The GIANT Book on Growing Trees and Bushes
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Which Fruit to Grow?
Fruit Production Charts
Cold Hardiness zones
Apples
Citrus fruits
Buying the Right Trees and Bushes
Soil Conditions
Nitrogen Fixing Crops
Planning your garden
Natural Weedkillers
General Planting
Supporting Your Fruit Trees
Bird Protection
Frost Protection
Planting Fruit Trees Against Walls
What Are Espaliers?
Keeping Your Bushes and Trees Healthy
Fertilizers and pesticides –
Cow Manure – the Best Organic Fertilizer/Compost Base
John Innes Compost
Basic Healthy Compost Mixtures
How to Make Leaf Compost
Natural Pesticides
Neem Pesticide
Preparing Neem seeds
Chilis
Tobacco
Bougainvillea Leaves
Fungicides for Soil
Onion – Garlic Antifungal Solution
Papaya Cure –
Using Cow Manure Ash as a Pesticide
Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms in Plants
Spraying
Garden Pests
Pollination
Fruit Plant Propagation
Harvesting your fruit
EVERGREENS AND SHRUBS
Planning Your Garden – Evergreens for Screens
Evergreens – Planting Tips
Recognizing the “Right” Evergreen
Why Would Not I Choose a Conifer
Tips for Planting Evergreens
Choice of Evergreens
Arbutus – The Strawberry Tree –Arbutus menziesii
Camellia
Heath Plants – Erica
Gorse– Ulex
Bottlebrush – Callistemon
Magnolias
Daphne – the Spurge Laurel Family
Box [Buxus]
Mimosa
Lavender – Lavandula
Holly – [Ilex]
“Gold” and “Silver” Hollies –
Rhododendrons
CONIFERS
Growing Conifers
Tips before Choosing Your Conifers
The Scots Pine [Pinus species]
Growing a Scots Pine Successfully
Silver [white] Firs
The Douglas Fir
Spruce [Picea]
Cypress – Cupressus
Junipers
Cedars
Planting Your Conifers
Conclusion
Author Bio
Publisher
Introduction
When Mother Nature blessed the new born earth with life forms milleniums ago, the diversity of one celled creatures took up different lines of evolution due to climatic changes and mutations. That is when plant life evolved along with animal life. And that is how the surface of the earth was covered with lush fruitful vegetation, which flourished and evolved in different climates.
As time went by, climatic changes also changed the nature and the appearance of these plants. From multicelled algae and fungi, they became huge multicelled giant trees, like the Sequoia, which are remnants of those glorious days of giant Green trees gone by.
And soon man found out that trees were very useful to give him shelter, to give him food, and to provide him with essential fruit, leaves, and seeds to supplement his diet. That was because he was imitating the animals around him.
They nibbled at leaves, he did the same thing. Sometimes he ended up with a tummy ache. Sometimes the animals ended up sick while he was left hale and hearty. But down the ages, and through lots of trial and error, he found out that every single plant out there could be put into use, even those plants we consider weeds today.
The mythological and historical hanging Gardens of Babylon, which were supposed to have been built by Nebuchadnezzar, but in actuality were built by Sennacherib in Nineveh, Assyria, about 300 km away from Babylon.
These were lush with green trees from all over the world. And historians who are not really bothered about historic authenticity and the names of kings, did not bother much about the locality or the creator of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
First-hand accounts of that time were not available, and when Babylon conquered Assyria, they called it the new Babylon. And so centuries later historians wrote about the wonders of marvelous trees and green vegetation, growing in Babylon.
So that is the reason why since ancient times, trees, especially fruit trees have been an important par
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The GIANT Book on Growing Trees and Bushes - Dueep Jyot Singh
Introduction
When Mother Nature blessed the new born earth with life forms milleniums ago, the diversity of one celled creatures took up different lines of evolution due to climatic changes and mutations. That is when plant life evolved along with animal life. And that is how the surface of the earth was covered with lush fruitful vegetation, which flourished and evolved in different climates.
As time went by, climatic changes also changed the nature and the appearance of these plants. From multicelled algae and fungi, they became huge multicelled giant trees, like the Sequoia, which are remnants of those glorious days of giant Green trees gone by.
