How To Plant Brambles?

The bramble family consists of blackberry, raspberry, and dewberry plants which have branches that take the form of thorny canes growing in clusters. The canes take a variety of shapes which are upright stems, arched stems, and vines that grow horizontally and close to the ground, and vines that cling to either one another or sometimes people like to have them trained to go on a garden feature that they have in their garden. They are sometimes trained around structures such as fences, arbors, gates, posts, columns, or statues. Trellises and pergolas are the most common features used for that purpose. Most brambles have thorns, but they have some varieties that does not have thorns. One of the most hardiest of the thorn less blackberries is  Chester blackberry. Some people consider brambles as being weeds, but the fruit that they produce is very delicious. The berries are often used by being baked in cobblers or turned into jams or jellies. Sometimes they are eaten with ice cream, or a layer in a parfait with yogurt and granola.

Before beginning the planting process, you will need to know that the root systems of brambles are perennial, which means they produce canes every year, but they produce fruit biennially or every other year. The non fruiting canes are called primocanes. The ones that produce flowers and  fruit are called floricanes. Now when these canes finish their fruiting season they will die. When this happens, the roots begin growing the primocanes for the following 'vegetable' season, as the non-fruiting season  is called by horticulturists. Now if your strawberry canes bear fruit in  2010, this will be their fruiting, or floricane season. In 2010 your plant will grow only primocanes, so that summer it will be considered its vegetative season. The following season which is the summer of 2012, will be a fruiting season. If you take care of your brambles real good, they will live and produce fruit for as long as ten years.

Before you plant your brambles, you will need to take careful consideration of the prevailing climate conditions. The brambles need to be protected from strong, dry winds, but if you choose to plant a row of hedges close to where you have planted your brambles this will help out your brambles. The air circulation that a gentle breeze provides  will protect the roots from a developing a fungal disease. You will need to  keep the soil moist where you have planted your brambles and make sure the roots do not get saturation by standing water, this will help prevent the development of fungal diseases. If you have humid summers where you live, this might contribute to this risk. They grow better in cooler northern states of the country, particularly where there are mountains and boreal forests.

If you prepare your soil right for planting brambles you will ensure a long and productive life for your plants. They grow in soil that is slightly more acidic[ pH of 5.8 to 6.2]. They thrive best in soil that is at  least three percent organic, usually a mix of sand and loam that is prepared a year before you plant and you have to keep it moist. By having this  mixture this  is used to suppress weed growth., but weeding  may be done on a regular basis to keep the growing bramble roots free of  unwanted weeds. It is very important  to not planted your brambles in soil that you have planted potatoes, tomatoes, melon, strawberries and eggplant because they may carry viruses that will kill your young plants. You need to not put your garden close to wild brambles, because they carry diseases that will  kill your domestically propagated plants. If you plan to turn over soil where grass has been growing, it is important to check very careful whether or not white grubs or wireworms are present. If you find them, it may be best to grow pumpkins or sweet corn on the site  of your future berries for a couple of years to purge the soil.
Before you even get any bramble plants, always take in consideration of the special needs of brambles, and you will need to know which varieties thrive best in your temperature zone. Blackberries tolerate deeper drops in temperature than raspberries and they remain firmer when they are ripe. They also tolerate higher amounts of humidity.

If you receives bramble cultivates in the mail, you will need to keep them warm and moist by planting them in the ground as early in the spring as the ground is soft enough to work with. At this time of the year, the air is still cool and not very humid. If you choose a cloudy, windless day in early spring you can have the ability that the roots will not be exposed to more sunlight or wind that they can withstand. Many  blackberry varieties, especially the trailing and semi-erect, they have roots that are especially light sensitive. If the roots are exposed to direct sunlight at the time of transplanting, they may not survive. If you give them plenty of water and sunshine, you will have a good abundance of berries.

Brambles are grown in rows and placed in the garden where they can grow for at least ten years. When digging rows of holes for planting them, it is important to leave room for movement around them. You also will have to fertilize often and stand close to the plant in order to harvest the berries.

Raspberries need to have a space of 8- 12 feet apart and they also need to be space 9-15 inches apart. Blackberries need to have a space of 10-12 feet apart and spacing 5-6 feet  apart. Dewberries need a space of 8-10 feet apart and a space of 3-4 feet apart.

