Guest guest Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Hi Breezi, I get all my plants which produce food from www.raintreenursery.com They are located in the Cascade foothills SE of Centralia, out towards Morton. They have lots of good advice on their web site, and a horticulturist you can talk to when you visit their nursery. You can also mail order from them. They have some large plants and trees in pots which you can buy (which are too big to ship) if you go to the nursery. They have the largest collection of edible landscaping that I've ever heard of, which is why they ship east of the Rockies. I really do mean a collection which they have imported from countries all over the world, and agricultural universities all over the US. Their focus is west of the Cascades, however they have some plants suited to northern Minnesota and for southern California, so any microclimate in the Puget Sound region is well covered. What plants you can grow really depends on your microclimate. I'm in a frost pocket so things have to be very hardy where I live. In the Magnolia community in Seattle, where somebody has a nice protected south facing pocket next to the house, some people have successfully grown plants you normally have to go to southern California to see. Also, because agriculture is so important to so many economies, they have breed heat tolerant varieties of many plants so they can be planted further south, and cold tolerant varieties so they can be planted further north, so as long as you get the right variety, you can grow many types of fruit in many places. So you need to find out what your microclimate is like, and pick varieties to match that zone. King County used to be a major national producer for plums, sour cherries, berries of all kinds, and fresh temperate zone fruit in general. The Libby's sauerkraut pant used to be in Kent because cabbage did so well there. Apple trees do well, except for the coddling moth. What doesn't do so well are the larger keeper apples (the late season apples) that need a bit longer and warmer summer to fully ripen. The cloudy weather is more of an issue because it encourages diseases which do well in humid weather than because the cloudy weather prevents ripening of fruit, so getting disease resistant varieties is an important precaution. The fruit producing plants from northern Europe and Russia do great here because we have enough chill hours for them, and our summers are warmer and longer. Blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries do great here, and start producing faster than trees do and you don't have to wait as long to see the fruit of your labor May your day be filled with clarity, grace, progress, and warm laugher, Roger - " Bob & Breezi " <bobandbreezi Sunday, April 08, 2007 1:11 PM RE: Almonds no longer raw! > > Are you in Western Washington with all these fruit trees? If so any hints on > what types to look for with our many grey days that the fruit trees produce > well???? I have never had a fruit tree so I think now is the time to get > started. Can almond trees produce in the Pacific Northwest? Thanks for any > info. Breezi > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 WOW Roger!!! Thank you soooooooooo much for all the info on the fruit trees etc. I really appreciate it. Breezi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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