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Posted by tropicallvr 11 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 30, 10 at 15:51
Hi, I'm in zone 7 semi-inland hills of northern California. There is a bit of fog, and redwoods down in the river bottoms but I'm at about 2,000 feet, so it's dry and hot all summer. I'm looking for a genus(and species) of fruit/nut trees that can be planted and left without water(once established) and still produce. The soil varies, some acidic, some rich, some rocky, and clay.
I've seen a walnut tree planted in rocky soil at the neighbors that produces great walnuts without being watered, but most of the fruit trees I've seen in the area don't do well without water.
How about apricots?, Jujubees?, olives would be nice but I'm not sure if it gets hot enough, like inland 20 miles to the eats does. Can anybody point me in the right direction of some plants that will be at home here?
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RE: Want to neglect fruit/nut trees and get results-what species?
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| Walnuts, pecans, maybe pistachios ... after the first three or four years they can pretty much live on their own. Fruit trees take better care than you are willing to give. |
RE: Want to neglect fruit/nut trees and get results-what species?
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| SF is just a hop, skip and jump away. You can find all the fruit and nut species you will ever want there with little to no effort. LOL! |
RE: Want to neglect fruit/nut trees and get results-what species?
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| Howz about olives, just a guess? Otherwise, apples can do pretty well on some root stock like M111 which is very expansive. Anothe alternative would be to heavily mulch with bark and/or wood chips. The more drought tolerant apple root stocks tend to produce large (30+-) trees which might not suit a minimalist's desire, fruit trees require work. |
RE: Want to neglect fruit/nut trees and get results-what species?
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| Apples take pruning , try pecans ,chestnuts,blackwalnuts. |
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