The 2 Easiest Fruit Trees for Beginners To Grow. Yes, Really! | BONUS: The Hardest Tree 

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I am 69 years old and as a child growing up people would plant apple and peach trees mostly from cuttings and never really did anything to them after planting. Now days everything is made difficult and complicated,

I’m about to seriously start to tear up my backyard to start implementing my vision of my fruit and vegetable gardens, bc I think this should be taught in all schools year long.

I found figs to be the easiest fruit tree to grow, especially that they do better the more you neglect them... and they usually fruit within the first year of purchase so it feels like an instant reward. and surprisingly i'd consider lemons to be specifically difficult to take care of, as we've got way too many diseases here in australia; citrus gall wasp, leaf miner, black spots and aphids to name a few, and they're very sensitive to iron deficiency... i feel like i'm always taking care of my lemon trees, the rest of my citrus trees seem to be doing ok. personally, i haven't grown avocados or persimmons but i've heard most people had problems with them, so i'd agree they'd be in the top 5 hardest trees to take care of.

I'm up to 17 in ground fruit trees so far. Still got a bunch of space left to plant out on our 0.3 acre property. Will probably put in 10 more trees next year (hedge of figs and espalier pears/apples). One thing that has been helping a ton (anecdotally) is having lots of native/flowering perennials or shrubs inter planted with our trees. Really seems to do well for the beneficial insects and keeping pests down.

Mulberry and Fig are my top 2 easiest.

figs are pretty easy to grow. just takes time for them to get established

I’m a beginner gardener and I started with avocado. It’s still doing very well. 😊

This was helpful, and charming. Thanks for always being so encouraging to gardeners of all levels!

I agree! Zone 7a here and our Jujube trees are no trouble and prolific!

Such an informative video! Came over from Epic Gardening. Going to be planting my first citrus soon. Thank you, and you’ve got another subscriber!

I admit to being obsessed w/ Asian persimmons. I actually planted 4 varieties very close together & I will treat them like a single tree (Tom Spellman’s fan here). They are pest-free so I consider them moderately easy. Have you tried growing them yet? The easiest tree for me is the calamondin tree that I grow in a 10-gallon pot beside the driveway near the porch, among the roses, amaryllis & iris. (They share the sprinkler). It supplies me w/ juice to make soy sauce dips, marinades, sour soup, lemonade, tea, hair tonic, etc. It doesn’t grow higher than my thigh, pot included & I’m only 5’2”. LOL. It produces fruit almost all throughout the year because I’m in zone 9. I’ve only repotted it once. It’s pretty enough to be ornamental. (The HOA bans edibles from the front yards).

I'll be growing my fruit trees in my greenhouse. I live in zone 7. I hope to learn a lot from you. Thanks for your video on this topic.

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I live in the high desert and my easiest fruit orchard is a prickly pear grove. The fruit reminds me of watermelon. The pads are edible, too. Figs are easy too.

I really enjoyed your video. Got some wonderful tips. THANKS!

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Great video. Thank you!

Our avocado took 6 years to produce it's first fruit and then our dog knocked that marble size avocado off, but I was so happy because at that point I knew it was going to start producing. As far as a hard tree, our Kiwi has yet to produce because the Male tree died twice. Looks like the 3rd times the charm. It's growing good and I look forward to the fruit. If nothing else gardening teaches you patience. Especially with fruit trees!

I have a Washington navel in zone 8b but the wind took all the leaves off. It does have flower buds on it though but hasn’t given us any oranges yet . Just put a Li Jujube in the ground last week, can’t wait to try it. But the easiest tree for me so far is a nectarine I picked up from Lowe’s last year and it’s already fruiting

100% agree that citrus is easy peasy (lemon squeezy 😂) as long as winter temps are warm enough. Our home came with a very well established standard navel orange that produces huge amounts of large juicy amazing fruit evey year even though I do nothing other than an occasional soak during our long hot dry summer. By contrast, the peach trees have been horribly plagued with leaf curl even with being sprayed for it & the apricots have been only marginally better ☹️ with bores taking out the huge old apricot tree that produced fist sized fruit. Also topping the easy list for me in zone 9b (Sacramento valley, California)... 1) Fig - Our fig only needs a slight prune once a year to control size & a bit of supplemental water during weeks of 100°+ weather. 2) Pomegranate - it needs a bit more water that the citrus or fig but otherwise we pretty much ignore it & the chickens love it which helps manage the fruits that split before we pick them.

