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Fuji apple wordless wednesday
Fuji apples ripen on our potted tree. Almost ready!

YouTube: Save a Pot-Bound Tree (or Plant)

Continue ReadingYouTube: Save a Pot-Bound Tree (or Plant)

Have you ever brought home a fruit tree or plant without knowing where it will go in your yard? Have you planted it in a temporary pot with every intention of moving it up to something bigger someday? Better yet, plant it in the ground? Our new YouTube video shows you how to rescue a pot-bound tree or plant that has grown through the drainage hole, or has grown too large for its pot. This step by step video takes…

Nectarines and plums
Nectarines, plums and other stone fruits await your creative touch this summer.

YouTube: Planting Bare Root Fruit Trees

Continue ReadingYouTube: Planting Bare Root Fruit Trees

Happy New Year, gardenerds! It's time for a fresh start. Nothing says that better than planting bare root fruit trees. Bare root trees are usually ordered in October/November and shipped out in winter depending on where you live. Ours just arrived and this video shows you how to plant your new tree. Planting Bare Root Fruit Trees For more information about fruit trees, check out these blog posts: Chill Hours - choosing the right fruit tree Citrus Fruit Tree Care…

Read more about the article Thinning Fruit on Apple Trees
Tiny Fuji apples from our first harvest. Didn't thin - how else can you fit 7 apples in one hand?

Thinning Fruit on Apple Trees

Continue ReadingThinning Fruit on Apple Trees

Every gardener does it. We get so excited about impending fruit that we don't do what's best for the tree. We see all those tiny blossoms, then tiny orbs, and we stop using our rational brain in hopes of more, more, more. Thinning fruit from our fruit trees ensures larger fruit and a healthier tree. Young trees often become misshapen when they are laden down with more fruit than their branches can bear. So let's review techniques for thinning fruit…

Read more about the article Pruning Fruit Trees
Buds are already forming in our warm winter climate.

Pruning Fruit Trees

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We've got a new YouTube video for you on Pruning Fruit Trees. There are so many details about pruning specific trees, but before all of that, you need to know the basics. Watch our latest video with guest Jessika Mitchell to learn the proper way to prune a fruit tree. You'll learn about best practices (like disinfecting your tools before and after pruning), find out what to look for when making pruning cuts, and discover how to know what to…

Nectarines and plums
Nectarines, plums and other stone fruits await your creative touch this summer.

Chill Hours: Choosing the Right Fruit Tree

Continue ReadingChill Hours: Choosing the Right Fruit Tree

A question came in to Ask Gardenerd this week about fruit trees: "What peaches grow best and are most flavorful in Mar Vista? Also what types of plums/pluots? I live in west Mar Vista, CA. Thanks for your help and for the emails. - Reeba" Before you decide which fruit trees you want in your home orchard, you need to determine which trees you can actually grow. That is to say, which will produce fruit in your climate. Let's talk…

Read more about the article Loquat Season
A transplant from a relative's yard.

Loquat Season

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Loquat. That word raises the brow of many non-gardeners everywhere, and even some gardeners. Aside from sounding like a short kumquat, loquats are unusual fruits because you don't often them at farmers' markets, and never see them in grocery stores. Why? They don't travel well. At all. The photo above shows loquats that traveled to a produce exchange in a box and home from that exchange on a bicycle. The total distance was under 5 miles. Imagine what 1,500 miles…

Read more about the article Million Trees LA – Free Fruit Trees
Basic instructions come with the tree, but more is available online.

Million Trees LA – Free Fruit Trees

Continue ReadingMillion Trees LA – Free Fruit Trees

Last Sunday at the Mar Vista Farmers' Market we were treated to a free fruit tree giveaway by the City of Los Angeles. It's all part of the Million Trees LA program, the project set on planting one million trees in Los Angeles to reduce energy waste (trees insulate homes and keep them cool in the summer), and increase our green infrastructure (tree help reduce pollution). The program ordinarily gives away up to 7 shade trees per household, delivered to…

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