Discover the trickiest fruit trees to grow at home, and get essential tips to overcome their challenges.
Laurie Black
Theres something so rewarding about picking fresh fruit off a tree you grew yourself.
However,growing fruitcan be challenging as well as rewarding.
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Fruit trees generally are not beginner-friendly.
The following fruit trees are among the most challenging to grow at home.
ensure your citrus tree gets at least 8 hours of sun daily.
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Most peach varieties need 800 to 1,000 chill hours to be their healthiest.
About a month after your peach tree blooms, thin out fruit.
Remove smaller peaches, leaving larger ones spaced six inches apart.
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Youll get larger, juicier peaches if you reduce the crop size early in the season.
Apples also need a certain number of chill hours to make fruit.
Avocado trees thrive in Zones 9 to 11, requiring warm, frost-free climates.
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If you live in a colder climate, plant a cold hardy avocado that can tolerate Zone 8b.
Wrap it in a blanket when temps dip below freezing and plant it in an area protected from wind.
Cold-hardiness is everything and avocados are happiest in the ground, in the tropics.
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It can be difficult to get an olive to fruit outside of a subtropical climate.
If you have limited space, look for self-pollinating plums that are semi-dwarf ordwarf treesthat stay smaller.
Match your plum to your climate for best results.
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For areas with moderately cold winters, plant a European plum variety like Stanley.
If you live in an area with mild winters, plant a Japanese variety of plum like Satsuma.
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