Hello sir I am from India mango tree is pretty easily grown in my country climate conditions l gaining a better knowledge about growing fruits tree thank you so much sir 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐💐

Fuyu persimmon is a no- brainer. Haven't done a thing to it since I planted it here in zone 7.The benefits!? Each year more fruit in which to enjoy in cobblers and/or persimmon crisp .A big YUM! Or just eat em, they're lovely!

I love plum trees. If you pick a self fertile variety you can have just one. They fruit very quickly and work perfectly in a cold climate like my zone 3 Canadian garden. Citrus must be grown in a greenhouse in my area. Unlike peach and cherry they don't get the same diseases and are less prone to tent catapillers.

I never thought Avocado was hard to plant. I never had any problems with them in Northern and Southern CA, but I killed two expensive avocado trees here in AZ. All my citrus and jujube trees are thriving well with not much care at all, just very thick mulch and planted closer together. Lovely orchard!

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I planted 6 young trees 3 years ago. 2 peach, 2 apple and 2 pear trees. My easiest trees in Iowa are my peach trees. After a year, my peach trees grew 12-15 peaches without problems. My pear and apple trees have been very difficult. One apple tree died after one year. I did plant another. The original trees were all planted at the same time, but it took the pear and apple trees 2 extra years to produce one single fruit per tree. They did taste fantastic though. I'm excited to see how many this year's harvest will bring. So far the new apple tree is alive and healthy. And I think it's going to do well.

So far the only fruiting citrus I have is kumquat but it definitely falls under the easy to grow category as I never have to do anything other than water and add some compost occasionally. And I didn't know you guys had peach leaf curl there. It's supposed to be a problem here in the southeast though none of peaches have gotten it, fortunately. All of them I grew from pits and 3 of them flowered for the first time this year which is pretty exciting. Other easy to grow fruit trees here in the east include our native Serviceberries, Pawpaws, Persimmons, Plums, and Mulberries, and though all of these do like to have their fruit eaten to various extents by the wildlife they otherwise grow without issue.

I grew up in Florida where everyone used to have at least one citrus. I’m going to try a screened enclosure this year for a lemon tree.

Banana/fig/guyabano/citrus/jackfruit are top 5 in the tropics. Other are aratiles berry, bitungol or tropical cherry, liputi berry, duhat berry etc. These are bearing many fruits even neglected provided that water is available nearby. Like river or swamps or water table.

Plums. Citrus in Washington is mostly a no-go. Too cold. Currently I've got several plums, couple of pears, and a granny Smith apple.

In Dallas area - Plum has been dependable fruit tree for me. Haven't been any pest and easy to care for. 2nd is fig.

I'm growing figs in zone 7b, so far they are doing great!

I'm in Zone 7. Without doubt the least troublesome has been an Imoto Fuyu Persimmon. One eight year old tree gave me 150+ fruit this last year. Next would be Fig - Chicago Hardy. Just needs some trimming during the winter. Next is a Paw Paw. Got 20 fruit this year off a 6 year old tree. Had to collect pollen, and hand pollinate my single tree though. Not hard.

Jujube is my easiest tree by far. Our last frost/freeze dates are in mid May (6b and 7k ft elevation) and the Jujubes are never bothered. Apples are probably next as long as you get the right rootstock and disease resistance for your area. Beyond those trees, the fruiting shrubs/bushes are far more reliable with late spring freezes.

Zone 3. Citris is beautiful dreamer. Chokecherriss, apples, wild plum can work here.

I planted a peach and a nectarine about 15' apart in zone 8a, And I pretty much ignore them both. The peach does great, the nectarine attracts every pest that's out there 🤷‍♀️ I never get nectarines

Hi Cameron, I took a chance on a li jujube and was pleasantly surprised, so much that I purchased a second one. I bought a shanxi li jujube, still waiting for that one to wake up. I also wanted to ask you if you ever heard of a green gage plum? I saw one at a local nursery and the guy there told me they are very good. So I couldn’t resist and bought one.

