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Backyard Orchard Culture
We have the solution. It is called “Backyard Orchard Culture” Commercial orchards have standard size fruit trees that grow to 20’ high or more, and produce hundreds of pounds of fruit. Large trees like these not only take up a lot of space, but demand a great deal of time and materials for maintenance. Do you need hundreds of pounds of apples? How many pies can you bake and eat? Let’s talk about semi-dwarf fruit trees that normally grow to one-half to two-thirds the size of standard sizes. Let’s keep these semi-dwarf s pruned to six to eight feet high. Now we can plant three or four trees in the same space as one standard, and we have trees that are easy to maintain and harvest. If we want successive ripening, no sweat! We can have peaches ripening in June, July and August with plenty of fruit for our family and a neighbor or two without the waste of excess fruit rotting on the ground. We can plant our trees in rows or make a hedge of them; we can even plant multi combo trees that have 3 or 4 different fruits on one tree! The Golden Gecko offers a free guide to “Backyard Orchard Culture” available for the asking. Stop by and get yours today! Read more about Gourmet Fruit... Dormant
Spray
On Sale! at the Golden Gecko
Four foot tall plants in containers. 50% Old Fashioned Lilacs
Garden Calendar - January
 Ask
the Garden Experts!
Q: We have expansive
clay soils in my area. I
have a liquid amber tree in the small front lawn. It
was planted 19 years ago. There are some surface
roots and have damaged the nearby concrete. Some
say that the tree MUST BE cut down and the to grind
the stump. I understand that the root will sprout
upward and try to grow leaves but will the roots
continue to grow in length, spreading outward? Is
there anyway to inject poison into the ground down
stump that will move thru the roots and kill it completely? Please
help. Q: The
leaves on my 4 very large liquid amber trees
do not turn the beautiful fall colors they are
suppose to. The leaves stay green and don't
even all fall off the tree. This has been
happening for the last few years. Prior
to that they behaved as I expected with the beautiful
fall colors. The trees are in great health,
get water when I water the front lawn in summer...water
from the rain in late fall/winter... Q: i live in fresno ca. the question is i have some japaness maple trees in pots, the concerns i have is in the winter the tempreture is below 30 deg at night, i need some help or sugestion. |
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Want
a fruit orchard, but are limited for space?
Now
is the time for one last application of dormant spray on
our fruit trees and shrubs. It’s called dormant spray
because we apply it when our plants are asleep for the winter,
without leaves. We have to spray to prevent diseases and
insects from attacking our plants come spring. We recommend
an application of Lily-Miller Polysul Dormant spray. This
product will kill diseases hiding on the tree. If you mix
it with Lily-Miller Horticultural Oil we can kill insects
over wintering on the tree also. Hurry, as we must finish
spraying before the tree blossoms in the spring.
Old Fashioned Lilacs
