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Post by Alan on Feb 10, 2010 19:59:23 GMT -5
I have pulled everything from cold stratification in the past week and placed it in the unheated greenhouse, I already have some germination on apples, pears, a few nuts, peaches and other varieties. Looking good and handling the cool temps in the greenhouse quite well.
Thanks to everyone for all of their help, it is greatly appreciated.
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Post by Alan on Mar 7, 2010 21:28:31 GMT -5
All kinds of stuff germinated this past week, nuts, fruits, everything! Pictures coming soon!
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Post by raymondo on Mar 7, 2010 22:25:27 GMT -5
Are you going to use these as root stock Alan, or will they be for fruit themselves? There is a chap in the southern part of the country who grows nearly all his fruit trees from seed with as many as possible sown directly where the tree is to grow. He says these trees have much stronger, deeper root systems and are much more drought hardy than the bare rooted specimens bought from a nursery. He then grafts onto them the varieties he wants to eat. Then there is a reasonably well-known backyard sustainability guru who says that her seed grown fruit trees all produce very decent eating quality fruit. She doesn't graft. Just lets them go. She doesn't prune either.
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 8, 2010 7:59:01 GMT -5
Raymondo: That makes sense. We hafe someone around here who doesn't prune either or should I say, let's nature prune.
Pics!
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Post by robertb on Mar 8, 2010 8:38:11 GMT -5
How do you go about stratifying seed? I just leave it in a cold frame in the shade where it's not going to dry out, and check now and then to see if something's germinating. I had problems with mice in the very cold weather recently, and lost some species paeonies, but it's the first time ever. Mostly the things to watch out for are drought and slugs.
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