Thanks for the tips! I live in Ohio and have two peach trees. One in my back yard and one on family land. After seeing this video, I'm feeling way better about planting jujube trees. I didn't see this recommendation in any of my "what's best for Ohio fruit trees" haha Thanks and looking forward to getting things rolling!

Good afternoon Pinball great video

I'm growing peach, pawpaw, and fig trees. Inside, I have a Meyers lemon and lime trees. Zone 7 here.

Hi Cameron, I was planting a 4 in 1 pear and when I was shoveling the mulch back onto the tree I hit the trunk with my shovel and put a gash in it. Should I just leave it or is there anything I need to do? Thanks

I think the Lapin Cherry is easy to grow and it does not need a pollinators. I have a Lapin that I planted bare root. It is an excellent producer and requires very little maintenance other than pruning in February.

In Massachusetts giant Asian pear, grow beautifully, taste, great, and virtually, no bugs, and if you don’t prune them, they don’t get fire blight. Also, very productive.

Whoops. I actually started with Avacado haha. Had them almost a year now. Haven't killed them yet! But there's still time Lol. 😃They had a leaf mite that worried me for a little while. I got a Lemon and Lime the same day as the Avacados. I haven't stressed over them at all.

I am foregoing avocado in order to grow some pineapple guavas in 2023. I should get my hands on a jujube, as well.

I find citrus very challenging. Ready to dig up 2 orange trees and 1 lime tree. Fertilized, watered, etc, yet not producing. Northern Ca zone 9b. Easiest trees by far, in my experience, is fuyu persimmon and pluot.

You need a hardiness zone of 9 or higher if you are going to plant citrus in the ground and expect it to survive cold temperatures in the winter. If you live in colder climates you can plant in a large container and bring it in in the winter like I do. I have a Satsuma mandarin and keep it in a grow bag. It has fruited every year except for one that I've had it. I'm in zone 8a and also just planted two different thornless Jujubes and am keeping my fingers crossed they take and grow.

Just outside of Portland, OR. My easiest is Illinois Everbearing Mulberry, and a few combo fruit trees that I have had for so long that I don't know all of the varieties on them. One is an asian plum that includes Methley, and the other is an asian pear that includes the variety Hamese.

Here in Paraguay avocados are easy but citrus and jujube are difficult 😊

For cold hardy areas. I love growing the yuzu citrus in 7B NJ. Do you have any? Great channel.

When I was a kid my mother and grandmother had a fig trees/bushes. They never did anything to them. They didn't even water them. Every year they produced figs. So many that we would pick them for my great aunt to make fig preserves that lasted a whole year. I lived in Houston Texas and fig trees grew wild everywhere. Grocery stores in the area did not sell figs then.

9b also. Pomegranates 'wonderful' and figs 'black mission' need minimal care, no pests or diseases. Very productive.

There is only a limited area in the continental lower 48 where most citrus can grow. I am in northwest florida and we have 20 F coming next week. I am going to have to try and keep them alive through next wk. The hybrid kumquats are easiest citrus to grow. My least trouble free fruit tree so far has been an heirloom peach that seems very disease resistant and is self fertile. I am between 91 and 8b. Not all peach trees are as good as the roddenbury peach. But still some of the curculio beetles that are on my plums could come over this way. If you have the room pears and dunstan chestnuts are also very easy, but you need at least two. The pears must be low chill and fire blight resistant.

Just found your channel and subscribed great videos, greatly appreciated. I’ve just started lemon, orange trees and grapefruit from store-bought fruits. There about 1 inch tall out of the pots. I live in Kentucky and they are under small grow lights LED do you have any advice for me?