And soon man found out that trees were very useful to give him shelter, to give him food, and to provide him with essential fruit, leaves, and seeds to supplement his diet. That was because he was imitating the animals around him.
They nibbled at leaves, he did the same thing. Sometimes he ended up with a tummy ache. Sometimes the animals ended up sick while he was left hale and hearty. But down the ages, and through lots of trial and error, he found out that every single plant out there could be put into use, even those plants we consider weeds today.
The mythological and historical hanging Gardens of Babylon, which were supposed to have been built by Nebuchadnezzar, but in actuality were built by Sennacherib in Nineveh, Assyria, about 300 km away from Babylon.
These were lush with green trees from all over the world. And historians who are not really bothered about historic authenticity and the names of kings, did not bother much about the locality or the creator of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
First-hand accounts of that time were not available, and when Babylon conquered Assyria, they called it the new Babylon. And so centuries later historians wrote about the wonders of marvelous trees and green vegetation, growing in Babylon.
So that is the reason why since ancient times, trees, especially fruit trees have been an important part of cultured and civilized landscaping. They were and are planted in gardens for the pleasure of the general public or for your own private enjoyment.
Blackcurrant bush
You can grow one kind of fruit or another in almost any garden. Even the smallest garden can produce apples and strawberries. If you have plenty of land you are lucky because you have the space to allow your trees to spread their wings and flourish.
Besides being planted for their crops, fruit trees and fruit shrubs can be used to make your garden look more attractive, aesthetically pleasing and a thing of beauty and a joy forever.
You can make hedges from black currant bushes. Logan berries and blackberries can be used for covering fences and garden sheds. Bare walls can be covered with fruit trees instead of creepers or wall plants.
Which Fruit to Grow?
Unless you have plenty of land, there is a chance that you are going to be strapped for space. That is why you need to know which fruit to grow. The time for huge gardens is passed, unless you have inherited lots of land. That is why your small gardens need to be filled up with useful fruit trees. So of course the best option is to grow the fruit you love best. Also, choose the fruit, of which the freshness appeals most to you.
Ease of growing is an important factor. What are the growing conditions necessary to give you a good harvest? Some fruit like peaches grow well in sunny and hot atmospheres. If your garden is full of shade, look for fruit, which grow well in the shade.
Choose your choice of fruits that grow well in the shade –
http://lawrencefruittreeproject.wordpress.com/recommended-fruit-plants/shade-tolerant-fruit-plants/
Fruit can also be grown profitably in containers, when you have limited space. Gardeners have been training fruit into cordons, espaliers fans and up fences and down walls.
Choose trees which have been grafted to semi-dwarf rootstocks or dwarf rootstocks to make sure that you do not have giant size plants, when you wanted something of reasonable size and easily manageable.
Fruit Production Charts
Fruit production charts are going to depend a lot on your locality.
You can download these production charts on these URLs, and their planting seasons.
For people in the UK –
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Grow-Your-Own/Advice/Fruit-advice/Planning
For gardeners in the USA
http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/fruit/
I would suggest Apple, cherries, as well as semitropical citrus fruit, depending on the weather. However, fruit gardening is not done by somebody who is not dedicated because you cannot just plant fruits and walk away, hoping that they are going to grow on their own self.
You will need pruning them, monitoring them for pests and taking the advice of your friendly neighborhood professional horticulturists for the best way to keep them healthy and safe.
Choose the fruit plant varieties, which are recommended to you by your local plant agricultural extension service in your city or in your state. That is because some varieties need so many hours of sun and others need so many hours of chill.
The self-fertile varieties are going to grow fruit better if they are grown near any other flower or plant, which is a matching pollinator. This is going to be explained when you read further on with an example of mustard plants and apples. Nursery catalogs and extension publications can give you tables of varieties of fruit and plants which are compatible with each other and should be grown together.
Cold Hardiness zones
Can your fruit trees survive the winter? This extensive knowledge is going to be given to you on this URL, depending where you are located on the globe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardiness_zone
Apples
Liberty and Freedom apple varieties can be grown in 6.5 pH variety soil, but you can also grow them in soil, which is more acidic as long as it is well-drained and fertile.
Mild winter climates in the USA can produce pink Lady and