Fruit Tree survival in high winds

smoakin

I'm thinking of planting a number of fruit trees (15 gallon) and have two questions. I've searched all over the Internet but can't find answers. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.
1) I am concerned about the occasional high winds in my area. I've lost lots of trees due to wind, even after tying them down. My ground is VERY rocky. I don't know which trees have stronger root systems and which ones will be at risk. I've looked all over the Internet with no luck. I'm looking at the following trees (all of which I believe will be semi-dwarf):
Avacado (Holiday & Little Cado)
Grapefruit (Rio Red)
Lemon (Improved Meyer)
Lime (Bearss-Seedless)
Tangerine (Satsuma & Pixie)
Orange (Valencia & Washington)
Apple (Fuji & Granny Smith)
Apricot (Gold Kist)
Nectarine (Garden Delight)
Peach (Red Baron)
Plum (Santa Rosa & Satsuma)

2) I hear lots of stories about which trees shouldn't be planted next to others, but is there any truth to that? Should I be concerned about that with any of the trees mentioned above?

I'm brand new at this so any help would be appreciated. Thank you so much!!

StrictlyPalms

I have a Ponderosa Lemon in the back yard as well as a Blood Orange and a couple other citrus. They all made it through the last 10 years of hurricanes here in Florida. Also, Loquat and Kumquat in the front yard did well.

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windthrown

I dunno where you live in So Cal, but I lived in San Diego for many years on top of a ridge (in Del Cerro). Anyway, we never had any downed fruit trees there because of wind. Also we had a lot of different fruit trees, stone and pome fruit, and citrus and avacados. They all did fine planted near each other. They all loved the heat. Had problems with whitefly and spider mites there though. Also had issues with chilling requirements on the pome fruit. Not enough nights below 40 degrees to set a lot of apples and pears. Greatfruit also take a lot more heat to set good size fruit. They prefer Palm Springs blazing heat as compared to living on the coast. One thing to note is that pears tend to have weaker roots than apples. You do not have any pears on your list though, so it is a moot point I guess.