Guide to Growing Fruit

At one time, to grow fruit, you needed hectares of land to turn into productive orchards but thankfully, those days are long gone.

With modern breeding and grafting practices producing trees that grow on dwarf rootstocks, you can grow fruit in the smallest of gardens or even in tubs on a balcony.

Modern cultural practices have been developed enabling you to grow fruit such as peaches and nectarines against a south-facing wall.

By using the menus below, you will be taken to a page explaining all you need to know to start you growing fruit.

Fruit Index

Tree Fruit

Apples

Apricots

Cherries

Figs

Guavas

Grapefruit

Kiwi Fruit

Kumquats

Citrus

 (Lemons / Limes)

Mulberries

Olives

Oranges

Peaches / Nectarines
Pineapples

Pomegranates

Pears

Plums/ Gauges / Damsons

Quinces

Soft Fruits

Briar fruits

Blackberries / Loganberries / Hybrid Berries

Blackcurrants

Blueberries

Cape Gooseberries

Grapes

Gooseberries

Raspberries

Red / White currants

Strawberries

 

Last updated 14 December, 2003
© copyright 1999, P. A. Owen