they are basically a staple in the community

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like you have a supply of fruit already, but there's no telling what might happen to those trees going forward, so it's always a good idea to continue to plant younger generations that can grow up to replace them.

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In a different area definitely, at this point these have several caretakers, which is part of the plan post-move. The back there will be right by some parks, so I'm going to line the whole area with a few varieties. Thought about maybe doing some of those dwarf trees for easy reach for folks, but I haven't seen them in the wild (lol) so I don't have experience with them, but I'm going to try a few and see how it goes.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd be interested in getting any updates on your efforts there! You'll be setting a positive example for others around here.

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Will do! Its part of a much larger move (and home build or remodel depending) which will be next year as long as everything works out.