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Post by smsmith on Sept 2, 2017 10:31:23 GMT -6
Somewhere we had discussed/posted stuff on rootstock cuttings. This year I shoved a bunch of antonovka and b118 cuttings into a pot of dirt. I put them in upside down (somewhere on here there's a video/youtube link about the process). I had more takes, but was lax in watering them for a couple weeks. There's still two survivors. I also shoved a couple ranetka cuttings into some moist soil in one of my orchards after re-grafting them last spring. I put tubes on them for some protection and so I could find them again. No pics, but at least one of them has grown and is about a foot tall. Pretty cool (and free) way to get some future rootstocks.
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 2, 2017 10:43:08 GMT -6
Awesome Stu. I bet M111 would root easy as it burknots easy.
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Post by smsmith on Sept 2, 2017 10:50:49 GMT -6
I've gotta snap a pic at some point...I also have 3 takes on some Trader mulberry cuttings. I pulled them off the base of one of my Traders and buried them as deep as I could in some 5 gallon roottrappers, filled the bags with some compost from our compost pile, watered (and kept them watered), and put them in a milk crate on the north side of the house under an overhang. I've moved them a couple times now so they get a bit more sun (still not a lot). I'm hoping I can keep them alive over the winter and by this time next year they should be ready to get planted out.
Between the rootstock and mulberry cuttings, I kind of wonder about taking a cutting from a named variety of apple/crab/pear and try growing it out that way. A guy would likely have many more cuttings that don't take than those that do...but growing a named variety on it's own roots would be interesting.
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 2, 2017 11:30:16 GMT -6
Stu,
The mulberries I got from Burgess were non rooted cuttings. 3 of the 4 took but, something stripped leaves off one. I'd think the cuttings would root ok.
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 2, 2017 16:18:56 GMT -6
I tried three upside down cuttings from columbia. No takes. I had them on the north side of the house, also.
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Post by smsmith on Sept 8, 2017 17:53:35 GMT -6
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Post by Freeborn on Sept 8, 2017 18:35:16 GMT -6
It would be nice to find a source of those trees. I don't think Canadian growers can ship to the US.
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Post by smsmith on Sept 8, 2017 18:37:54 GMT -6
It would be nice to find a source of those trees. I don't think Canadian growers can ship to the US. They can't, with few exceptions. I think it's possible, but just not worth the headache for nurseries. I haven't dug through all of them, but a fair number of the varieties listed towards the end of the pdf file can be had from GRIN.
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 10, 2017 2:53:34 GMT -6
I think prairie apples are good choices for my area. Cold, wind, and drought limit what we can grow.
I am in more of a prairie environment than Stu is.
Jerry, was your farm prairie or woodland before the white man arrived?
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Post by Freeborn on Sept 10, 2017 5:15:11 GMT -6
I think prairie apples are good choices for my area. Cold, wind, and drought limit what we can grow. I am in more of a prairie environment than Stu is. Jerry, was your farm prairie or woodland before the white man arrived? I'm scratching my head, mmm, I don't know but I would think Prairie. I'd prefer varieties that can fend for themselves while the few people apples I have I can care for myself. I do have on my place quite a few Red-splendor crab-apples that are not producing fruit. I'm not sure what to do with these? I'll probably wait and see but I could top work them.
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 10, 2017 6:08:40 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 10, 2017 19:31:20 GMT -6
Here's a link to pollinator plants for the regions of the US to help bees out. I'd say the most important would be dandelions that provide the first blossoms of the spring in most places. xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/plant-lists/
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 19, 2017 13:48:44 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Oct 12, 2017 18:59:11 GMT -6
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Post by smallchunk on Oct 12, 2017 20:02:48 GMT -6
My orchards are completely covered with tunnels right now....I need to do something.
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