Cold Hardy Cherry Trees? How long to fruit?
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Comments (3)Thanks for that. Both my hybrids went through the winter outside OK last year, but we only had one frost here. M Itinerans (yunnan) x chini champa was slightly looks most hardy, as it did not mottle in the frost and the sikkimensis cross did. Both got badly shredded by our hurricane force winds, but they even brought down my 300 yr old elm tree which was not diseased. It is not surprising that they survived this winter as it was the mildest ever! Even pure chini champa survived outside, but was knocked back to just 2 leaves. It kept all it's 5ft stem though, so should be massive by the end of summer! It went from seed to 5ft stem last year! I am not sure which is best at coming back from ground level if it gets a heavy frost, but here M Itinerans keeps it's leaves all winter and sikkimensis does not. Now I need a few nice warm consecutive winters to get them to fruiting height. Ta for the links. I didn't know that forum existed!...See Moreproductive cold hardy fruit trees
Comments (2)This is your other post, I have put down varieties in what I grow in the fruit & orchard forum. Here is a link that might be useful: Fruits...See MoreHow cold hardy are tree peonies going into their first winter?
Comments (6)They are supposed to be very hardy, so I'm guessing being dry may have been the cause. Anyways there is residual snow from christmas until usually the middle of March here so I really doubt dryness will be an issue. My plan is to use either leaf bags, dried leaves with a tarp over them or just dried leaves since the snow insulates pretty well. I am aware that with most plants, their first winter is their toughest, especially if they are growing in pots. Were the pots buried into the ground at all? If you left the pots simply sitting on top of the soil without burying them into the ground, that will cause the root balls to freeze which restricts the water to the plant. The only exceptions I've seen are fruit trees, blueberry plants or alliums which don't seem to mind getting their roots frozen solid....See MoreCan I buy cold-hardy citrus fruit?
Comments (10)Satsuma is really the only "good-tasting" variety that can be grown in zone 8a. It will not thrive the best there, but it can be grown. Protecting it with a heavy covering of mulch during the winter will definitely help, and a young tree definitely needs to be kept in a pot and brought inside during the winter the first few years until it becomes bigger. You might want to look into trying to create a warmer microclimate. I mean like planting it against a south-facing brick wall. Something else I have read of is using a big pile of freshly decaying compost, which naturally gives off some heat. Two other types of citrus that do well in colder climates are kumquats and yuzu....See Moreraee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio
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