Plums. They never give me any problems and they fruit abundantly each year. The Scarlet Beauty is the one i have. Florida Gardener, zone 9

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Here in zone 6b PA, Love my kumquat, meyer lemon, and persian lime in pots. Not a fan of jujube. Put a couple in and ended up taking them out because I just didn't care for them. Hardy asian persimmons are quite nice and easy. LOVE my paw paws! No pests, but need a pollinator, and must pick up off the ground before the groundhogs get them (native to NE quadrant of the US). Elderberries are great. Stone fruits and the apple/pear family generally require at least some spraying. That being said, I wouldn't do without my pears just because they are so delicious. I've tried many other things, but these are what I've settled on.

I grow on my balcony, zone 8 a/b. I grew lemons from seed, and they got to be about 4-5 years old. Taking them indoor when ever it went below 0 Celsius. Then one year I had a lot on my mind, I forgot to take them in, and it went -12 C. for 3 nights. They died, all of them... 😢 I'm trying again now, from seed. Also I have taken a few sticks from a wild Elderberry, put them in a tub, and that has grown beautifully and very fast. Last year I was looking forward to the berries, but it seems so did the birds. I did not find one single berry anymore. But I don't mind, I guess the birds here in the city need them more than I do. This year the bush is 3 years old, and it is stuffed with flowerbuds, so maybe this year... lol. I am blown away by how fast the Elderberry grows, just from putting a stick in the soil. It has so many benefits for your health, if you make Elderberry sirup. Only take out the green, unripe berries, for those contain cyanide. A few will not hurt, but if you leave a lot of those in, it may harm you. Many don't seem to know this, hence why I mention it. Much love, and thank you so much for all you teach us!!! 🤗

Whatever tree fruit or everything i just love watermelon!

I wish I could grow citrus here! Those oranges looked delicious. I may have to run to the grocery XD

I live in St Louis Missouri. Based on 750 cold hours in this climate zone I think think the two most easy and productive trees are Bartlett Pear and most peach varieties. Where you live in SoCal the answer would be much different.

Plant the Avocado under a large nut or fruit trees. Look at the Food Forest option.

My guess was pomegranate for an easy tree for so cal zone 10 Jujube is also a good choice. I totally agree Avocado are absolutely the hardest.

In my zone 7, I think peach trees are some of the easiest. No spray required and it's quite dry here, so not many diseases or pests to deal with.

Great garden and trees. Seem no pest at all. How do you control pest?

Hello Cameron! I am willing to grow low chill stone fruits in Zone 13 hot tropics where the temperature rarely drops below 45F erstwhile temperature dipping below 60F is uncommon as well. I wonder what would happen to the fruits, will they entirely not produce at all or will they produce in lower quantities? P.s. I am not aiming for a marketable produce, I just want to relish and enjoy the fruits in tropics, although scarcity of harvest won't be of concern to me,

I'm testing a few avocado from seed, don't expect to get fruit, but they're basically free (i have about 8 going well into 2nd year with no real problems yet). Maybe next year I'll buy a few that are grafted and try get fruit from those.

Not a lot of chill hours here but every citrus tree that I have ever planted dies from a freeze. I cover them with blankets or freeze bags and still no luck. I've tried satsuma, lemon,grapefruit, kumquats, oranges. I'm in 8b, we only get a couple nights of freezing temps but that's all it takes.

Also, nectarine and peach have been easy, but persimmon and pluot win!

I think figs are also one of the easiest fruit trees to grow and the easiest fruit to grow over all is probably going to be like squash and melons and I think the hardest fruit to grow depends on your climate and where you live but I think the hardest is durians

nice wish i had thaty much land for growing....in the UK you can only get plums, cherries, apples and berries anything else and you have to drop a fortune inporting from EU and around the world

Jujube has very trong roots system and its roots grow very fast and far out in your garden. Next thing you know all little Jujube shoots pop up all over the places

I’m so sad Avocados are the hardest tree. Maybe I should re-think what I should plant. Thanks for the great video 😁

Zone 8b Central Louisiana. I’ve killed 2 mandarin trees because of the 5 day freeze. Had them covered. It wasn’t enough. I’m shopping for fruit trees again within the next couple days. Possibly an Apple, satsuma, plum and I’d love to have a nut tree. Not pecan. I may waste money yet again. But I want some fruit trees. 🙈🥺

I have to say a fig is by far the easiest, I have a 5m+ one (ironic as none of us eat figs haha) in the yard that came with the house. A friend has a 7m+ one that we hacked down to a 1m stump to try and control it, and within 2 years it was back to 7m high. They just cannot stop growing lol. This year I am pruning ours down to maybe 2m, I want sun in the yard. The rest I have only had in the ground 1 season, we turned our front yard into a food forest, so out of the 25 trees we have in a 70sq metre space, I would say the mandarin and sunrise lime (an Australian hybrid) have done the best. Can't rate any the worst yet lol.