The holes that you dig for brambles has to be wide enough to allow the roots to be spread out and to keep on growing.

Raspberries should be planted in the ground an inch deeper and this offers greater protection from temperature extremes.

Blackberries needs to be planted at the same depth that they are at the nursery.

The final step of the planting process is to refill the hole with soil and pack it down real good. Then water the soil around the roots of the planted brambles. Raspberries need to be fed a generous amount of potassium and nitrogen. By putting a layer of straw, this will keep the moisture.

SUMMARY

If you want to plant you some blackberries, raspberries, and dewberries for your own, if you go by the directions you should not have any problems.

What Are Figs?

Figs are a true taste of the Mediterranean. Figs need both a sunny spot to grow and they take a long season to ripen fully, but they will give you a good crop of figs in most gardens. Fig are planted in the spring and they are harvest in late summer through early fall. Fig trees will make big trees if they are not kept to a manageable size by restricting their roots, which also will encourages them to fruit more freely. If somebody lives in colder areas and wants to grow figs, figs can be grown in containers and protected during the winter. Figs can be grown in a space that is small.

My family and I live on my home place. We live in Louisiana and figs grow very plentiful here in Louisiana. My parents and I did not have any fig trees on our property, and we still do not have any, but I sure would love to be able to plant some fig trees on our property now.  My aunt and uncle who lives down the road from us had fig trees and we would go and pick some figs for us when they would  get ripen.

Figs are usually sold as a container-grown plants and they will do good when they are planted in mid-spring. Fig flowers do not need to be pollinated in order to set fruit, so they will need to grow one tree.

Here are four different varieties of figs.

'Rouge de Bordeaux'- produces very delicious figs and this particular type will need to be planted in a sheltered, warm spot to grow good.

'Brunswick'- this particular variety will need a mild site to crop well and the figs will be large and sweet, ready for eating in late summer.

''Brown Turkey' This one is  widely available and it will grow well in cool areas. The figs will be ready to eat in late summer.

'Panache' - this one produces unusual-looking striped fruit. It is best to plant this one close to a warm wall, because it needs to be  trained against a warm wall.

The soil needs to be turned over and the weeds needs to be removed out of the soil, and composted bark [not manure] or incorporate sharp grit added to the soil to ensure good drainage. To restrict the roots, a planting pit that is 24 inches by 24 inches big needs to be built and the fig tree planted into it. If a fig tree is going to be planted in a container, the container needs to be at least 24 inches wide and deep, stones or pieces of broken pot needs to be put in the base for drainage before you plant the fig tree and the containers needs to be planted the same depth as it was planted in the pot. After the fig tree is planted it needs to be water good and a stake needs to be hammer in the ground afterwards to be used as a suitable tree stake.

The routine care of fig trees is that they need to be watered  in their year. The trees are fully harder, but the tiny-fruitlets that overwinter from one year to the next can be damaged by frost. The trees that are free-standing and well-trained can be cover with garden fabric to protect them from the cold. The trees will benefit by from annual  purring. Because fig trees takes so long to ripe, our summers are to short, so the tiny fruitlets that is produced in late summer overwinter on the tree and they will be mature  the following summer. If there is any fruiltlets  that is larger than a pea-size it will not survive the winter, and they need to be taken off of the tree in late fall by snapping them off.

The figs need to  mature  [ripen] when you pick them off of the tree, because  they will not mature much more indoors. When the figs are ripe they will hang downward from the branch, they will be a sticky sap that appears at the bases, and they will soften and it will let out a slight scent, and they will pull easily from the tree.  Birds may go after the soft, ripe fruits.

Young trees only need pruning, so they can keep their shape. Older fig trees are pruned twice during the spring to promote fruiting and a healthy shape. In early spring, the older stems needs to be pruned to encourage new growth. In the later part of spring, the tips of the new growth needs to be.

pinch out so new formations of new fruits can grow.

How To Grow Apples?

There are hundreds of different varieties to try, some with individual flavors, cropping, potential and disease-resistance. Many of the different types of apples can be grown in containers. Apples can be planted in spring and late fall, and winter. Apples will be ready to harvest in late summer and early to mid fall. Flowering to harvest will take 14 to 20 weeks and they grow in beds and containers. Plant trees 30 inches apart which means you will plant four apple trees per nine feet bed and you will plant one plant in each container.

