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To: FamiliarFace

Besides the fig tree, we have a pear tree and several citrus trees, but never get any fruit from any of them. Plenty of mesquite beans, which are supposed to be edible, but I’ve never tried them.

The Sonoran Desert is generally not a great place for fruit trees.


31 posted on 05/20/2023 10:14:54 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
Hartley; What part of the desert are you in? Is is down by the Colorado river or up in the mountains?

If there fruit that should work in the desert it would be a fig, provided it has enough water. Tolerates a lot of heat. Note that there are two types of figs, common, and smyrna figs. Common figs do not need a wasp to pollinate them, smyrna figs do. You want common figs.

There is a place called Son Mut Nou, Montserrate in Mallorca. What they do is to give each tree a space that is about 40' x 40' and do not let anything else grow in that area. When They plant they dig down 4 or 5 feet and plant the tree. They cover the roots, and water and it begins to grow. As it gets taller they fill in more of the hole until it is level with the rest of the orchard. They prune it until the limbs are 5-6 feets above the ground. They have rain about 2 months a year, and after that first couple of years they do not water the trees. The tree needs to develop and send out roots to get the water it needs. Here is a video of this fig orchard which looks like a desert!

0:39 / 2:24 Son Mut Nou, Montserrat Pons fig trees

For more information go to "https://www.ourfigs.com/"

38 posted on 05/20/2023 5:03:42 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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