Pulled Up 3 Fruit Trees

7/16/2023 – Pulled up the 2 southmost citrus trees near the west side of driveway and the pear tree at the NE corner of the Lady Daylily Bed. The Blood Orange had never borne fruit and was damaged by the deep freezes this past winter. The satsuma has two main trunks about 18 inches above […]

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Training the Pear Tree

The pear tree we planted __ years ago has continued to grow tall and narrow. Today, we began training it based on advice at Clemson.edu that states; Pear trees naturally develop narrow angled, upright branches. To train properly angled scaffold branches, either weight the branches, tie branches to pegs in the ground or brace the […]

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Leafing out this year

By April 1: The old oak began flowering in mid-March and new leaves began showing up by April 1. The Nutall oak began leafing out a week ago. A few Crepe Myrtles are budding All the Citrus, peach, and pear trees have leaves Pecan Trees 17 & 18 have their first leaves. The blueberries have […]

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