r/BackyardOrchard

This tree is in the backyard of my parents place it was there when they bought it… they think it might be a mulberry tree but like idk. Does anyone have any ideas?

i’m thinking maybe apricot? i initially thought peach because it’s fuzzy but the leaves don’t look like a peach.

What would you do to have it bear better fruit? Zone 8b or 9a.

This plum tree I planted late last summer was all growing straight upwards. Will this help encourage the branches out? Or not a good idea?

What are these little tubes and how to treat? This Fiji apple barely leaved out last year but increased in diameter and limb length. This year every limb is putting out leaves and flowers, seems healthy. it has been in the ground for about 1.5 years. zone 8b

Forgive me, as I am new to fruit trees. I planted this pear tree last year and left it. How should I prune it? It doesn’t have any scaffolding branches.

Hi all, I've planted a Saijo and a Jiro this year in a less than perfect sun situation. Zone 7b. Currently it's getting 8 hours of sun, but as the leaves on the tall trees to the south fill in, it will dip to about 4hrs - possibly less... I am not sure what effect the Japanese Maple will have. It'll shield it from late afternoon sun at least. The sun should start turning around by August, and then leaves will start falling.

Anyway, nearly every persimmon video I've watched on YouTube shows the trees growing in less than ideal placement, and they're always loaded with persimmons. SO,

MY QUESTION: Will I get edible persimmons? Will I?!

That is all, thank you.

This little lemon tree seemed to be thriving until last summer when everything started to go downhill. The leaves started to appear burnt around the edges. It dropped almost all of its leaves in winter. I live in AZ and this year it got hot MUCH earlier than usual in late February so the poor thing went through two bloom cycles about a month and a half apart. The tree produced a TON of flowers and a handful developed into tiny lemons, yet when they got to about the size of a large bead, they turned black and fell off. I’d noticed the same thing last year with the fruit but didn’t have any issues with the leaves so I thought it may be a fungus and sprayed an antifungal with no effect. This year I fertilized in winter, and it looked like it may have been making a comeback with that first bloom cycle. I plucked most of the blooms so it could focus on recovering instead of making fruit, same for the second bloom cycle, but I just keep seeing these charred edges around the leaves, even new growth. I haven’t really changed anything in my watering habits. Am I overwatering? Please help!

Want to make more trees or olive bushes:) Need Advice

Any idea what happened here? Can I repair it? The other trees are fine.

Buying a house and there is a fruit tree blossoming in the backyard. What do you think it is? I used the seek app and it said cherry or plum.

Hey everybody just looking for opinions on what you think of how this tree looks and if there’s anything I could be doing now that will better this tree for the future

Located in Phoenix, Arizona zone 9b

What are these little tubes and how to treat? This Fiji apple barely leaved out last year but increased in diameter and limb length. This year every limb is putting out leaves and flowers, seems healthy. it has been in the ground for about 1.5 years. zone 8b

Hi! My cousin is digging up some 8ft (and taller) apple trees from some orchard land they just bought (Western Wisconsin) and selling them for $25 each! We've been wantong to start a little backyard orchard, and this might be our chance!

I live 3.5 hours away, unfortunately, but I have a brother in law that could possibly deliver it--we'd pay his gas money--about $180. ($230 total for two big trees)

Some questions:

1. With the root ball, do you think these could fit in the bed of a standard/smallish truck?

2. Would they survive transport ok?

3. Could these trees be pruned to be easier to transport?

4. Would you expect these trees to bear fruit this year or next year or would it take longer? If they take longer anyways, we might as well just buy some smaller trees.

5. What would be the normal cost of a similarly sized tree?