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

An early-flowering stone fruit whose blossom can be caught by frost, best in a dry sunny spot and thinned for larger fruit.

Apricot

Prunus armeniaca

Growing calendar

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

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Guides

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Yellow leaves Leaves dying White powder Leaf spots Fruit problems

Pests and diseases (29)

Powdery Mildew Late Blight Black Spot Crown Gall Peach Leaf Curl Anthracnose Brown Rot Leaf Spot Ring RotWart DiseaseSplit Gill Wood RotShot HoleBacterial Shot HoleScabPlum PocketTwig BlightFire BlightGray Felt FungusZonate Leaf BlightWhite Powder DiseaseWhite Root RotViolet Root RotCankerNursery Stock CankerBrown RustBrown SpeckBrown Felt FungusSilver LeafBlack Pustule Twig Blight

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

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Type the plant name, add the planting date, and take photos as it grows. Next season you will have your own dates for sowing, flowering, and harvest instead of a generic calendar.

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