Best fruit trees to plant this summer in your garden.
Have you thought of adding
fruit trees on your garden this summer and want to harvest your own organic
fruits? However, doubts are already there regarding selection of appropriate
fruit crops that go well with your garden space and season. Here are the best fruit trees to plant this summer in your garden.
1. Mango
Mango is also called
the king of fruit in
south Asia. It is the good source of essential key vitamins, minerals, fibers.
Planting mango tree this summer provide you with incessant supply of juicy and
pulpy nutritious fruits for more than 35 years.
Climatic requirement:
This is the tropical fruit
crop, grow well in hot climatic condition, with optimum temperature range
between 24-30 °C.
Planting time:
Plantings can be done from
April to October.
Planting distance/spacing:
Generally, the spacing
requirement varies with the varieties like for tall cultivars of mango planting
distance is 10-12x10-12 meter and for dwarf cultivars e.g. Amrapali spacing
requirement is 8x8 meter.
Harvesting:
It is best you plant
grafted mango plants that facilitates early fruit bearing than, one grown from
seedlings. Harvesting is done in the month between May- September when 1-2
fruit drop occurs and best way to know if fruit is ready for harvest is when
fruit dipped in water do not float.
2. Litchi
Best fruit trees to plant this summer in your garden
Litchi fruit is the Queen of sub-tropical fruit. Litchi is one of the
amazing fruit trees to plant in your garden that grows up to the height of
40-50 feet. Ripen fruits have pink glossy skin that makes the fruit much
attractive. Fruit is juicy and is rich source of vitamin C, Vitamin B1, B3, B9
and minerals essential for human body.
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Climatic requirements:
It thrives well in drained
loamy soil in sub-tropical climate. The temperature range between 20° to 35°C
is optimum for growth and development.
Planting time:
planting is followed after
monsoon season from August- September
Planting distance:
Standard planting distance
for litchi fruit tree is 10x10 meter. you can adjust the planting number
according to your will and garden space.
Harvesting sign and time:
Harvesting is done in the
month from May- August when the fruit skin color changes from green to pink and
the spikes on skin gets soft.
3. Banana
There are approximately 500
varieties of bananas in the world. Banana (Musa paradisica) is the fiber rich
fruit with low calories. Bananas are enriched with calcium, phosphorous,
manganese, iron and potassium which fulfill the human body requirement of these
minerals. Also, banana peels can be used as organic
fertilizers or as side dressing to
other garden plants while, it is the good source of potassium phosphorous,
vitamins etc. Banana fruit early within 9 months of plantation which is good
for you.
Climatic requirement:
Bananas grow well in both
tropical and sub- tropical climate. The temperature range of 26-27°C is ideal
for banana fruit. Soil should be well drained to prevent the plant from fungal
infections.
Planting time:
Optimum time for banana
plantation is from October-November just after monsoon ceases.
Planting distance:
For tall varieties for e.g.
Gross Michel planting distance should be 2-3x2-3 meter(m) while for the dwarf
variety like Dwarf cavendish spacing of 2x2 meter (m)is recommended.
Harvesting sign and time:
Banana is ready to harvest
once the fingers are complete and round followed by change in color of fruit
from green to light green.
4. Papaya
Papaya is the fast-growing fruit tree which produce fruit the
same year of plantation. Papaya is rich in beta carotene and vitamin A. you can
make the perfect start of your day with papaya fruit in your breakfast. you do
not have to sit idle and wait for fruit to ripe as you can enjoy the
crunchiness of green papaya until ripening. Some varieties of papaya are
Washington, honeydew etc.
Climatic requirement:
Papaya is the tropical
fruit it requires an optimum temperature of 25-30 °C temperature lower or
greater than that hampers fruit ripening. Soil should be well- drained and free
from water logging condition.
Planting time:
papaya can be planted
within the month of February – November in your garden.
Planting distance:
If you are to plant papaya
the planting distance must be maintained at 2x2 meter or 1.8x1.8 meter.
Harvesting sign and time:
Sign of harvest will be a
yellow color development in fruit and after two-third of the fruit turns
yellow. Generally, harvesting can be done after 10-14 month of plantation.
5. Avocado
Avocados are popularly
known as super fruit with high fiber content among
all fruits, enriched with several vitamins, fatty acids (omega fatty acid),
antioxidants, protein content is also high than other fruits furthermore, they
have low sugar. you should not hesitate from planting this amazing nutrition
packed fruit tree in your garden. Some varieties of avocado are fuerte,
ethinger, reed, hass etc. It is beneficial to plant grafted avocado plant for
early fruiting within 3 years.
Climatic requirement:
Avocados are sub-tropical
fruit that thrives well in warm temperate region too. It requires temperature
range within 15-26 °C. Avocado grow well in the place in your garden where it
receives plenty of sunlight.
Planting time:
Avocado can be planted from
march to June in well drained sandy soil. Ensure you plant it in the area where
plant receive full sun and shelter.
Planting distance:
Planting distance should be
8-10x8-10 meter between plants.
Harvesting sign and time:
It is climacteric fruit which is why it ripens 4-5 days after harvest. Harvesting time differs according to varieties but basically fruit is ready to harvest from month August-November.
6. Sapota/sapodilla
Sapota or sapodilla is
another perennial evergreen fruit tree that you can grow in your garden. Fruits
have several health benefits as the fruit is rich in vitamin C, iron, dietary
fibers, copper etc. It helps you relieve from stress, cold also due to the sucrose
and fructose content in fruit it serves as instant source of energy.
Sapotas are planted to
extract latex from the plant that can be used for production of gums in many
countries. it is interesting fruit tree as in this fruit flowering occurs twice, once from
October-November and another From February- March and ultimately bears fruit
twice.
Climatic requirement:
Sapotas are tropical fruit
tree so, it thrives well in temperature range from 10-38°C. it can be grown on
wide variety of well- drained soil.
Planting time:
Generally, sapota or
sapodilla can be grown year-round it is good if you plant before and after
onset of monsoon.
Planting distance:
Planting distance for
sapota fruit tree is 10x10 meter.
Harvesting sign and time:
It takes about 5- 8 years
from germination to its first fruiting if the propagation is from seed however,
from air layered plant it takes about 3 years.
After hairs on surface of
fruit starts to fall and when fruit is scratched white milky fluid substance
stops oozing out. It flowers twice once in October-November and another in
February-March. Fruit mature after four months of flowering.
So, yeah here are the best
fruit tree that you can plant in your garden that offers you with incessant
supply of delicious and nutrition rich fruit not only for you but also for your
upcoming generations to come.
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