On-Demand Class: Fruit Trees for SoCal Gardens

Duration: 1-hour lesson, 15-minute Q&A session

Experience Level: Experienced, Master, Professional

What you'll learn: 

• Why Southern California is one of the best places in the world to grow fruit — and how to take full advantage of it
• How chill hours work and why they're the single most important factor in choosing the right tree for your garden
• How grafted trees work, what rootstocks do, and why it matters which one you choose
• How to plan for fruit from your garden almost every month of the year

What we'll cover: 

• Stone fruits, apples, pears, figs, pomegranates, and citrus: which varieties actually thrive here and what each one needs
• How to read your garden's conditions and match the right tree to the right spot
• Bare root season: what it is, why it matters, and how to make the most of it
• How to fit more fruit trees into less space without sacrificing production
• Irrigation, fertilizing, and mulching: what fruit trees actually need to thrive
• Dormant spraying, summer pruning, and winter pruning done right
• How to protect your harvest from pests, birds, and common diseases
• The mistakes that silently kill harvests and how to avoid them

This class is for: 

• Home gardeners who want to grow their own fruit but don't know where to start
• Anyone who's planted fruit trees before, been disappointed, and wants to understand why
• Landscape professionals specifying, installing, or maintaining fruit trees in Southern California gardens

This course is available on-demand.  Watch on your own schedule!