I have a small city lot in zone 9b, west coast, clay soil and 20+ fruit trees and shrubs, all dwarf or semi dwarf and generally doing well and fruiting. Many are from Costco. Their trees are v good quality and big. Rest from HD and local nurseries, couple from Peaceful Valley. Highly recommend Costco for fruit trees. I make my own fertilizer roughly Steve Solomon formula - feather meal (N), Kelp (K, micros), oyster shell lime (Ca), Soft Rock Phosphate(P), soil sulfur, tiny bit of Borax, and sometimes tiny amounts of zinc, copper, manganese, iron sulfate got from alpha chemicals online. East coast probably need Mg too, so maybe use dolomite lime. Just scratch on top and around the tree. And compost if I have any. And mulch. I also used Azomite in the beginning.