Fruit Trees Part 1, homesteading, food storage, peak oil

Robert Henry of the Survival Report brings you the first of a series of videos on starting out with fruit trees. He includes tips on buying the right types of trees for your area, how to care for them, irrigation solutions as well as information on diseases and treatments.

With the ever growing possibility of an economic collapse or depression and with food shortages currently being a daily news item, now more than ever it's important to works towards some level of self-sufficiency with your food supply. Long term storage of foods is very important but also is the ability to produce food and preserve it.

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[wheelori814]

were one of those trees a pawpaw?

[SurvivalReport]

No pawpaws, sorry.

[lamarjlp914]

Have you ever considered using the left over fruit and waste for biomass and biofuel?

[mtoliveoil]

can you grow from seed, will they fruit and taste good?

[SurvivalReport]

@SPCkeith Typically you won't see fruit for a couple of years. Most nurseries sell a 2 to 3 year old "whip". Occasionally you'll find a potted tree that's slightly older. If your seeing a little apple now everything is fine. Pick it off and let the tree focus on growing the first few years. This is why they are a long term option. One of the first things you should do when you establish your retreat- put in your fruit trees and dig your pond(s) as they take the longest to get established.

[themelclub]

After re-reading your first post, if the trees were full sized ones, I think you will just have to wait & see what happens?...I think it will take a few years(maybe 5?) for your trees to get up to production size...?...I think if you already have had a little apple, then that is a good sign?..Good luck on your apple orchard & post when you start to get apples...I think that will help others & to give them some hope! :)

[SPCkeith]

@themelclub i have 3 trees they are about 10 feet apart, don't know if thats close enough but i didn't want them to get crowded

[themelclub]

@SPCkeith If I can remember it, they came on in the fall?...it has been a while..But, the tree was grafted so that it didn't need a cross-pollinator, I believe?...Look up some gardening sites, such as Stark Bros....That might help you, also...They always have good trees.You might need a pollinator?..

[SPCkeith]

@themelclub yeah i found some apple trees at a nursery last fall not sure the variety. but the trees have be in for about 9 months now and i have seen one tiny apple. about what time of year do the apples form? i have plums galore in mid june but not sure when the apples are in season. oh and the trees have put on about 2 feet in the 9 months

[themelclub]

@SPCkeith There are apple trees that grow in the South & that will produce apples, you just have to plant the right variety...When we lived in Southern California, I planted a variety called: Beverly Hills Apple...it had huge apples on it, the first year..they were green & they were delicious!...Hope this will help?

[Gunnarsguns]

I have had good luck with blueberries,rasberries and grapes in my area of southern wv. Stone fruits grow well but are under so much disease pressure it is hard to do well with them.You can turn those fruits into ready to can juice with a Finnish..... mehu lisa steam juicer. It makes grape juice comparable to welches