Growing Apples, Oranges, and Bananas… Oh my!?
I want to grow some fruit. The primary fruit I want to grow are Apples, Oranges, and Bananas. What are the best way for me to grow these from a seed for each fruit?
I live in California. I wish to grow them because of old childhood memories (Grandpa had an old fruit garden). I want the trees to bare fruit, but aren’t too interested how they taste (delicious is a plus though). Are there certain seeds I should look for? How would I got about planting them? Anything I should know?
Grandpa’s fruit garden was in Hawaii. He passed away long ago when I was a kid. Never learned his methods of growing fruit.
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In the case of the apples and oranges, your best bet would be to visit a local nursery and buy young trees that are most adaptable to your area. To start trees from seed is difficult, and since most fruit trees are grafted to a different root stock, you may not even get a fruit bearing tree from a seed. Banana plants are grown from a young shoot that sprouts from the rhizomes of an adult plant. You may obtain these from a nursery as well, or at a plantation if there is one nearby. The folks at the nursery can give you detailed instructions on planting, care and feeding.
Starting from seed will take a Very Long Time. If you can get some starts or do it in grafting it won’t take nearly as long. With the exception of the bananas and I think you’ll have to have a rhizome(corms) Link below has both seed and rhizomes
FAQ:The banana plant grows 10 to 26 feet and belongs to the same family as the lily and the orchid.
http://www.banana-tree.com/
Are you sure you can grow the bananas in your location.? Northern California can get pretty cold!
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