How To Grow Fruit
How To Grow Fruit
In addition to being fun and rewarding, growing your own fruit can provide fresh, flavorful produce not readily available in the grocery stores. Fruit plantings also add to the beauty of the home landscape.
Homegrown fruits are ingredients in some of the most flavorful desserts, jams, jellies, wines and juices. Fruit cultivar recommendations are based on local soil and climate conditions. It is wise to begin with proven cultivars. Your local extension office can provide you with a listing of fruit trees and plants that perform well in your area.
Growing fruit isn't the easiest gardening project; it will require some time, effort and maintenance to produce a bumper crop of good, quality fruit. But then, some of us gardeners like and appreciate a challenge. A schedule of regular pruning, fertilizing, watering and pest control is necessary for maximum quality and quantity.
Crop pollination is essential to fruit production. Most fruits are pollinated by insects with bees and wasps being the most common pollinators. Improper timing and use of insecticides, such as Sevin, is lethal to bees. Weigh the benefits of the use of these insecticides against potential loss of pollinators and beneficial insects.
Choose from a category below to review growing instructions:
- Fruit Trees (Apple, Peach, Plum, Pear, Nectarine, etc.)
- Fruit Bushes (Blueberry, Blackberry, Raspberries, Pomegranate, etc)
- Fruit Vines (Grapes & Scuppernongs)