Caterpillars are problems on citrus fruit trees leaves, especially when it is small. How would you handle it?

Figs are easy and you can also take cuttings and start more without cost.

Meyer Lemons 🍋 and the Robertson navel orange 🍊 are wonderful additions and easy to care for...

I live East Bay, CA. Guavas and peaches have been the easiest for me to grow in my zone 9b backyard. My Alphonso Mango is thriving too.

Just planted a flavor supreme pluot and found out after the fact that it needs 700-800 chill hours. Have you planted this particular pluot in your orchard and was it fruitful?

Asian pear! My Asian pear tree is 8 years old and produce a lot of fruits every year with no maintenance except yearly fertilization. However deers, squirrels and birds love to eat the fruits as well :(

Jujube trees shoot runners are those good to keep since they are from the root stock what type of root stock generally are they?

All trees grow by themselves when the weather is suitable to their needs. That is why they survived. The farther the natural conditions are from ideal, the harder it is to grow the tree. Fig trees are very easy to grow in southern cal, no work needed. Try to grow one in Alaska.

Montmorency tart cherry has been easy and productive.

I'll be like the 10th person to say this but I find figs to be extremely easy. They grow and fruit quickly and i can pretty much ignore them. Now you mentioned citrus, but I've had bad luck with them, at least initially. Partly (or mostly) my fault for not correctly amending my heavy clay soil.

Guava or mulberry are very easy to grow, they often grow like weeds.

Living in nevada 8a I think mulberries are easiest, next to pomegranate. It's tough growing in high desert, figs are hard for me they burn up, citrus it gets to cold here with getting down into teens sometimes. So fruiting mulberry and pomegranate.

Citrus trees also smell great!

The Santa Rosa Plum, Although I did watch my neighbors kill theirs By not cutting the Choke vine from it.

Mulberry has been my easiest and most productive

Same here Fig trees grow like weeds, and easy cuttings.

I planted a meter lemon into the ground in 8a hot humid central TX...the spring before the blizzard. I kept it wrapped with incandescent lights, moving blankets, and heavy plastic. By spring, it had two living branches. It is now full of beautiful leaves having regrown many branches, however, it has not fruited since its recovery. Will it ever again?

Your avocado statement makes me wonder if planting into partially wooded acreage would be useful.

I would have thought that the paw paw was the easiest to grow. What are your thoughts? I am interested in getting a couple paw paw trees. I live in southern New England and am not sure what variety to get. I would appreciate any input on it. Thanks.

i've recently watched a few videos & WAS going to plant Apple trees { even though i've planted probably 10 in my life & they all died w/ in 2 years} but went w/ 1 persimmon tree at 129.xx & 2 Keiffer Pear trees, at 89.xx each....they said these were 2 ot the best trees for deer...i live in Southern Ohio..

If you are in a colder zone, some smaller lemon trees can do okay in containers, indoors. Don’t produce a ton, but often just need a few lemons.

I'm in zone 7a, one of the easiest things I've grown so far has been mulberry trees. They grow easily from seed or cuttings. Tho I think you need a male and a female to produce fruit, I haven't sexed mine yet.

dude plums are insanely easy to grow. i have twp 20 foot monsters that grow in my rocky hard clay that both get over 1000 plums together which i feed to deer. i have done nothing for them, mot even prune them. that did cause one to lose a huge limb but it didnt seem to mind that 30% of it went away and still finished all of its fruit without dropping any from stress. plums for the win! they are also very very cold tolerant and actually seem to love the foggy spring mornings more than the warm summer days.

mulberry and fig are easy as well.