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9 New Fruit Trees and New Swale – 3/12/2022

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I dug a new swale just downhill from my first swale. It is a few inches lower than the top swale, but won’t fill until the top swale is filled nearly full. I’ll add rocks in the area where they are connected to resist erosion.

New Swale dug to promote in-soak– Looking South
New Swale dug to promote in-soak– Looking South
Existing swale in foreground, new swale in background – looking east
new swale connects near middle of old swale – looking north

I planted 9 new fruit trees on the downhill side of the new swale. Here are the types and varieties of the trees:

  • Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro Asian Persimmon (Grafted)
  • Saijo Asian Persimmon (Grafted)
  • Moonglow Pear Standard
  • Stark® Honeysweet Pear Dwarf
  • Starking® Hardy Giant™ Asian Pear Semi-Dwarf
  • Dapple Dandy Pluot® Standard
  • Flavor King Pluot® Standard
  • Starking® Delicious™ Pear Dwarf
  • Anjou Pear Semi-Dwarf

Pear, Pawpaw, Cherry, Persimmon, Pluerry, Pomegranate Trees Planted

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Over the past 2 days, I’ve planted 8 more fruit trees.

13) Asian Pear w/ grafts of:  Hosui (12), 20th Century (3), Chojuro (6), Shenseiki (9)
14) Fuyu Japanese Persimmon
15) Sweet Treat Pluerry
16) Wonderful Pomegranate
17) Cherry w/ grafts of: Stella (2), Black Tartarian (4), Bing (7), Rainier (10) *
18) empty space
19) Pennsylvania Golden PawPaw (Grafted)
20) Sunflower Pawpaw (Grafted)
21) Mango Pawpaw (Grafted)
(graft positions given w/ North = 12 o’clock)
* = yes, I realize cherry trees won’t set fruit here because of our lack of cooling hours, but I wanted to try it anyway   Continue reading →