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We have about a dozen almond trees here, of various ages between 1 year and almost dead from old age. They bloom beautifully every spring, and provide some much needed shade in the summer, so I'm not complaining. :)
We are hoping to improve the health of the soil by adding rock dust as soon as I can find some, and keeping the area mulched, but the water comes from the sky, and that is always variable.
8 almonds? Did the birds get them all? Never mind, I have a 4 year old quince tree. The harvest this year will be 5 quinces. But they are mine own!
ReplyDeleteI can't blame the birds, no. I saw the almonds develop and grow from flower, there were just a few. Plenty of flowers and bees though! I suspect I need another variety of almond for pollination, or maybe it's just the poor depleted soils.
Delete5 quinces is great! The quinces here got bigger again this year, but still not right, the fruit got quite sunburnt. I suspect the old tree will be happier with support trees grown nearby.