Getting started

Apples that are grown in containers are available all year, but bareroot trees can only be brought between fall and early spring. For you to be able to produce fruit, the apple flowers have to be pollinated, and you will need to have at least two compatible trees unless  you already have one apple tree growing nearby.

Planting

If your apple trees are not grown in a pot  you will need to plant them while dormant from fall to spring. Pot-grown apple trees can be planted anytime you want to as long as you keep them moist. A person will need to choose a sunny, sheltered place, to plant your apple trees, after you have the site you will need to turn over the soil and remove the weeds and add organic matter if your soil is heavy clay or sandy.

You will need to plant  the tree at the same depth as the soil mark on the tree is pot-grown. After putting the tree in the hole, place some organic matter in the hole, then fill the hole with soil and firm the soil around the tree. Water the apple tree in the well. After planting the apple tree, you will need to stake the tree and attach it by using an adjustable tree tie. Put a nail in the tie and attach it to the stake to hold it in place.

Routine care

Your apple trees will need to be water blot, especially their first year. If your trees are in pots, they always,  will need a lot of water, but when the trees are fully rooted in the ground, they will need less water.

Thinning out

If you want full-sized apples, you will need to thin the developing fruits in early summer after they get to be walnut sized apples. Dessert apples need to be thin to one to two fruits every six inches, and  culinary types to one every six inches. The central fruit needs to always be thin, because they grow abnormally.

Harvesting

When the apples are ready to harvest, you will need to gently cup the apple in your hand lift and twist the apple. If the apple does not come off easily, thin you will need to wait a day or two. The fruit will be having to be pick regularly because they ripe real quick, and be careful in handling the apples to avoid bruising them.

Pruning

The apples are pruned in the winter. Get rid of all the congested growth in the center so you can keep an open shape, and removed all the dead, damaged, diseased, and weak growth. By cutting the new stems by half, this will encourage fruit-bearing spurs at their base. The older fruit spurs needs to be thinned if there is a congestion of them.

How to grow blackberries and hybrids?

I have always had blackberries around me and I still have them in my back yard. Blackberries are very good in cobblers and made in jams and jellies. When i was growing up, we had the blackberries that had the thorns. Today, these are several different varieties that has less thorns, or none at all, and have a generous harvests of plump, tasty fruit which I definitely like to use now.

I would like to talk about several different varieties of blackberries, which are some I like to use. Boysenberries is a hybrid of a loganberry and blackberry and if you like the taste of blackberries, this one would be a great one. Blackberries come in many varieties which some of them are thorn less. Blackberries fruit will come from mid-to-late- summer. Loganberries is s good one if you like tart raspberries, but if not, you will need to cook with plenty of sugar. Tayberries are one that is a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry and the berries are delicious.

I have decided that I would like to get some more blackberry plants. So I need to get my plants now, because in the fall is the right time to plant. Your plants. Since blackberries and hybrid berries are climbing  shrubs, I will plant them by my wall, so  can train their stems up onto my wall. I am in luck that my wall is in a sunny site and blackberries loves this. My next step is to turn over the soil to remove all the weeds, then add some organic matter to the soil and add granular, general-purpose fertilizer. I dig a hole a little bigger than the root ball of my blackberry plant, so I can put the soil around the plant after I put it n the hole.

After I plant my plants I keep them well watered during the summer, and I will mulch each plant with well-rotted organic matter and I will apply a granular fertilizer in the spring. Birds love the berries so I put some net over my plants to keep them out.

Berries ripe from mid-to late summer. I wait till my berries are fully colored, because I know this is when they will have the sweetest taste to them. I only pick my berries when the weather is dry. I prune my blackberries and hybrids in the fall after they fruit on canes in their second year and I cut to the base. then I will tie the unfruited canes that did fruit their first year of growth to the other plants.

I like to train my plants so they will more manageable to deal with and take up less space.

How to grow raspberries?

Raspberries come in both summer and fall-fruiting varieties, which will allow you to enjoy sweet, tart berries from midsummer right through to the first frost. Raspberries are very easy to grow. Raspberries will take six to eight weeks from flowering to harvest. They are suitable for beds and containers. You can plant eleven plants per every nine feet roll and you can plant three plants in each container.

1. Getting started

If you plant summer-fruiting raspberries, the crop will come in from mid-to-late summer and the fall raspberries will fruit late summer to mid-fall, so you can plant both so you can have a longer harvest. If you are going to grow summer raspberries you will need to be planted against horizontal wires held sixteen inches and thirty-two inches about the soil.

