How To Grow Fruit Trees From Cuttings. By: Rick Gunter (Youtube) Interesting aside: Rick claims the deer come in and eat the figs (not leaves) at night. Uses fruit jugs as mini greenhouses. Good idea. How to Root Tree Cuttings … [Click to read more …]
Apple Quicklink | Peach Quicklink | Pear Quicklink | Scionwood Root Stocks for Grafting and Budding Rootstick Comparisons @ Dave Wilson Nursery It seems to me that the most important consideration in root stocks is adaptability to local soils. Does … [Click to read more …]
See Texas Agrilife Persimmons Persimmon Persimmon trees are small, easy to grow, and adapted to most of Texas. The tree, its leaves, and its fruit don’t have to be sprayed because they have no serious insect or disease problems. In … [Click to read more …]
Plant currants and gooseberries in shade of larger trees. Try under oaks. Deer are not attracted to them. Need constant moisture from drip irrigation. Susceptible to mildew of water stressed. A bit dicey in Zone 8. We are between Zone … [Click to read more …]
Summer Pruning (June – July) Wilson Nursery recommends summer pruning for controlling shape and size of fruit trees. Summer pruning has the greatest dwarfing effect in June and July. http://www.davewilson.com/community-and-resources/videos/summer-pruning-fruit-trees-2013 There are plenty of good reasons to prune in summer … [Click to read more …]
Which seldom-grown fruits are worth growing? Garden Web From Drew Demler’s Fruit Tree list (Central Texas): Aronia “Aronia” is not really an exotic species, but a native shrub, also known as choke berry. Hopefully some cultivated varieties are not as … [Click to read more …]
Dave Wilson Nursery (CA) Fruit Tube Index … [Click to read more …]
Disease Resistance Pierce’s disease is endemic in Fredericksburg area. Need to get resistant varieties of grapes. Munson grape varieties that are tolerant: ‘Lomanto’, ‘Wine King’, ‘Beacon’, ‘Edna’, ‘Ellen Scott’ and ‘Carman’. ‘Champanel’ ‘Blanc du Bois’ and ‘Black Spanish’. Blanc du Bois’ also … [Click to read more …]
Upright Blackberries Chickasaw Blackberry – Early Ripening Great Flavor! Chickasaw is an Arkansas release, plant patent #11,861. Excellent, early ripening blackberry variety with large fruit that grows up to one inch! High yields over a 4 week season. Ripens mid-June. … [Click to read more …]
Root Stock Comparisons From Texas Agrilife 2015 PDF Plums, Nectarines, Apricots: European plums, such as Stanley, do not work well in Texas. (But maybe in hill country?) Most plum varieties are not self-fruitful. You will need to plant two varieties with … [Click to read more …]
