Well done! I'm looking forward to seeing your fruit trees bloom next year! Back in 2020, I planted a plum tree in my buddy's south austin backyard, and another friend of mine bought a home with grapefruits, tangerines, oranges, lemons, etc in the backyard. After the Feb 2021 blizzard, it appeared everything died, but each tree grew back from the rootstock below the graft, so now none of these trees are fruiting. I've also tried growing brown turkey figs and celeste figs many times, but the last few winters have killed my fig trees from deep freezes, only the potted ones in the garage lived. By a long shot, peach trees have been the easiest fruit tree to grow for me. I got a big crop in 2021 after the winter storm, sold that house so nothing in 2022 of course, and this year I've got a big crop from the trees planted in 2021. So I'd bet youre no more than 2 years from backyard orchard prime-time peach harvest. That being said, if we're in an el nino that might effect winter lows, warmer winters might mean planting citrus and figs are the move. Only one way to find out (I might have to plant some).
Matthew, celeste figs are not real cold hardy. I have a fig called Chicago Hardy that is suppose to be winter hardy to at least zone 6, if I remember correctly. Remind me in the fall and I can send you some cuttings. Figs are real easy to root.
You will need to prune the peaches in late winter in Texas. Pruning in the fall can cause the peach trees to be infected with bacteria canker that can kill the tree. Your trees are looking really good. Both of my container lemonade trees have little lemons on them, the one in the ground did not produce any blooms due to the winter damage from 12 degrees day around Christmas. The one fig is a Green Ischia, which is a smaller sized fig tree. Mine is still less than 6 feet and has been in the ground for 5 years. Produces a berry tasting fig, green on outside and red on the inside.
My little orange tree I planted this year is blooming away, but the leaves have a yellowish tint. Do I need to give it a shot of fertilizer? Thanks for the informative video!
Cool, nice to see you have fruit trees! I want some too but I am thinking dwarf varieties and possin containers. Oh yes Fig trees! I have three varieties I propagated from a friend. Yum! How close are you spacing your fruit trees?
Hello 👋🏾 my friend! Awesome job on the orchard tour. I wish I could put my citrus trees in the ground but Fort Worth’s CRAZY weather patterns just won’t allow me to. It’s such a BIG difference between zones 8a & 8b. Any who 😂, thanks for sharing and stay blessed! -Calvin
Nice tour. Even though you're a bit south of me, I'm really excited to see how your citrus do. I have a small lime tree I'm scared to put in the ground lol. That and 2 loquats. I am optimistic I'll have a really nice harvest this year on my 2 peach trees that are loaded even though they are small trees (4' ). I have a plum tree which has been in the ground for 6 or 7 years and gets a ton of blossoms each year but only last year did I get anything. Two fruit, and they they were the size of a cherry. It was very strange. This year looks like about 12 fruit if they don't drop. If they only get cherry sized again I need to reconsider what I might have planted. Along with those I have a 4 year old jujubee that has yet to bear fruit. Got another one this year to plant close by, so hoping that helps. And my 2 dwarf apple trees I put in last year are growing well but have another 2-3 years before I'll see fruit on those. I keep saying "I don't need any more trees" right before I find something else I have to plant. The struggle is real.
@@SeedToPlate It will depend whether you have 2 true chickasaw plum or the improved variety of Odom or Gutherie. You will also need 2 different varieties of chickasaw plums (from different trees). 2 Odom plums will not set fruit, but 2 different chickasaw or a chickasaw and Odom will. The improved varieties get a little bigger than a ping pong ball.
@@reneeadams9673 Does it have roots sprouts? If so it could be the native plum that grows in Central and West Texas that roots sprouts and produces small plums good for jelly. Many plums need a second tree from a different variety of plum to pollinate. There is the Japanese plums that are like the ones in the store. Some of those are self fertile, but most need a second variety.
Are you concerned about the peaches and plums cross pollinating when I was younger my friends had peaches and one year they added a plum to the property the next year the closest peach tree grew purple peaches and the plum grew fuzzy plums
@@SeedToPlate oranges and lemons will do the same thats what that Japanese lemon basically is so itll possibly make the rest of your lemon trees turn into lorange or lemange. I would love to know what you find out in your research
@@SeedToPlate Even if they do cross pollinate, it will only affect the seeds that are planted, not the fruit itself. Sometimes the root stock will overtake the peach or plum and will produce fruit different from the grafted variety.
Well done! I'm looking forward to seeing your fruit trees bloom next year!
Back in 2020, I planted a plum tree in my buddy's south austin backyard, and another friend of mine bought a home with grapefruits, tangerines, oranges, lemons, etc in the backyard. After the Feb 2021 blizzard, it appeared everything died, but each tree grew back from the rootstock below the graft, so now none of these trees are fruiting.
