Fruit Trees
Adding fruit trees to your yard is a
nice way to beautify your property. Not only will you have some
delicious fruit to enjoy, you'll get shade and increased value
if you sell the land later on. Planting the trees is not difficult -
if you follow a few simple rules.
Probably the
most basic consideration is narrowing down your choice of trees to
those that will produce fruit consistently in your location's
climate. The best way to ascertain which fruits are a good option
is to visit your local tree nursery or ask someone you know who
has a fruit tree variety that you'd like in your yard.
Once you've
got a few tree choices in mind, grab your measuring tape and head
out to your yard to scout the best location for planting. Most
fruit trees come in three convenient sizes: dwarf, semi-dwarf, and
standard. Each will produce the same size fruit, but the tree
itself will vary in size.
A dwarf fruit
tree will yield the least number of fruits annually, while the
standard size tree will produce the most.
Keep in mind
that most varieties of fruit trees require 130-150 days (minimum)
of frost-free climate conditions. Be sure to check this out with
an expert before you buy a tree, unless you're sure or have
experience growing trees that produce fruit in your location.
