A cherry tree, even a dwarf one, pays for itself with ONE growing season. If you have land and you aren't planting perennial fruit/nut trees, shrubs and/or vines you are fucking retarded.
If you plant 4 hazelnut trees, you get enough calories from them to last you 1/3 the entire year. ONE THIRD OF YOUR ANNUAL CALORIES.A hazelnut tree costs 10 bucks on the high end.
>>534779362Cherry jiggers invested mine They bore a hole and drop shit all through the cherry and come out and pick another one to bore through Lil fuckers are the bane of my existence
>>534779362>dwarfThis place hates the dwarves.
>>534779362>pays for itselfIf it plants itself, waters itself, harvests and sells it's own fruit, and then brings me the money, I'll take 3.Other than that, it's fruit I rarely eat that will be eaten by squirrels and birds before I have any.Just like the 6 pawpaw trees I have. I never got to eat one because of the wildlife.
>>534779564kek my dad was all excited in 2014 when his new place had an apricot tree in front of it. in 12 years he's never had a single apricot. squirrels clean that shit out overnight as soon as theyre gonna go ripe
>>534779362The most fragile fruit there islike fucking hour wrong rain ruins it>>534779490this is the key
>>534779744So I thought I'd try some jobes tree food spikes to boost the health of a couple trees.Fucking skunks dug each spike up and ate them.The squirrels dig up and eat the seeds I plant. The slugs eat the seeds that sprout.The grasshoppers eat the plant leaf as fast as it grows.What they miss, the deer get.If it manages to fruit and ripen, gone the day before you were going to pick it.I need a greenhouse.
>>534779362>not growing a burger tree
You dumb fucks are getting outsmarted by squirrels and skunks. Get a dog or a fence you retards
>People complaining about squirrelsYou mean the emergency meat?
>>534781183one of several
>>534780957>>534781183here this book may help.
>>534779362Okanagan here. Everyone has cherry or apple or stone fruit trees in their backyards here and you can’t give even it away. First of all birds or pests or molds are going to get at it unless you spray and put shitloads of time to produce good looking fruit, which is the only type you can sell. Even then markets, even farmers markets, won’t bother because there’s so much supply … you basically have to sell it lower than wholesale. Some folks decide to make jams or preserves or fruit leather, but honestly there’s so much that it more than any one needs or wants. Raspberries are a bit easier; it grows like a weed, no real care, the fruiting window is short, and birds get pretty sick of it (and drunk when they start rotting/fermenting). >>534779490Cities here have public parks that are also nut farms. People just pick em off the ground or buy a bag for a buck. TL:DR; don’t buy into the grow you own fruit meme. Growing an annual, planned, veggies garden is probably better.
>>534781560Growing up in San Diego, everyone had some kind of citrus tree. We had lemon and grapefruit, later added 2 navel orange and one blood orange tree.We also had an avocado tree, peach tree, apricot, and a fig tree. That was all in a small backyard. Squirrels were rare and more interested in the bird feeder.Out here in the country, there are far more pests to deal with, and not worth it for most things.I have lots of black walnuts though.
>>534781560>Not making preserves, dehydrating it or making alcoholSkill issue
>>534779362Cherries get infested with larva and get stolen by crows within 2-3 days of ripening
>>534781560>First of all birds or pests or molds are going to get at it unless you spray and put shitloads of time to produce good looking fruit>t. urban rat who has never seen a fruit tree
Just plant a grape vine. Buckets of fruits as soon as the roots get deep enough. Get the proper variety and it will work even on shitty soil in the cold, humid climate.
>>534782406You can also use the leaves to make dolma.
If you live in a cold climate, I strongly recommend honeyberry
>>534779362I want a fruiting tree. I have live oaks and sable palms. What can I grow extremely close to the ocean?
>>534783477What zone?https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/
>>534783477You need to go based on your hardiness zone
brown rot and cracking are major issues with sweet cherries not to mention birds fucking love them so you have to net them. Just do yourself a favor and grow them under plastic/...i believe they have done that in Michigan with some success with high tunnels.