Fall-fruiting varieties can be grown freestanding.

2. Planting

In the fall is the best time to plant new raspberry canes. They will be sold bare-root or root-wrapped. If they are root-wrapped, it is when they are lifted form the ground and they are bundled together with compost. Raspberries like moist soil but they like the soil to be free-draining. Raspberries will tolerate a little shade. During the fall, you will need to add a lot of well-rotted organic matter to your soil and you will need to let the ground settle for two weeks before planting. Put the canes twelve inches apart in rows at least three feet apart.

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Routine care

During the summer, raspberries need to be kept well-watered and you need to pally a tomato feed to get a good harvest. Put mulch or organic matter near the base of the canes to help retain moisture. As soon as you see fruits, you will need to protect them from birds. Cover the plants with a cage or netting, and you will need to put canes to help hold the netting down from snarling birds.

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Harvesting

Your raspberries are ready as soon as they turn red or yellow, and this is determine by the variety you are growing, and if it pulls easy leaving the central "plugs" behind. Do not pick on rainy days because wet fruit does not store well. Your plants need to be check daily so you will harvest them at the perfect time of ripeness.

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Summer Pruning

You will need to prune your summer-fruiting raspberries right after the last fruits have been harvested and you do this by cutting the fruited canes to the base. The younger, unfruited  stems that are produce during the summer needs to be tied to the wires in their place. Always keep the strongest one and tie them in four inches apart, to fruit next years.

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Winter pruning

You will need to pruned your fall raspberries by cutting all of the canes all the way to the ground. To have a staggered harvest, you will need to cut a few canes down by one half their height in winter. The  half-height canes will produce an earlier crop in early to midsummer. Then after harvesting the fruited canes can be pruned out completely.

Four Different Raspberries

Joan J this is a fall fruiting plant that is spine-free and it is one that  is compact and they will be suitable to grow in containers.

All gold this raspberry is a fall variety and they have yellow fruits.

Cascade Delight it is summer raspberry that is free-fruiting and they have large, rich-tasting raspberries.

Tulamee this one is a summer variety that fruits over several weeks during the summer. It is a good choice for cooler areas.

How to grow and harvest blueberries?

We love blueberries very much and they are so healthy for everybody, it was a blessing for us, when one of my girlfriends gave us several blueberry plants years ago and we have been able to enjoy them every since.

The reason that blueberries are so good for everybody is that they have high levels of health-giving antioxidants and vitamins.

Blueberries are self-pollinating, so this means that I can get a crop of blueberries with just one plant. But, since I have several blueberries plants that flowers at the same time, then there will be a bigger crop of blueberries for us, families and friends.

Before I start talking about planting my blueberries, I would like to mention a few times of blueberries. "Herbet" has a sweet flavor berry and the fruit is ready in late summer. "Jersey" is a variety that can be grown in cooler climates. This one has to be by another variety that can be grown in cooler climates. "Bluetta" is a compact type and it can be grown in containers or smaller gardens.

When we plant our blueberry plants out in our back yard, we picked a place that s a little boggy, because they like that kind of condition to grow in and we planted them in the spring, because they need to be planted between fall and spring.

As for routine care of my blueberries, I make sure that they are watered well especially when they are in flower and fruit. I feed my blueberry plants every two weeks from early to midsummer with a liquid fertilizer suitable for any acid-loving plants.

Because blueberry flowers in the spring, I always protect them from frost damage. Birds like the ripening fruits as much as we do so I have to protect them from birds by using netting. I check my plants every  few days so I can pick my berries when they are good. Berries are best when you use them as soon as you pick them, but any extras can be frozen and enjoyed later on or given away to family and friends.

Blueberries need to be pruned just before they come into leaf in spring. I remove all lower branches that are weak, or any damaged or diseased shoots. I used pruning saw to remove less productive, older stem completely at the base.

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How to Plant Citrus Fruits?

When we think about citrus fruits, we are thinking about oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, lemons, limes, mandarins, kumquats, and so much more.

