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With the right variety, location, and care, you can successfully grow and harvest delicious cherries in your backyard.

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Fruit trees should be planted in deep and well-drained soil where they will receive full sun for at least six hours a day. Choose fruit trees that have a trunk diameter from 1/2 to 5/8 inches.

In addition, persimmon trees grow to around 65 feet tall, but the fruit drops when ripe, so harvesting is a bit easier. Persimmons require both a male and a female tree, so purchase at least two.

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Fruit trees can grow well in a variety of soil types as long as the soil is well-drained. If you are growing standard-size fruit trees, you should have soil that is 4 to 9 feet deep.

Fruit trees also thrive in deep, well-drained soil. If soil is compacted, an area several feet wide around the planting site should be cultivated deeply to loosen the soil for root growth.