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5 x 5 5 Fruit Facts in
5 Fruit Subjects
Monte Nesbitt
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5 Fruits for CAWF O Peach
O Outstanding Fruit Quality
O Many varieties to choose from
O Precocious—Fruit in third year
O No Pollinizer needed
O Produce 2-4 Bu/Tree
O Spring & Summer Harvest
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5 Fruits for CAWF O Peach
O Must prune and thin fruit annually
O Require protection from late frost
O Peach tree borers, stinkbugs, curculios
O Not long lived—12-15 years
O Don’t tolerate flooding
O Choose the right rootstock
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Rootstock Considerations O Nemaguard—once the only rootstock recommended in
Texas; struggles in high pH; avoid clay soils
O Lovell & Halford—better on clay soils and high pH, but
susceptible to nematodes.
O Guardian—introduced to industry for nematode resistance,
but has not done well in Texas.
O Myrobalan plum—for noncommercial trees where poorly
drained soils and oak root rot is problem.
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5 Fruits for CAWF O Satsuma Mandarin Orange
O Good cold hardiness for citrus (15 deg.
Possible).
O Highly Productive—10 Bu/tree
O Precocious—Fruit in second/third year
O No Pollinizer needed
O Fall Harvest
O Easy to peel, good flavor, seedless
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5 Fruits for CAWF O Satsuma Mandarin Orange
O Require protection in severe freezes
O Citrus Greening Disease
O Scale, Mites, Mealybugs, Mockingbirds
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5 Fruits for CAWF
O Blackberry
O Grow well, prolific fruiting. 10 lbs/plant
possible.
O Precocious—Fruit in second year
O No Pollinizer needed
O Fit small, confined areas
O Easy marketing and high prices
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5 Fruits for CAWF
O Blackberry
O Thorns on many varieties.
O Cane anthracnose, double blossom, rust
O Stinkbugs
O Abundant pruning and tying
O Short lifespan—Arkansas varieties
O White drupelet,
O Not Sweet??
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5 Fruits for CAWF
O Pears
O Low maintenance
O Steady, heavy production
O Attract wildlife
O Not many pests
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5 Fruits for CAWF
O Pears
O Fireblight
O Early blooms—Spring frost
O Attract wildlife
O Slow growth
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5 Fruits for CAWF
O Figs
O Few pests
O Not much training
O Abundant fruiting
O Outstanding flavor
O Attract birds
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5 Fruits for CAWF
O Figs
O Freeze damage
O High water demand
O Fruit have no shelf life
O Use it or lose it
O Nematode problems in some soils
O Diseases: Rust and Mosaic
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5 New Tree Establishment Tips
O Control Weeds
O Mulch
O Protect Foliage
O Frequent Low Dose Fertilizer
O Prevent Under- and Over-watering
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How much water and how often?
Soil Type Sandy Clay
First Year Daily to every
3rd day
1-3 times per
week
Second Year 2-5 times per
week
1-2 times per
week
Alter schedule according to rainfall
Focus is top 12 “ of soil
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Drip Irrigation
O Drip emitters have
relatively small
wetting areas.
O For establishment,
drippers must be
oriented near tree
trunk.
O Otherwise, use
microsprayers or
water-rings for hand
watering.
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Microsprayer irrigation
O Wider coverage area
O More evaporative
losses
O Less efficient than
drip
O Effective for longer #
years without
modification
O More maintenance
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Mulch slows soil moisture
evaporation, reduces
weed emergence, lowers
root temperature: a win-
win-win for plants and the
grower!
Studies on young pecan
trees have found from
36-60% increase in trunk
caliper over weed control
area, depending on area
mulched.
Minimum of 4 ft x 4 ft, 8 inches deep
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After Shoveling Mulch
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Fertilizer
Application of fertilizer (salts) to newly planted
trees can compromise establishment.
Trees should demonstrate new leaf & shoot
growth before applying any fertilizer.
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If new fruit plants are making new leaves and shoots,
nitrogen only or complete fertilizers can be broadcast
around trees to facilitate new vegetative growth.
Nitrogen delivery rates for first year trees are typically ½ pound of ammonium sulfate (0.1
lb actual N) total. Or 1.0 pound 10-10-10 or 13-13-13. First application not before May of
planting year and not later than August 15.
Second year trees can receive from 0.25 to 0.40 lbs actual N per tree if early spring growth
is vigorous (species dependent---consult crop guides and fact sheets).
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Sources of nitrogen for home orchards O Grass clippings from mowing
O Unused fruit
O Mulch decomposition
O Soil-fixed nitrogen from clovers and other legumes
O Manure from grazing animals
O Potential Salt Damage; Excessive Phosphorous
O Food Safety concerns
O Composted manure and other organic materials
O Food Safety concerns
O Natural materials
O Blood meal (13%), Bone meal (4%)
O Inorganic fertilizers
O Ammonium sulfate, 13-13-13, etc. Not a product endorsement
Unquantified and tested sources of organic fertilizers
deliver N slowly and with great variation.
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Weed Control is Key to Faster Establishment and Development
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How Much Weed Free Area?
5 x 5
8 x 8
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Trunk protectors facilitate herbicide use or cultivation
around young trees.
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Peach Tree Borer-young trees need protection
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5 Must-Do’s for frost & freeze protection
O Don’t plant in frost pocket
O Delay pruning until winter is over
O Use water liberally
O Bare ground is good—remove mulch
temporarily
O Soil banks and covers
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Single row houses Trees: 6’ to 8’ apart
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5 Impt. Fruit Insecticides +
5 Impt. Fruit Fungicides
O Bifenthrin
O Imidacloprid
O Spinosad
O Neem Oil
O Malathion
O Basic Copper sulfate
O Liquid Lime sulfur
O Captan
O Chlorthalonil
O Phosphorous acid—(Phosphites)
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Rust Mites
Bird Damage
Citrus Leafminer
whiteflies
Sweet
Orange Scab
Leaffooted Bug
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5 Facts about water O Most fully planted fruit orchards need approximately
one acre inch of water per week during crop
production season (27,150 gallons per acre).
O Fruit trees are salt sensitive & a water test cost $20
to find out.
O Flooding/overwatering is equal or worse (for some
plants) than underwatering
O Manage water in the top 12” of soil. Deep watering
may be wasteful.
O Roots grow in winter and need irrigation in dry
spells.
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Brazoria County, 2010
Fruit trees have low tolerance for wet feet (heavy soil,
constant wetting)
Water Drainage
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Enhance surface drainage with raised beds/berms