Hi-I am looking for any information/directions to nurseries with any fruit trees and grapes in the Ensenada/Valle de la Guadalupe area?Any help would
be apreciated.Thanks
We have plowed this field before...
thebajarunner - 7-24-2008 at 02:20 PM
Check out this post from last year,
and then reference back to the prior post indicated.
Thanks for the references but still looking for Nurseries in the Ensenada area or Valle de la Guadalupe.I'm at 5500 feet here so have lots and lots of
chilling hours required for fruit trees.The two old orchards still have more than a dozen heavily laden apples trees and grapes galore but I'm
looking to replace cherries, peaches, pears and plums that the ranch used to support according to another rancher South of me.Any info would be
great.I'd prefer to buy local than haul plants across the border.One of the guys working on our house gave me two "grenadillos" which I beleive to be
sweet pomegranites..guess I'll find out eventually.bajaguy - 7-25-2008 at 11:16 AM
Several nurseries in Ensenada and along the free road north of La Mission. There is also a new nursery south of Ensenada on Hwy 1 between Manadero and
the COSTCO.....it will be on your left side as you are headed south. Don't know what they have in stock.
[Edited on 7-26-2008 by bajaguy]DianaT - 7-25-2008 at 11:27 AM
One nursery we found to be very well stocked is right at the turn in Encenada.
OK, don't know the name of the streets, but when one is going south through Ensenada, you turn left at the military base and then right on the main
street. Instead of turning right, go straight---turn right on the next street and you can pull into the lot behind the nursery.
Don't know if they would have what you need, but they seemed very well stocked and we have seen professional landscapers buying there. So, if they
don't have what you need, they might be able to tell you where to go.
Good Luck
Dianebajabound2005 - 7-25-2008 at 02:26 PM
In the Valle de Guadalupe on the Ruto del Vino in the town of San Antonia de las Minas there are at least two. Driving east just as you come into
town, you'll see Leonardo's Restaurant on your right. Take the next possible right after that. Go approx 1 block and turn right. At the end of that
road (about a block) on your left iss a Vivero and restaurant combo. The 2nd one --- take that same right off the main highway and continue straight.
Go approx 3 block and turn left. I think there is a sign where to turn. Go another block or two and it's on your right. That one is also a
vivero/restaurant.
Continue on the main highway east and just before you get to the town of Francisco Zarco, there is a vivero -- I think it will be on your right.
Good luck!
Fruit trees
thebajarunner - 7-26-2008 at 03:15 PM
I cannot tell you where the best nurseries might be.
The one that is referred to above, in Ensenada, is directly across the street from the big Gigante, just as you are departing downtown Ensenada headed
South.
It is on the East side of the street, plenty of parking and loading around back.
We bought some citrus there last year for Agua Viva.
(Citrus takes lots and lots of water)
May I suggest several things:
1. Next time driving through San Vicente, stop off at the Rancho Santa Marta Orphanage and School, four miles South of San Vicente. Talk to Bill
Lawrence, ask him to show you the 14 acre orchard we have helped him develop right there on the property.
2. Check out a good website on nursery stock, the place where I office part time is one of the best and will give you all kinds of info on chilling,
ripening dates, characteristics of the varieties, etc.
3. Get over your hangup about importing fruit trees. The better varieties will likely not be available in Baja. And, you only need to bring in a
fresh branch of a variety to do your own budding (see next topic)
4. Consider raising your own rootstock on a hardy peach root, then budding any variety that fancies you. (please do not bud patented varieties, but
there are plenty of good ones outside the patent limits)bajabound2005 - 7-26-2008 at 03:49 PM
the Gigante mentioned above in Bajarunner's post is now Soriana, next to Office Depot.
ooops
thebajarunner - 7-26-2008 at 03:55 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by bajabound2005
the Gigante mentioned above in Bajarunner's post is now Soriana, next to Office Depot.
Been five months since I drove by there.
Used to do all our shopping there,
now focus on Comercial Mexicana...
Frost warning
thebajarunner - 7-28-2008 at 04:40 PM
One more comment before we let this thread die.
5500 foot elevation probably sees early Spring frost.
And, any of your fruit trees that have budded, then get serious frost, will likely lose the entire crop for the year.
Friends of mine in Sonora, CA have a large apple orchard.
This spring they got late frost and not one apple to harvest.
We are talking 30 F or less for just a few hours and your crop is toasted-