I've also tried growing brown turkey figs and celeste figs many times, but the last few winters have killed my fig trees from deep freezes, only the potted ones in the garage lived.
By a long shot, peach trees have been the easiest fruit tree to grow for me. I got a big crop in 2021 after the winter storm, sold that house so nothing in 2022 of course, and this year I've got a big crop from the trees planted in 2021. So I'd bet youre no more than 2 years from backyard orchard prime-time peach harvest.
That being said, if we're in an el nino that might effect winter lows, warmer winters might mean planting citrus and figs are the move. Only one way to find out (I might have to plant some).
All this experience and perspective is 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 thank you neighbor!
Matthew, celeste figs are not real cold hardy. I have a fig called Chicago Hardy that is suppose to be winter hardy to at least zone 6, if I remember correctly. Remind me in the fall and I can send you some cuttings. Figs are real easy to root.
@@growyourownfood7814 Thanks for the advice, i'll look into that!
You will need to prune the peaches in late winter in Texas. Pruning in the fall can cause the peach trees to be infected with bacteria canker that can kill the tree. Your trees are looking really good. Both of my container lemonade trees have little lemons on them, the one in the ground did not produce any blooms due to the winter damage from 12 degrees day around Christmas. The one fig is a Green Ischia, which is a smaller sized fig tree. Mine is still less than 6 feet and has been in the ground for 5 years. Produces a berry tasting fig, green on outside and red on the inside.
Ahhh ok I’ll look into this !!
My little orange tree I planted this year is blooming away, but the leaves have a yellowish tint. Do I need to give it a shot of fertilizer? Thanks for the informative video!
Yes give it some citrus specific fertilizer and it will get green again!
Cool, nice to see you have fruit trees! I want some too but I am thinking dwarf varieties and possin containers. Oh yes Fig trees! I have three varieties I propagated from a friend. Yum! How close are you spacing your fruit trees?
Hello 👋🏾 my friend! Awesome job on the orchard tour. I wish I could put my citrus trees in the ground but Fort Worth’s CRAZY weather patterns just won’t allow me to. It’s such a BIG difference between zones 8a & 8b. Any who 😂, thanks for sharing and stay blessed!
-Calvin
Hey Calvin!! Yes it’s wild the difference! Glad you enjoyed 🥰
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Nice tour. Even though you're a bit south of me, I'm really excited to see how your citrus do. I have a small lime tree I'm scared to put in the ground lol. That and 2 loquats.
I am optimistic I'll have a really nice harvest this year on my 2 peach trees that are loaded even though they are small trees (4' ). I have a plum tree which has been in the ground for 6 or 7 years and gets a ton of blossoms each year but only last year did I get anything. Two fruit, and they they were the size of a cherry. It was very strange. This year looks like about 12 fruit if they don't drop. If they only get cherry sized again I need to reconsider what I might have planted. Along with those I have a 4 year old jujubee that has yet to bear fruit. Got another one this year to plant close by, so hoping that helps. And my 2 dwarf apple trees I put in last year are growing well but have another 2-3 years before I'll see fruit on those. I keep saying "I don't need any more trees" right before I find something else I have to plant. The struggle is real.
Hahaha what awesome context!! I wonder if they will happen with my plums too!
@@SeedToPlate It will depend whether you have 2 true chickasaw plum or the improved variety of Odom or Gutherie. You will also need 2 different varieties of chickasaw plums (from different trees). 2 Odom plums will not set fruit, but 2 different chickasaw or a chickasaw and Odom will. The improved varieties get a little bigger than a ping pong ball.
@@growyourownfood7814 Oh.. didn't know that about plum. I'll have to see if I can dig up any information on the type of plum tree I planted. Thanks.
@@reneeadams9673 Does it have roots sprouts? If so it could be the native plum that grows in Central and West Texas that roots sprouts and produces small plums good for jelly. Many plums need a second tree from a different variety of plum to pollinate. There is the Japanese plums that are like the ones in the store. Some of those are self fertile, but most need a second variety.
Are you concerned about the peaches and plums cross pollinating when I was younger my friends had peaches and one year they added a plum to the property the next year the closest peach tree grew purple peaches and the plum grew fuzzy plums
More research to be done lol I didn’t know that could happen!
@@SeedToPlate oranges and lemons will do the same thats what that Japanese lemon basically is so itll possibly make the rest of your lemon trees turn into lorange or lemange. I would love to know what you find out in your research
@@SeedToPlate Even if they do cross pollinate, it will only affect the seeds that are planted, not the fruit itself. Sometimes the root stock will overtake the peach or plum and will produce fruit different from the grafted variety.