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Garden Planting: secrets to growing delicious fruits

Lisa Garden on 30-05-2018

When it comes to growing fruit in their own garden, most people come up with different excuses, such as the lack of space, the lack of planting experience and the presence of the hungry birds, but they are missing out. From pears and apples, peaches and nectarines, blackberries and blueberries, raspberries and gooseberries to grapes and currants, strawberries and kiwi berries, any homeowner can grow a healthier substitute for the questionable supermarket aisle. Apart from enhancing the aspect of their garden with such a great variety of colors, they also have the possibility to help bees, which can pollinate the flowers resulted from the crops.

In fact, most homeowners do not know that garden planting does not only come with numerous benefits for their family, but also for the community and the environment. First, eating nutritious fruits and vegetables from your own garden instead of those who ended up in the local grocery store after days of travelling represents a wiser and financially savvy decision. Moreover, it helps you gain a sense of appreciation after the hard work invested in your crops. Secondly, the shade provided by tall fruit trees proves to be very useful in hot summer days.

How to plant fruits in your own garden

After covering the compelling reasons for which you should definitely consider growing fruit in your garden, you are probably wondering about the main steps included in the process. As a beginner, your concern of not being able to maintain your crops is quite understandable, but this article has the purpose to provide a few useful pieces of information that will facilitate your situation and allow you to enjoy tasteful Pomona Fruits. Starting with the basics, depending on the time of the year, you will have to decide how to plant your fruits. At the store or online, you will most likely find bare-root plants, which are the most affordable, sold in late winter and early spring, container-grown fruits, the easiest to plant and sold throughout the year or B & B shrubs and fruit trees., sold from spring to fall. Regardless of the type of planting you choose, the most important step that you cannot overlook is watering them properly. A generous layer of mulch will help you control weed growth.

 

How to grow delicious fruits in your garden

The second step of the process is to provide support to young trees by using a single stake of the proper height that you just drive in the ground next to your plant. Obviously, tying the tree to the stake with a heavy wire is necessary to make sure that it stays in the correct position. Do not wrap the wire too hard because it might damage the young and fragile tree, which will grow in time requiring maintenance. This means that you will have to prune them in order to remove dead branches and stems or to prevent them from blocking pathways. Your delicious fruits require constant moisture and food meaning that you have to water and fertilize them regularly. Insect and disease control are also important to make use of supplies in stores.