Author Topic: Which fruit trees are fairly safe to plant by a wall in southern california?  (Read 894 times)

boxturtle

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When i say "by" im talking about 3ft from a wall :) Couple friends told me any airlayered, cherimoya , and wax apples are fairly safe.   So i just want to see some of the experts could chime in.

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I have a kishu mandarin growing 18” from a cinderblock wall. Its been there for 5 years. Its made it through a couple brutal heatwaves including the one in 2018 where it got to 115.

Tried apples along the same wall and they really struggled.

I planted a fig this spring and its growing well but it hasn't experienced a hot summer.

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A walled-in area can really prevent many chill hours that would help something like an apple or plum. Things that don't require chill would be good options.

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How about roots messing/damaging with wall?

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