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What is your favourite fruit tree to grow? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 4 days ago by wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net to c/greenspace@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/21789538

Not necessarily your favourite fruit to eat, but what is/are your favourite fruit tree(s) to grow based on survival rate, fruit yield, ease of maintenance, ease of harvest, grass-killing prowess, and any other combination of factors? What is/are your least favourite? If you have photos or diagrams to illustrate your point, even better!

(If you provide your region and/or Köppen-Geiger or Trewartha climate zone, it will help others to know what to plant or what to avoid!)

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[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 3 points 3 days ago

Southern Maine, US. USDA zone 5a, Trewartha Dca

We got them as whips 2 or 3 years ago so they're not at production age yet, but american persimmons (Diospyros virginiana) have been particularly low maintenance so far. At this age they're no good for shading anything out, but planting them with Monarda has hidden them from the deer and kept them from being eaten (so far).