My family and I love all different types of citrus. We all love orange juice, especially for breakfast and I have my coffee along with my orange juice. I have always made a lot of different fruit salads through out my marriage. One of them that I make has citrus and other fruit such as, oranges, tangerines, apples, bananas, in Cool Whip, and different types of nuts mixed all together. During the summer months, we enjoyed a cool glass of lemonade and limeade or a cool glass of tea with lemon. I also like to use citrus fruits because they have a good source of vitamin C.

Since we use a lot of citrus fruits and juices, we really like the idea of having the ability to grow our own citrus fruit trees here at our house.

When I decide where I am going to plant some citrus fruit trees I need to check my soil. This is very important because the soil has to have the proper is vital to their growth and productivity. Different types of soil has different types of nutrients, but  they need others added to the soil to adequately feed certain kinds of trees. Sandy soil needs to have peat or seaweed added to the coil to help retain water. Clay soil has to be softened by adding compost to this particular soil type. Now with my adding organic compost or mulching materials to my soil, so my soil can support the trees that I want to plant. I can not add these materials to my soil and plant my trees at the same time because the trees will be more susceptible to fungal diseases.

This is what needs to be done to raise a citrus tree from a seed.

I will need to wash my seeds first. I will plant the seeds in a container that is full of warm potting soil. The seeds need to be planted about 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch deep. The container needs to be big enough so the roots have room to form and grow. After I plant the seeds in my containers I will need to water the seed and the soil thoroughly, and I will water them during the germination process After I plant my seeds in my containers, I will bring it in the put it on a sunny windowsill and in about a week I will see a seedling that would be visible above the soil line. The next thing, I have to do is train the seedling to be a single stem by cutting back additional branches within eight inches of the soil.



Because most of the citrus fruit trees do not produce good enough it planted root system. Because of this they are most of the time grafted, or budded, onto a rootstock of host trees that are already adapted to a certain soil environment. Been at least a years old, and when they produce buds that develop into  flowers, this is when I have to consider this procedure.

lace to plant my citrus fruit where their will be plenty of sunlight and it has to be at least 6 to 8 feet away from any fence, building, or driveway.

I have decided that I want to plant several citrus fruit tress in the same area, so I to plant them at least 12 to 18 feet from on another. These types of trees grow large heads, and being able to keep their branches away for wires and windows during bad weather is a safe thing to do. Another reason they should not be planted too close to each other is they will complete for root space, soil nutrients, water and sunshine. By me planting the trees the right distance apart, will mean that they will have on opportunity to grow and produce abundantly.

When I remove each of my citrus cultivator from each of my pot that it has propagated in, I will wash off at least on inch of potting material from each of the root ball. By doing this it will give the roots a chance to make direct contact with the soil.

II have to do these steps in planting each of my citrus fruit trees survival.

I will clear an area of plain soil that is at a minimum of three feet in diameter. I will do this to allow enough room for watering the soil around each tree deeply and this will help keep my tree from competition from other types of vegetation.

My next step is, I will dig a hole in the center of the circle as keep as the root ball is. This is done so that the roots will be totally buried and the roots will not be exposed above the soil line. They have to stay underground so they can collect all the nutrients in the soil to feed the tree. This will protect the trees from exposure tot he sun and wind.

I place each of my trees in the middle of each hold that I have created for them, then I refill the hole with soil halfway up the root ball of tree, and then water the roots and soil.

My next step is for me to add an extra inch of soil on the top of the level of root ball so this will mean it is surrounded by the soil that it will be growing in and I need to keep the soil real moist. I will do this for each of my citrus fruits trees.

Now, after I have watered all that I have planted, I will fill each hold with soil and pat the soil down real firmly. This will keep the roots staying moist and with having the soil patted close around them, It will keep each one warm.

My next step, is I need to create a ring around the tree, with the surrounding soil, raised it 1/2 feet high, so the water can be held and it can be kept moist. I will fill the ring with bark mulch so this will help keep the soil around each tree retaining the water that fills the ring.

The final step in the planting process of my citrus fruit trees is to promote the maintenance of proper irrigation each tree will need to be watered in this way three times the first week. Then each tree will need to be watered twice each week for the next tree weeks. The ring that I built around each tree will begin to disappear. When this happens, each tree is established and then I will water them only when they need water. The area around each tree that is at least 3 feet in diameter has to be kept free of weeds. After each tree has been established and there is new growth that begins to appear, this is when I will start applying lawn and turf fertilizer monthly through October and this provides each tree with the micro nutrients that each tree needs.