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Planting fruit trees in groups
natsgarden123:
My husband wants to "landscaping" - he wants to plant a grouping of fruit trees in an island-3 or 4 trees close together. Has anyone done this? How close is too close?
johnb51:
Here's what I know (which isn't very much ???). Dave Wilson Nursery in CA recommends as part of intensive home fruit gardening planting 3 or 4 varieties of their deciduous fruit trees in one big hole several inches apart, and then pruning each to remain the same size and growing away from the trunks to the outside. I've seen other nurseries recommend doing the same with avocado trees. I don't see why this couldn't be done with mango trees, as well, as long as they're cultivars that share similar growth habits, e.g., compactness or dwarfness. I'll admit that I've haven't tried this myself yet. And there's also the idea of a fruit hedge with trees that respond to that type of intensive pruning.
FlyingFoxFruits:
--- Quote from: johnb51 on February 29, 2012, 10:19:31 AM ---Here's what I know (which isn't very much ???). Dave Wilson Nursery in CA recommends as part of intensive home fruit gardening planting 3 or 4 varieties of their deciduous fruit trees in one big hole several inches apart, and then pruning each to remain the same size and growing away from the trunks to the outside. I've seen other nurseries recommend doing the same with avocado trees. I don't see why this couldn't be done with mango trees, as well, as long as they're cultivars that share similar growth habits, e.g., compactness or dwarfness. I'll admit that I've haven't tried this myself yet. And there's also the idea of a fruit hedge with trees that respond to that type of intensive pruning.
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Inga fixes nitrogen, and is good to plant near other fruit trees, just not too close (but it can be coppiced, so maybe as close as u like.
Don't plant a sapodilla, tamarind, white sapote, black sapote, mango, and avocado in a small planting area. Or you'll have a real crowded orchard. These trees get big, somewhat quickly in some cases (5yrs or less).
here are some that can find a spot to flourish in a crowded garden,
Jaboticaba
miracle fruit
carambola
certain Garcinia
Good luck!
forumfool:
Here is the link to DW BYOC:
http://www.davewilson.com/homegrown/homeindex1.html#
zands:
--- Quote from: natsgarden123 on February 29, 2012, 09:24:34 AM ---My husband wants to "landscaping" - he wants to plant a grouping of fruit trees in an island-3 or 4 trees close together. Has anyone done this? How close is too close?
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Dave Wilson Nursery has lots of good videos\
Plant 3 Fruit Trees In 1 Hole
Plant 3 Fruit Trees In 1 Hole
http://www.youtube.com/user/DaveWilsonTrees/videos?sort=dd&view=u&page=2
******FWIW I have five citrus trees planted close together..... 10 feet apart
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