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| − | Around Tampa, Florida, many property owners love to plant trees in their gardens, particularly fruit trees. It gives personality to your landscape and assures you an indefinite stock of your selected fruits.
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| − | [http://landscapingtuneups.com/ Tampa landscapers] have prepared this step by step article to help you successfully grow a fruit bearing tree, or any kind of tree in your yard. They will show you how you should care for the tree and its roots, the best way to dig the hole in the ground for planting it, and how to take care of it for years to come.
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| − | Step one is to select what variety of tree you wish to grow. A trip to your native nursery will assist with that decision. Also, when you are planting a fruit tree, the decision will be easier, since you know which fruits you like. The kind of fruit trees that would thrive best in the Tampa area are mango, avocado, and citrus trees.
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| − | When you purchase your tree from the nursery, you've got to be very careful while transporting it to your house. You don't want to endanger it or have any of the tree limbs snap.
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| − | Be sure to do some research relating to your tree, or discuss with the people at the nursery about its requirements. You should know how much light it requires and how large it will grow. This will let you decide where to plant it on your property.
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| − | The opening that you excavate in the ground to place your tree should be twice as wide as the size of the clump of roots at the base of your tree. The opening should also be double the depth. So, take this into account when deciding on the location of your new tree and while shopping for your tree.
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| − | After the hole is finished, make sure you line the hole with some garden compost or plant food. This will make the tree develop much better.
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| − | At this point, gently set your tree inside the hole and extend the roots out uniformly in the hole. Doing so is a good tip to make the tree develop healthier and allow it to be more stable throughout its growing process.
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| − | Then, use all of the soil that you dug out of the hole to fill the hole around the tree roots back up. It may look like too much dirt because it will likely be a few inches above the surrounding ground. It is fine, because the dirt will gradually be compacted soon after the area is watered.
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| − | You should pat the soil down to make it firm, but be sure that your tree is not crooked. If the tree is very young and the tree trunk is still somewhat bendable, use a line to band the tree to a pole in the ground or nearby fence. It is usually necessary to tie it up in 2 or 3 directions to prevent it from bending to either side. If ties are necessary you should not tie the ropes too tightly. The tree trunk must be allowed a bit of room to grow. The lines and stakes can be removed when the tree has become strong enough to withstand strong gusts of wind.
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| − | If you have grown a fruit bearing tree and it begins producing fruits, make sure that you pull the fruit from the tree regularly to ensure that the tree limbs don't have to bear too much weight. Know that you will have various years that the tree does not bear as much fruit as other years. There is nothing to worry about, this is expected. Just keep on irrigating and fertilizing the tree and it will produce fruit again.
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| − | [https://www.facebook.com/LandscapingTampa Tampa landscaper] also say that, in order to safeguard your tree from harm from unwanted pests, you need to keep the area near your tree free from old leaves and other debris. This can be a big breeding area for insects that could be damaging to the new tree.
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| − | To keep your tree healthy in the long run, remember to trim it during the winter or early spring. In addition, you need to irrigate the tree every 2 weeks, especially during dry spells.
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