>>534784159I went with crimson passion. It's a cross between sour cherry and Mongolian cherry, so it matures quickly, is self-fertile and still has a high sugar content.Thank you, Saskatchewan.
>>534779564Skill issue honestly
>>534784276These threads illustrate very clearly who will survive and who won't, be it from starvation or gunshot wounds.
Another really good cold weather fruit is the saskatoon berry. It tastes like blueberry but with little seeds that taste like almonds. Top tier.
>>534784867Anon I like these threads but you gotta get some new material
>>534785666I'm only suggesting that one because it's a personal favorite of mine.
>>534784276>Skill issueIt's not worth the effort to protect the stuff when I wouldn't be eating it.I have lots of food growing wild and various plentiful meats wandering around my place. If there is an emergency, I already have that covered.I already need a greenhouse so I can grow citrus. I might as well make it big enough to house a garden as well.Currently there are acorns, hickory nuts, and black walnuts available if I need established food sources for emergencies.The hard nuts don't disappear as fast as soft, sweet fruit.
>>534784213I have Lapins and Black Tartarian. Lapins is self fertile so pollinates itself and other cherries. Sweet cherries are very hardy. I've had blooms even after -25F.
>>534784867I grow blueberries in pure peatmoss. They do fine just make sure you hit them with some ferts for acid loving plants. Also do yourself a favor and try to only water with rainwater (if you have high pH water like i do and higher pH soil that blueberries don't like).
>>534786388Sweet cherries are just a bit too sensitive for the area I live in (zone 5). This is basically the sweetest of the ones that do well here.
>>534783650>>5347836389bIm looking at blue Java banana, Barbados cherry and red dwarf papaya. My yard is a sand pit with new beach sand deposited by the wind daily. I'm ordering raw Argentine Bahia grass seed and peat moss tomorrow.
>>534787496Omg that nigger flag was a mistake.
>>534787496That's a pretty good lineup!
>>534779362>If you have land Then you shouldn't have to care about money for the rest of your life already
>>534788029You can't eat money. During an emergency, stores may not have food at all.
>>534779362Keep up the good work, OP. I will soon buy a lot of land and plant as many as I can. As you said in another thread, one more person doing it, means one less raider.
>>534788666Based
>>534779362fuck cherries, i hate them
I have a pear, apple and blueberry. Along with all wild seeds fit for consumption.
>>534780323sounds like what you need is a dog and some cats my nigga
>>534789242https://youtu.be/ufNzJDLrtzs?si=AyMmI28nNSLOFfIu
>>534780323My pears rot on the trees because theyre massive and deer cant get to them and the family can only eat so many. I still have some.canned from 3 years ago. I dont have enough space to harvest it all every year.Still have peaches from 3 years ago.Apples get used as they ripen.Blueberries never make it to pies because the wife, kids and grandkids eat thwm faster than I can pick them. Ill get some blackberries but deer, rabbits and box turtles get the majority.Ill see maypops (passion fruit) al.lat ripe and thwn theyre gone whwn I check the next day. I counted over 50 plants today and ive gotten 1 ripe fruit in 12 years.Ill can about 500 quarts of green beans thia year.I always have pecans vacuum sealed and stored in the freezer.Walnuts are an absolute fucking nightmare to shuck and I only did it 1 year.
>>534782017Are you me?
>>534787496Do not go with Bahia grass.You'll never get rid of it.
>>534789667Make alcohol from the excess fruit.
>>534779744Your problem is that you need a second tree to pollinate it. Then you would get your fruit.
>>534781560Why can't you do both?
>>534785666Ty for your input, Satan.
>>534779362>A cherry tree, even a dwarf one, pays for itself with ONE growing seasonAre you retards just pretending trees don't take years to grow?You will be be dead by the time this happens. Comrades Cleetus and Jerome will be enjoying your tree and land after they appropriate it in the near future.
anthocyaninsgoutdo you have gout?then you should take some anthocyaninswhere do you find anthocyanins?IN CHERRIES!which cherry tree would give the most anthrocyanins?the montmorencythank you for subscribing to gout facts
>>534790664It only takes 3-4 years from a cutting, anon.
>>534790664>t. has no idea what he's talking about
