The biggest answer why hedgerows and wind breaks have wild plants - its because of the birds eating the berries from a different location, then land in these greeneries, or they sit on a barbed wire fence and then drop their poop and seeds in this region, and the greatest source of wild (and domestic volunteer seedings) happen from the birds.
@doggiefamily9083 ай бұрын
Awesome! In central GA I have wild persimmons, muscadine grapes and blackberries growing wild. I planted superior equivalents plus figs. They are no work trees.
@StefanSobkowiak3 ай бұрын
Nothing beats easy.
@kloss2133 ай бұрын
Peaches, Quince, Berries all grow very well for me in WI without much effort.
@jakobbrun65353 ай бұрын
This is very educational, and captures one of the essences of permaculture: observe observe observe! We have a couple of quite old plum trees, they sit near a pond, and all winter the ground is soaked and waterlogged. And yet, there are literally hundreds of new plum trees appearing everywhere, root shoots galore. Same with the wild cherries close by. Our hedgerows are teeming with elder, cherry plum, hazelnuts. Foraged a small handful of nuts last year, and the taste was out of this world. Even the apple trees in our garden seem to grow like weeds. And this is clay, not terribly well drained, but doesnt really seem to bother these trees! So I obviously have super high hopes for my small fruit orchard going in the ground this fall :D
@IAMLove333 ай бұрын
🌞 blessings ❤️🔥 raspberries, blackberries,and and strawberries are my winners here in Minnesota
@MrToad-actual3 ай бұрын
Thank you, Stefan.
@minapostman27843 ай бұрын
Oh man. Mulberries definitely grow as weeds where I am in southern Michigan. I wish I could sell the trees.
@Blynn-md4dx3 ай бұрын
Wild black cherries and muscadines grow here, but have had a hard time growing domesticated ones. Pecans do great here...sadly I don't like them. Keepin' on tryin'
@paulmvn54313 ай бұрын
I'm trying to grow a pomegranate and an Asian persimmon tree in zone 6. I expect those two trees to take more work than all the other trees I have that are much hardier.
@paulmvn54313 ай бұрын
When I get a larger property I will probably mostly have Almonds, Cherries, and Peaches, along with blackberries. They all grow without much input here in NE Kansas, but the late frosts make for an irregular Peach harvest.
@carlac44073 ай бұрын
Thank you Stefan. In my regio there are a lot of rosa canina and cherry trees growing in the wild. I was wandering, since they are part of the rosaceae family, if that means that I can easily grow all (or most of all) the other rosaceae plants such as pears, plumbs en so on. Always greatfull for your videos..
@StefanSobkowiak3 ай бұрын
Probably great for plums, may be a bit dry for apple or pears without extra water to get established. Once established should be fine with a good mulch.
@79PoisonBreaker3 ай бұрын
in my area it is hands down wild raspberry .
@StefanSobkowiak3 ай бұрын
Great indicator that fall bearing raspberry and black raspberry will grow well. Also means drainage is good for many fruit trees.
@loganblackblood67133 ай бұрын
The only fruits ive seen around in the wilds here were raspberries, a bit of blackberries too. I guess that’s how it is here in Quebec with all the snow 😅
@222mmax3 ай бұрын
Wheat grass, oat grass. Thank you God bless you Maranatha
@feralkevinАй бұрын
I find that folks typically want apples, peaches, and cherries. In many climates of the U.S. those are NOT easy at all. One of the many reasons I gravitate toward unusual fruit trees and the like -- if you get the right one for your climate they are way easier. I wrote a book about it (Epic Edible Plant Allies), LOL
@StefanSobkowiakАй бұрын
Nice one. April, a recent release. Good job. We need these ideas to become mainstream and every way to inform people helps.
@feralkevinАй бұрын
@@StefanSobkowiak Thanks! I love the more unusual plants!
@StefanSobkowiakАй бұрын
You should get in touch with Lee Reich, he wrote an earlier book about unusual plants worthy of attention.
@feralkevinАй бұрын
@@StefanSobkowiak Thank you!
@julie-annepineau40223 ай бұрын
Can you graft onto choke cherries? They are a weed that smothers everything else in an area here.
@StefanSobkowiak3 ай бұрын
You can try other cherry but they are not a long lived root.
@paulmvn54313 ай бұрын
@@julie-annepineau4022 I would imagine that other Prunus would do well. Plant some Tomentosa and Besseyi; they're low maintenance.
@Blynn-md4dx3 ай бұрын
Agree!
@josephjohnson66263 ай бұрын
The only thing that grows in north Texas without help is mesquite and wild sunflowers.
@StefanSobkowiak3 ай бұрын
Start with mesquite, they are a soil improver, use them to mulch some hardy fruit trees. Soil improvement is a process.
@bobslastcoffee72972 ай бұрын
Did you try any pawpaw or maybe persimmon? I know it's pushing it. But I'm trying about 1h30 drive from you.
@StefanSobkowiak2 ай бұрын
Have 1 pawpaw after 4 tries, adding more seed. Never tried persimmon yet.
@arcadiapermaculture9743 ай бұрын
Once you've identified one, you see them everywhere - ain't that the truth.
@stuartdelamare40723 ай бұрын
Our sloe trees grow like weeds it’s ridiculous they pop up everywhere 👍🇬🇬
@marysiap173 ай бұрын
Oh no, it means I should grow a walnut orchard...! 🙄
@elsbeet3963 ай бұрын
Oh no...i should grow sloe/blackthorne....everywhere. Okay I can graft other plum varieties onto it.. but what do I do with all the offshoots/suckers?