A Thread About Trees

[RedIII]

Here is a video of what it looks like in the field, though that is not our farm, not our tractor, not our trees. Our tractors are a bit different ...

You can see it really doesn't dig all that deep.

That is pretty cool! Thank you for sharing with us how that works. I love to learn about how thins like that work, and that's good information on how deep to dig for the roots on some trees.

 

[RedIII]

Hey, how are everyone's projects going? I soaked some dogwood seeds the other day and put them in a baggie for their warm stratification phase. I'm tracking it over here: http://thedesertpicker.blogspot.com/

And, I found a surprise in our lawn today. A baby crab apple tree! It's quite squashed from the snows, but I'm going to dig it up and pot it to see how it does.

Veggietreegirl, for some reason when you said you had a pepper tree, my brain kept trying to figure out how a bell pepper could be considered a tree

It didn't even occur to me til later that it was a peppercorn tree! I'm so jealous! And I feel a bit dumb, haha

That is way cool.

 

[Arielle]

They are in the ground. They are seedlings ... peach seedlings sprouted from actual peach pits in the varieties that makes good seedlings or "root stock" for either dwarf, semi-dwarf, or standard fruit trees. For the nursery we can plant some seeds/pits to get seedlings, and sometimes we grow the seedlings ourselves from cuttings we plant in tight spacing in a specially prepared seedling bed, but a lot of the time we buy the seedlings from other specialty nurseries, then plant them in the soil with a special planter ...

One of my first jobs on the nursery was helping plant peach pits. I was just old enough to walk ...

Very cute!!


As for peach seeds you now have me curious-- can I plant seeds from my semidwarfs and get good enough standard trees??

Hey, how are everyone's projects going? I soaked some dogwood seeds the other day and put them in a baggie for their warm stratification phase. I'm tracking it over here: http://thedesertpicker.blogspot.com/

And, I found a surprise in our lawn today. A baby crab apple tree! It's quite squashed from the snows, but I'm going to dig it up and pot it to see how it does.

Veggietreegirl, for some reason when you said you had a pepper tree, my brain kept trying to figure out how a bell pepper could be considered a tree

It didn't even occur to me til later that it was a peppercorn tree! I'm so jealous! And I feel a bit dumb, haha

That is way cool.

I'm glad this thread has been revived. When I stopped by some months ago it was dormant!!

I'm looking for sources of treesthis year-- did some sluething last year and realized I need to wait until more trees are removed-- still waiting for more trees to be removed. lol THinning the forest and allowing more sun in AND I want an orchard . . . much work to be done yet.

Did find a mulberry tree that I can take cuttings from.

FIgured small trees like semi-dwarfs would be first good choices, and perhaps some std when more space allows.

THe pawpaw and such relly have my attention too. I"ve never tasted one, sure hope they can grow in southern Mass.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Here is an article about sprouting your own fruit trees: http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/grow-free-fruit-trees.aspx

Our process is geared toward mass production ... and the peach root stock we use needs to be treated so a specific parasite doesn't destroy it while young ... I don't allow that stuff near the chickens though I haven't researched all the things that could be used ...

 

[Arielle]

Thank you-- I have 4 peach trees that have survived for about 15 years, and the fruit is unbeleivable IF we get any of it. Every year the fruit is misshapened and it molds on the tree. Suggestions??

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Thank you-- I have 4 peach trees that have survived for about 15 years, and the fruit is unbeleivable IF we get any of it. Every year the fruit is misshapened and it molds on the tree. Suggestions??

You probably need to spray them to help them set fruit right. Your local Extension Service should have good info on what and when to spray different kinds of fruit trees, and may have organic solutions, too.

 

[RedIII]

Arielle, I wonder if your tree has some kind of infection? How long has this problem been going on?

Thank you for the link, Leslie. I'm saving it right now

 

[Arielle]

Thanks LEslie-- will give them a call.

@ Red-- the first few years of fruit all was well. Then for the last few years the mold grows right on the fruit on the tree as it is almost ready for picking. Mishapen fruit too. Number of years5 or more-- didn't know what to do to help fix the problem.-

 

[RedIII]

Thanks LEslie-- will give them a call.

@ Red-- the first few years of fruit all was well. Then for the last few years the mold grows right on the fruit on the tree as it is almost ready for picking. Mishapen fruit too. Number of years5 or more-- didn't know what to do to help fix the problem.-

Hmm, I'm not an expert by any means, so I looked this up on a quick Google search, because it sounds like a fungal infection or something.

Here's a list of different diseases and the trees they can affect, signs, symptoms, and some methods for control: http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/infores/pubs/pest/pcerti17.pdf

This one has descriptions, too. I'm wondering if you have Brown Rot? http://plantdiseasehandbook.tamu.edu/food-crops/fruit-crops/peach-apricot-and-nectarine/

Here's one on treatment: http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/peach/brown-rot-fungus.htm

This is interesting, because I've actually seen this or something similar to it on an apple tree. I didn't realize that it was an infection, though. I just thought the fruit had gotten too wet or something. You learn something every day!

 

[jerryse]

Anyone on here live where purple locust trees are native? Ohio maybe? I have bought 2 royal robe grafted trees from Stark Bros. but each time the graft dies after 1 year. I would like to try seed. The rootstock looks like black locust. Plenty of those around here.