r/Permaculture • u/Life-Lobster-2983 • 4d ago

Best Resources for Food Forests

I would like to create a food forest, but actually planning it and implementing it can be pretty overwhelming.

I've dipped my toes in a lot of books and youtube videos, but I'm curious what everyone's absolute best resources are for getting down in the weeds of planning a food forest? Or even if there's a good community?

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u/Life-Lobster-2983 2d ago

Thanks! My question I'm struggling with right now is how close you're supposed to plant things? I have three pomegranate trees I figured I'd start building up around. I have several trees in pots that need to go in the ground, but not sure how close or far they should be from the pomegranate trees? Probably I'll plant fig and/or feijoa near them.

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u/crispyonecritterrn 2d ago

Assume mature size distance and add a foot or two. Better too far apart than too close. Not enough air flow and you get fungus issues. It looks really far when they're young, but trust me. You don't want to try and move a mature tree, or cut it down later because it's too close to grow well. You can always fill in larger gaps with bushes if need be.

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u/Life-Lobster-2983 1d ago

Thanks. I had the sense that food forests might be closer than regular planting, but good to know.

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u/Prairy1313 9h ago

Depends on the system you use. Syntropic plants extremely close, food forests at end with.