How to Grow Almond: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

Prunus dulcis

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• Planting an Almond Tree: Heat, Drainage and the Spacing You Cannot Change Later
• Almond Pollination: Why Most Trees Need a Partner and How to Help the Bees
• Pruning an Almond Tree: Growing-Season Cuts and Keeping the Spurs Coming
• Almond Tree Year: The Four Jobs With Windows You Cannot Move
• Almond Tree Problems: Leaf Curl, Hull Rot and the Damage You Prevent in Winter
• Harvesting Almonds: Hull Split, Shaking the Tree and Drying the Nuts

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (7)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.